Originally Posted by
WB1900
EK won’t have a problem to hire people again the only question is what will they get
they have lowered the requirements successfully to nearly zero. EK is on the brink to go to most un-expierenced flight-decks in the Industrie for the type of operation - but it’s cheap
there is no airline where a cadet goes direct onto a 380 or 777 as most of being redundant have had to bring thousand of jet and flight hours upfront EK - new joiners are at near zero and cadets are at zero
they will hire everybody who is willing to sign up on those coming TC’s
subcontinental pilot are lining up to get the Wizz Deal imagine who’s gonna be there if EK opens.
for them DXB is wholly Gral of countries to live as for many others in Africa, South America and Asia
I think this is what a lot of posters on here forget. It's easy to say that people will never work for such a terrible outfit again if you have other options, and in general crews from Europe and North America do have other options. But for individuals who are on passports where getting a work visa for Europe or North America is difficult if not impossible then working for the carriers in the ME even with all their negatives is still a good job compared to their options back home.
When (if - as I dont think it is a given) then industry recovers to the point where it starts thinking of expansion then I simply cannot see EK or any other ME carrier having any problem finding decent applicants. OK they may not be as many applicants from Europe as we have seen in the past but there are still many excellent professionals in developing countries who would be happy to take the job.