In case you're tempted and find yourself reading this Reverend, no harm done. You are absolved of your sins.
I am affected by and therefore have an interest in what the other pilot thinks about, aspires to, and achieves.
It's not the warm feeling I have for my children, so one might say I don't really 'care'.
Yet that'd be misleading, for it's not entirely correct, and anyway, it's not whether I care or not that matters.
EK are employing DEC's; not to break a strike, a people's spirit, or their right to an association.
EK are doing this as an employer who, for one reason or another, cannot find it within to fill the advance underway.
I'm for growth, not decay. Progress, not regress. Hope, not despair.
It is unfortunate to see plans go awry, especially those of my aviating colleagues, but do you chaps really see the enemy as the DEC?
That's not reasonable.
I feel one more thing should be said. It may be viewed as somewhat harsh, but in light of several comments made by various respondents, I feel it is necessary, perhaps if only to vent my spleen.
No current, experienced Captain entering Emirates in that capacity would brook any interference in the smooth running of his well-trained and effective crew, in EK or otherwise, especially if it came in the guise of a disaffected and disgruntled First Officer.
We would all best be reminded that Emirates would, I assume, be on the lookout for such incidents, and meet them with the full force of an airline who's flight safety is being compromised.
Last edited by Life as a journey; 2nd October 2003 at 21:52.