Originally Posted by
lacog
Hi people,
passed both Emirates and Qatar interviews.
Pros and Cons? Spoke to an ex colleague who is in Qatar at the moment and he said he has 6 days off per month in a row and he is commuting back to europe and he is attaching 4-5 days each time so pretty much he is home in EU every month for almost 10 days.
What about Emirates? How many days do you expect to sleep home(in Dubai) with the family per month? Any days in a row off guaranteed per month?
Thank you everyone
PS Typical haters of middle east who never worked again in Europe since you left your legacy carrier and you think EU is good, stay away and do not flood this thread please
if I understood correctly you are a new captain in LCC eu
why do you want to give up left seat for the unknown.
beside what else you have to give up, family friends etc.
bith are not commuting companies. Off request have a high uncertainty and leave basically only twice a year not guaranteed you get all your 42 days. In EK there is countless numbers of people had only 30 and less a year.
in EK maybe live leave works on short notice - worst case 12 hours before planned departure and highly uncertain for being granted at all
acclimatization rule for return to Dxb before next schedule duty (means min 12 hours before you need to cross the Dxb border)
giving up left seat without sufficient hours - I consider that as a fat mistake - in EK there are to many factors out of your hand to get back on the left seat.