Originally Posted by
kungfu panda
I don't get where this commuting idea comes from. Emirates, Etihad, Flydubai, Qatar, Saudia, Flyadeal, FlyNas. Nobody does commuting because they decided that it was not cost effective. Saudia tried 20/10 for a while but stopped it.
Riyadh Air have already made clear that their jobs will not be commuting.
Again supply and demand will decide what happens here. Recession, layoffs and abundance of pilots = RIA deal with no commute looks attractive. Massive shortage of pilots and RIA will have to sugar the deal or simply stay grounded. Ask yourself will you move to Saudi Arabia on an uncertain (maybe short until Saudis take over) gig or a more certain gig closer to home be it Aerologic, Norse, or any airline offering a commute contract. It's very simple really, 10 years ago even Americans were heading over to the dessert for work, now they don't know how to crew their own airlines. Europe has a shortage too of highly qualified pilots but those with low hours/jet time in relation to age are still in a weak spot but then again RIA is hardly looking to recruit them! If it's not a commute contract it for sure will be a good financial incentive,-the alternative is not going to get RIA flying short term.