Originally Posted by
nickler
Spent nearly 20 years there and loved most of my time there. Decided to return to the Old Continent a few years ago mainly for family reasons, otherwise I would have stayed (hopefully).
The Company is a top-notch Swiss-clock organization. The training is amazing 90% of the time (like everywhere…unicorns do not exist and I am speaking as a former Trainer) and the company can be as supportive as they can provided you do not BS them, and that’s where usually things turn sour.
Think of Emirates as an Organization where you either provide 100% input and get 100% output (in terms of career, lifestyle, money, etc..) or provide a 60% input and get 20% output.
During my many years there, I have flown with countless pilots who complained about everything like roster for example. When asked how it was back home they usually replied “oh I was on a 5 on 2 off with round the clock flights with less than half the salary and no upgrade opportunities”. You see my point right?
If you make it through as a DEC get ready for one of the most challenging experiences you would have encountered in your life, and that’s regardless of the fact that now you might as well be a TRI/TRE with 20K hours at easyjet or whatever. You will feel like a freshman at a top-tier University for the first 6 months, but it’s totally worth it.
Good luck 🍀
Maybe I'm wrong, but looks like pay would be about $15k net per month. A widebody FO in the US would make that, working 12 days a month. Pff, I'm a NB FO, and if I hustle I can do that if I work 20 days a month. And I have passed training at 5 companies in the past 30 years, both US&EU without subsequent failures or problems, but never felt behind in training because it was "like a top tier university" (as a matter of opinion, a former trainer saying training is amazing actually carries less weight than a former line pilot saying that). What I have heard about work rules does not sound good to me. About 11 days off per month?? I get at least 15 before vacation. The fact they have openings for DECs pretty much says enough: more people with experience are leaving.