Originally Posted by
dubaigong
That is the main problem with this website , you got both of the extreme point of view of a situation BUT not the average…
I am sure that High Energy's comment is genuine and that he really means what he is saying BUT I really doubt that it reflects the situation of the majority of the pilot at Flydubai.
Every day I hear about pilots leaving ( First Officers and Captains ) for different reasons.
What needs to be well understood is that in Flydubai ( for the time being ) everything is fully based on seniority ( roster , annual leave etc ) so if you are senior enough , YES you can have the level of satisfaction shown by High Energy BUT it would be foolish to think that by joining today you will be in the same situation.
To give you an actual situation , the most senior captains can ( if they bid smartly ) get easily 14 and up to 18 days off every months with no night flights BUT at the same time for the less senior pilots you can expect only 8 to 10 days off maximum with plenty of sub-continent night flight , four sector days and nice flight to Kabul , Kandahar , Bagram , Juba , Khartoum…
Exactly. I'm just giving you my point and I ain't all that senior with around 6 years here. I still have around 250 captains ahead of me. But I see guys that are 1 or 2 years more senior with worse rosters than mine. Why? I have no clue. I'm not settling for less and don't hold the bidding secret. Far from it. And I see the frustration every day, don't get me wrong.
The big thing about flydubai is indeed the single seniority system. Any guy/girl joining now will have 850+ pilots ahead of them untill he/she leaves or people ahead resign. So unless you can/want to get into training (for more daytime flying I mean) you'll be working some tough line rosters for many years.
In August I had 12 OFF's, including a block of 4 I did not ask for and 4 rest days.The average is around 10-11 I think, excl rest days.
I'll leave the discussion at that. Do with it what you like.