They want the money spent in Dubai...get half the salary back into the Dubai economy rather than lose 100perc of it being spent overseas. Thats why off shore bases will NEVER happen.[/QUOTE]
There are approx 4000 pilots in Emirates, lets say half of them (2000) are interested in a commuting contract and will spend approx 4000 Euros less then their colleagues a month inside UAE it makes it around 96 million Euros per year, sure a lot of money but there are 2,5 million residents and god knows how many tourists! (less than 0,1% of the population are the 2000 pilots we are talking about) a piss in Mississippi! Just imagine how much money they are loosing by not having enough pilots and CC? They are stupid and proud thats it!