Originally Posted by
BigGeordie
T54A, there is a danger this thread is going to descend into a "my life is worse than yours" slugfest and however bad anyone thinks things are, someone somewhere has it worse. We know that there are a lot of redundant pilots out there many of whom will never fly again but this thread is not about that, it is specifically about one carrier and the somewhat unique challenges of working for EK and living in Dubai. It isn't a competition.
Yes you are correct. Perhaps the point I was trying to make (probably poorly), is that it's sometimes better to be a bit more appreciative of the small things you do have, as opposed to the things you don't. We are just exiting the worst downturn in our industries history. It's carnage out there.