Skyone,
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As has been said before, you make some great rational points. But the link to pprune and that idiot from Michigan is off base. It would take an hour of typing to correct the inaccuracies and, I would say, outright lies of his post. Frankly, I would want the psycho folks to reevaluate his testing if he came over here without reading his contract or doing any research.
You've just reaffirmed the exact point I was trying to make as obviously this fellow did not do his homework; he left a U.S. major carrier to come to Emirates as a first officer and now feels trapped and cheated as a result. Granted he is way off-base in several of his assertions but in other respects he does have some valid points. In short, he is the perfect example of what I
don't want to see.
What I
do want to see is those who are interested in coming to Emirates put in as much homework as possible before they make a decision to leave the U.S. to become an expat pilot for the rest of their lives (which will be the case when you decide to leave a union-protected seniority-based system to work offshore). This including siphoning through the forums both here and on Pprune, asking the right questions, and getting all the answers BEFORE packing the bags and moving here.
I am afraid given the "panic mentality" that is becoming prevalent among U.S. pilots with respect to the current U.S. aviation situation, there will be more like this guy here in the future. Hopefully this can be avoided by following the advice given on this site.
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No matter what anyone thinks of Dubai and life as an expat, the airline just gave us our deserved 14 weeks of profit share and 12+% payraise. Don't see that happening ANYWHERE in the US.
Agreed. IMHO the U.S. aviation industry (as well as most other industries within the U.S.) are in disarray and will never recover to anywhere close to where it once was. I really believe if you are looking for an aviation career with long term stability along with a reasonable standard of living the future lies in the Far East, the Middle East, India and in 10 years maybe even Africa (that might be a bit of a stretch). The U.S. will continue to decline and along with it the standard of living of every one of it's citizens. Once again, just my opinion.