And that doesn’t include the pilots that have gone for interviews at other airlines and have failed the process.
The vast number of Emirates pilots that have gone for an interview at Delta have failed. Buford and myself try and do everything to help the applicant in what to say and not to say and understand what Delta wants but it is not working out. The company knows that the EK pilots have extreme fatigue and are at 9 hr time zone disadvantage when they interview but you have to meet the minimums.
So I would never speak for an entire group but I would say some to a lot of pilots are indeed stuck at their current position. Poor Bastards. It is sooo much better on the outside.