Air Arabia changes the limits
Just heard from a friend of mine across the emirate that Air Arabia applied for and received an extension to the 900 hours a year rule. They can now do up to 970 hrs per year. This is probably because they can’t find anybody to hire and only started hiring 6 months to late.
They supposedly have the worst of parts of all of the Middle East contracts, and after one year in business the guys still have no roster. They find out what they are doing the next day, just the night before. The only way to get days off is to fly up to some of the legal limits, but I guess the company just get permission to change the limits to suit the companies needs.
After only a year they have lost 6 out of 30 pilots, a couple giving no notice, just pack and go in frustration....