Caviar4me
It is no secret that the Sheikh and the government would like to see more locals/non white people in the company. They spend a lot of money trying to entice Emiratis into all types of fields, and aviation is one of them. Quite rightly too as it is their country and their airline. In the fullness of time i would expect that all major management positions will be held by locals, which is as it should be. Whether that is the best thing for the airline or not is irrelevent, it is their train set.
There is one thing he can't afford to have though, and that is a smoking hole in the ground. To hire pilots into this company, based primarily on race will undoubtedly increase the risk of that happening. So you can be safely assured that he is unlikely to interfere with recruiting other than to continue to encourage locals to apply. Bearing in mind that they go through a similar selection process to everyone else.
The reason we recruit as we do, is because the ability to get along with most people is a higher priority than having huge amounts of hours. And as it happens, we have managed to draw these people from over 50 different nationalities. You can draw your own conclusions from that as to why there is a higher failure rate amongst people from your part of the world.
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Last edited by Reverend Doctor Doug; 14th Dec 2003 at 12:38.