My airline just announced that there is no pilot shortage. They have received thousands upon thousands of qualified pilot applications and feel they have the pick of the litter as the saying goes. Yet they just gave us a 16% pay raise to match Delta Airlines.
If you compare the statements and actions of the two airlines one would quickly conclude that someone is doing things right and some airline is doing things the wrong way. Do we really need to identify which airline is which?
It is not that hard yet Emirates continues to compound their problems with bone headed decisions and face saving ideas that bring the airline down and prevent good pilots from applying to EK.