Emirates Sacking
What a load of waffle !!! Except the fact that the pilots made a fundamental error. You may blame the training department but rotating an aircraft to the desired attitude is basic. If you are going to operate different 340 variants, then prepare accordingly.
Taking off from an intersection using flex is irrelevant; in this case.
As for the 343 and 345 being fundamentally different, not true. I have flown both.
Gentleman the pilots concerned were lucky that their day ended as it did.