Warlock2000 Re: Your post of 18 Sept
¡°From Vice President Flight Ops (EK)...
DIRECT ENTRY COMMANDS
"Given the planned expansion of the Emirates fleet a considerable amount of resource planning has been conducted. This work has demonstrated that without reducing the minimum criteria for command, the company will have a shortfall of command.
The company has discussed altering the minimum requirements, but to preserve quality & operational standards, this will not be done. Therefore in order to satisfy the company¡¯s immediate & future growth plans the decision has been made that Emirates will provide an entry point for Direct Entry Captains. Consequentially, we will shortly commence advertising for Direct Entry Captains to join EK.¡±
This rather sounds like the future in EK, as I would guess that the above action in relation to ¡°immediate & future growth plans¡± will go a significant way towards turning off the long term flow of well qualified FO¡¯s and young Captains jumping ship elsewhere in the world, to join the nirvana in the desert. I¡¯d guess that the following would be the usual management flannel to smooth things over and disguise the intention and accelerating growth driven requirement to continue taking DE Captains, now they¡¯ve crossed the Rubicon of DE entry-
¡±Emirates is committed to balancing Direct Entry Captains requirements against First Officers who meet command criteria so that the latter group are not unduly disadvantaged.¡±
Anyway, we shall see