Freespeed
It is really very simple.
If you expect that in EK, the management is able to have a balanced vieuwpoint on anything, then you are mistaken.
They only look at one side of the coin. Now, I know that the perfect airline does not exist and that we all have to add some water to the wine from time to time but at EK that stage does not even exist.
EK is a can full of worms and you only find out when it is too late.
In the Middle East a pilot is no more or no less than an Indian who cleans the toilets. Therefore, do not get trapped by your own ego in thinking that when EK makes you an offer you are part of some kind of elite because you are not.
I you believe that EK is in any way differant from the other carriers in the Middle East then you are having an illusion.
After 15 years you will not have any more money and you will have aged 25 years from the night flying.
Sure it\'s fun to fly one of their A 330,340, 380, B 777 but after a while it\'s less fun than european short haul, that\'s were the real flying is and it\'s very rewording unless you want to show off with another rating. The price you pay for that is however very high.
Those that are happy at EK do so because they have no other alternative and consequantely have to twist their minds to avoid depression.
On top of that, Dunbai is a very artificial enviroment and if your children grow up in such an area the will eventually pay a price for that.
In short, EK is an aquarium full of sharks and Dubai the biggest brothel in the Middle East.
Shake is right, do not be selfish, do yourself and your children a favour, listen to him.
Life is more than flying alone. I know the way they present themselves it\'s tempting but so is the devil.
The DEC offer may look reasonable, but in the end your fellow pilots blocked in the right seat wil hate you for it .
Trainers and examiners will find a way to humiliate you in favour of their long term friends in the right seat or simply out of personal jealousy and boredom.
They like wild stories in EK and will invent some to kill the day.