Originally Posted by
LandCruiserFTW
The thread is named "...in Europe". The problem of working in the ME is no protection at all. Ask your ex-colleagues who were never called back after covid. It is good for money, that's all. Constantly tired. Crossing the timezones. Sleeping mostly in the aircraft... unfortunately, unless you work for unionized airline in Europe, it is not a great job anymore. At least in Europe, where certain CAAs are accepting ICAO pilots from third countries flying EU registered aircraft thus screwing conditions for all of us.
Also I have never had any issues with Dutch despite there are many of them in QR. You are talking about respecting the others and at the same time you are blaming certain nationalities that they are trying to ruin Emirates. Pathetic.
From my point of view I can tell that good employers in Europe are Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Cargolux, Aerologic, NetJets Europe, Flexjet Europe. They all have one in common - Unions and they do respect seniority.
(note: I have zero knowledge about BA and Virgin)
Indeed the thread is named "...in
Europe", but as you might have noticed I mentioned "If someone is willing to move".
I agree about the protections and working conditions in the ME, but again it is a personal decision those issues you are mentioning are also present in Europe unfortunately for a much lower salary.
My decision to blame certain nationalities come from the fact that I constantly see and hear negative comments against the ME and the locals, you can call me pathetic but I do not respect those attitudes. I am basing my opinion on my experience and the environment I live in. Maybe you took it personal because you are one of them.