Originally Posted by
fatbus
EK/ME reputation, if they ever did have one, is gone !Period!
They had a reputation with pax for a wide route network, lots of movie channels, lots of free drinks and you're allowed to bully and abuse the cabin crew without fear of repercussion. The pax will come back readily when travel opens up again. None of them will give a sh!t about what happened to a bunch of overpaid pilots a year or two ago.
They had a reputation amongst pilots as a place where you could get paid better than the 3rd world, upgraded quicker than the first world and fly shiny new jets. New pilots won't give a rat's ass what happened to the current lot. They will still fill the ranks on whatever half-rate deal the leaders come up with and as time goes by they'll lament the "good old days" of 2021 2022, or so. Eventually one of them will crash something somewhere.