High Cirrus Looking through your posts I see you accurately forcast the salary being offered by EK!! You seem to know more about what is going on in EK than those in the company!!
Rev Dr D Yes it would be 'ironic! but it is all about !Economics! and Timescales. Any experienced A340/330/320 Captain worth his salt even without Long Haul Experience can be on Line earning his keep in a very short time thus avoiding what must be a nightmare training problem brewing for EK.
As far as Long Haul experience. A lot of nonsense is talked about this. It is not as if EK as yet go across the Pacific/North Atlantic/Wastes of Siberia. Provided EK produce good en route briefing sheets I can see this not being a problem.
Now that A320 Captains can now apply then the Ball Game changes entirely.Applications will flow in from all around the World.
What price Qatar Airways now getting their Pilots?? Who would want to join QR instead of EK???