Originally Posted by Parabellum
Very true, but as what they would have in EK is better than what they get in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Ethiopia/ Ghana etc. etc. they will come and they will stay and there are hundreds if not thousands of them ready and waiting too. A captain in Indian Airlines joined GF as a B767 FO, he had accommodation, schooling, utilities allowance etc. etc. all better than in India and his salary, as an FO, was better than as a captain in India, under those circumstances it is amazing how much crap people will put up with
But all this does is turn Emirates into another third world carrier. Do you honestly think that they will keep the same level of T&C going forward in that (or any) scenario? It's going to be a race to the bottom.