Originally Posted by
Emma Royds
84 block hours over 10 flights gives an average sector length of 8.4 hours. With no layovers, those are some seriously long turnarounds!
That rather sounds like 10 duties rather than 10 flights!
To those considering the switch, there will be unhappy and happy people in every company. I have friends in FZ who are happy and I have flown with F/Os at EK who are ex FZ and personally feel far better and are less tired than before at FZ.
It would take a brave person to speculate what they think will happen in the next few years. FZ will branch into 787 ops and goodness knows how EK will handle so many new aircraft types from a crewing perspective. Therefore it would seem we are perhaps venturing into uncharted territory on both fronts. If you are unsure whether to choose between FZ or EK then apply to both and let nature take its course and then make a decision based on what you have seen during the selection process.