Originally Posted by
flyTheBigFatLady
lots of people stay longer than they actually want because
the network you fly is great, the money is good but the management sucks. And last but not least the addiction to the lifestyle.
you can afford a car which you would not have at home, you will useless toys.
getting out there is less easy than getting in, because you won’t easily find a job which pays you anywhere near that lifestyle and/or retirement plan. But that comes with a huge price tag - your health, mental strength, your family and your connection to home.
all changes to the none existent contract where is disfavor to the pilots. Pre covid, due to lack in man power Pilots flew 100-120 block hours a month all over the world, day and night, 24/7.
nearly nobody received his full number of vacation days. Everybody is constant monitoring for sick days and lots of other stuff.
Those don't look like bad things. These are the things people are entitled to choose. Stop with the unsolicited advice. For some people the conditions at EK are a step up from their previous conditions. They may have a plan that requires things that working for EK may provide. Any and most of us working for large airlines are tired. We all want to go to the beach instead of to work but you can't have everything. Some people prefer to work their ass off while having an adventure in the Middle East flying interesting routes and getting rich at it than working their ass off back home struggling to buy a house or to plan a decent retirement.
Almost everybody trying to join Emirates are people who weren't lucky enough to land a job at the legacy carrier of their country (probably due to age or bad timing) and a job at Emirates would almost always be a huge step up. People know what they're doing. Leave them alone.