Yeah but it gets butts in the seats. People don't go to hooters because the food is good.

I know for a fact that UAL calls people in the sandbox. They called a pretty good number of us. Some of us didn't make it past Hogan, but still got called. A number of us ended up at SWA.

What I would recommend for any pilot coming from ME3 or from overseas in general is to do a very thorough check of your application and then perhaps pay an agency to look it over. These days, it's a computer picking people... all this hogwash about "stick and rudder skills" is just that - hog wash.

One thing is for sure - I'm willing to bet some serious beers that ME3 pilot stories (or expat stories for that matter) are far more interesting than the same old US regional airline pilot stories.

You can always do things to get your stick and rudder skills sharpened up. Go rent a light airplane throw on a hood and do some steep turns and slow flight, take some aerobatics lessons. This is simply not a big deal. I train competition aerobatics on the side. Keeps the old stick and rudder skills and the scan razor sharp. It is amazing what trying to doing an ultra slow roll to sub ATP standards (+/- 25') does for your scan.

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Wow...., I'm touched....! You really have been keeping it deep inside that I called you out on your sexist comments about the female EK pilot that you outed here...! Yes, I read the comment before you edit it? LOL!

My comment stands...., I know that many pilots say it will never happen..., and probably it won't, but if EK finds themselves in dire traits..., they will crew their airplanes anyway they can

Anyone actively misrepresenting pilot life at the ME3 as glamorous is as worthless as a scab. FWIW ran into a few ex EK newhires at UAL that have clearly told me no amount of money is worth the mental and physical damage Emirates expects long term.

But keep feeling for poor Ashley Fashionista (oops I did it again). Sure she got to look glamorous on Ellen, but American, Delta, and United aren't calling. Wonder why? Stand by your comment, but shockingly no one that has actually worked there thinks your opinion is worth a crud.

Now she is a scab too???? So much hatred so deep inside.....!

She is a great lady however she got caught in the glamorous life promised by the EK managers

I hope that does not hold her from getting a job as a pilot with any of the 3 legacies

People go to the ME3 or elsewhere for a variety of reasons. Once you get there and it's not what you bargained for, no one stops you from leaving. You pay the remainder of your bond and off you go. You knew this when you signed up.

It's not the life for everyone and everyone's situation is different. It's always interesting to hear someone ***** about how terrrible it is/was after they leave having spent a decade there or else from someone who has never been there but just heard from someone.

She may be quite happy where she is and not looking to get hired at AA, DAL, UAL.