Emirates Reality

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It is with sadness that the truth of one of our EK colleagues departure (the MAN FO) has been clouded in a fog of mystery which has come out of the recent pilot meetings, the mystery of course is the common belief that he has been reinstated. This is not the case at all !! A few facts need to be looked at to understand where this information has come from.

The ASR was filed and some manager in EK took it upon themselves to get involved because the GA made a small airing in the local press. The Tower did not file against the crew for the GA.

The MAN flight in question was his before line check and a few days later he successfully went on to pass his final L/C. After this he was grounded pending the investigation into the G/A at MAN. He was dismissed following the short investigation along with the TC involved. The FO went for a review of the decision, as he was following the directions of the TC which were of a safe nature. The FO felt that the accusation of gross negligence, as stated by the company, was unjustified as he was under training.

At last week’s pilot threat meeting that I was fortunate enough to attend, the question was asked to talking horse regarding the FO under training on the MAN flight, his response was; “the case is still under review.” He knows damn well that the FO has been fired, he was the one that handed him the termination letter at the review meeting and he has lied through his teeth at this and other pilot meetings whenever asked. From the latest FCI2009-051 Company Regulations;
1.2 Employees are expected to:
Act with courtesy, integrity, honesty and professionalism when dealing with customers, colleagues, suppliers and passengers, whether on or off duty.

Obviously management think they are exempt this company regulation, but why would you believe a word they say after this. The FO leaves the sandpit within the next 2 weeks to a life that has been turned entirely upside down for him and his family. His friends and colleagues who know him are completely stunned by the actions of Emirates and would like all to be made aware, particularly new joiners, if you come here then make sure you have a backup plan because when they want you out, you will not have a leg to stand on. The management will use any silly excuse under training (or testing as is the recognised process now, actually anytime for that fact) to terminate you whilst clouding that decision in mystery as to whether you have been terminated or not, just to deflect flak and make themselves look competent. Shame on you EK management