According to a Ek sim instructor. Only 50 pilots and no CRJ/ERJ guys unfortunatley. In other words there hiring 450 less than previously planned. You never know
At this stage, we have no confirmation on the training courses but we are not expecting the training courses to resume before June. We will only confirm the update once we have the training schedule finalized. Once again, thank you for the patience and your continued interest in Emirates.
What happened to April? I got an email saying April, May, June classes possibly. What are they waiting for to schedule training classes? I was also informed that training contract will start going out in Feb. Can anyone confirm this?
boeing strike and a further delay on 380 num 5 has Apr slide to June. Manpower planning(dont think there is any planning) suddenly had to many pilots. Some route/eqpmt might change with loads even some airplanes parked for a short while
Surplus AB pilots going to the Boeing to cover the first six months of Boeing deliveries this year. New hire classes to start in June. 112 pilots to be hired this year, 56 AB 56 Boeing. (as of last week, don't be surprised if it changes). Didn't here anything about CRJ/ERJ pilots.
To all in the hold pool. Spoke with HR last nigt on phone and was told that budget meetings are finishing up and they should have course allocations completed by end of Jan. or first part of Feb. She also told me that they were going to allocate dates based on when you interviewed. For example I interviewed in June and she told me that an October class wasn't out of the picture. Also, the 1 year validity period will be extended as long as you are still flying. She said the rumors of not taking the pilots in the hold pool is not true. The only truth to it is, unfortunately for the guys that might not be flying, if they are over the year then they might not be offered course dates. Hope this helps everyone. Just an FYI, I think she told me that there are guys in the pool from last Jan. so these people will obviously get the first course dates, which she said will be June.
I would think EK must cancel every outstanding order of aircraft for them not to need any more pilots.
So realistically for the people in the pool that are able to stay current, the questions are only when and type of airplane.
If you should go, is of course a different question. Looks like upgrades will be a lot longer than first thought.
I have a feeling they are closing in on a final plan, and some people in the pool will know soon.
The plan for 2009/10 is just about done ( fleet update today )
No interviews til june
Enough Poolies to fill slots this year but bottom poolies could side downwards when interviews start. You do get graded and listed top to bottom depending on how you did durring the interview and your flying background.
Upgrades will slow but this has not been the first time there has been a slow down in hiring. Last time was fall 04, those guys on the bus just upgraded.
2400 pilots now you need 4800 to upgrade, dont think the plan as we know it( lonely line guy) has that many.
DEC's. hope not but will happen, bitching about does you no good
More bad news to follow im sure
I think training is down 60% for this coming year 2009/10
I have been in holding pool since August 2008(screening May 2008) and received an email in December stating that they might not give me a starting date before the expiry of my screening (May 2009) but could consider extension in special cases... No ideas about scoring points at the interview.
I was told by hr, that it would be a combination of both. Hire date and experience.
Jan. interview with a crj pilot? vs. a July interview with 5000hr airbus time? Dont know which one they would pick. I'm guessing Airbus guy.
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