Originally Posted by
Emma Royds
On a more serious note regarding part-time, whilst I was at EK I flew with a colleague who was operating his last flight prior to resigning. What was noteworthy is that he didn't actually want to resign, but after one of his parents suddenly passed away and the remaining parent was suffering from declining health, which was deteriorating faster after the death, he asked Fleet Management for a month's unpaid leave so that he could get his affairs at home in order. The response was, if you want that time off, then you have to resign. An indication, if any was needed, that any part-time working is certainly not on the horizon!
When I left EK, I went for my “exit” interview with the Chief Pilot and he asked if there was anything that would make me consider staying. I said that either part-time or commuting would definitely make me reconsider. His answer was that apart from some sort of commuting contract on the freighter it simply was never going to happen for many reasons.
i was offered to take either my accrued leave (72 days) or unpaid leave to let me have a cooling period on my resignation which I declined.
The conversation was very amicable and professional btw.