Oblaaspop,
I am very happy you are having a ball here and it is great to hear that you are enjoying Dubai life.
You are however comparing apples with oranges. MYT is a littlle outfit in the UK with huge financial problems flying holidaymakers around the med and other holiday destinations some where in the world for specific tour operators for minimal money. This probably explains why you have such low expectations from Emirates and for lifestyle all together. Emirates cannot be compared with the likes of MYT, Monarch, Britannia, etc, although some of the above are much better to work for...... Emirates is an ""award winning"" airline with global aspirations, with aviation world firsts with massive orders and with huge profits. (So they say, so I will go along with it) If Emirates is treating us like they do today, Imagine what is going to happen when they start losing money....(and trust me it will happen as it happens to all airlines eventualy)
You might be lucky as you say and have a great villa and all is rosy for you, but what about the guys who were kicked out of their villa over the holidays with one months notice and no financial backing from the company? (They had been here for a long time, and these guys did not write the SOPs nor did they deserve this treatment for good loyal years to Emirates. This would have never happened in a realy good company, but then again we are almost in the Subcontinent.....) Do you think it is not going to happen to you? What about the Exchange rate protection that used to be with no upper limits and it changed for all of the guys overnight who were here before you? Do you seriously believe that they will not change the contract in the future to suit them? What about the new terms and conditions regarding overtime? Do you seriously believe that the new system is fair and just? Do you think we should not get credit for standby days? Do you think we should not get credit for working in the office? Do you think you should not get paid when you are called in to do support simulator? Do you think that working 900 hours block time and getting 35 % less with the new systemthan the old system is the way forward? Do you seriously believe that the way forward is working your ass off to get what you earned 5 years ago with less work? Do not tell me that this is the future in aviation because it is not the way most of us see it. You on the other hand might like to torture yourself and enjoy flying 900 hours on the back side of the clock in which case you should request all the subcontinent flights... Hey it will be part of your corporate induction of "Keep Discovering". Maybe this is the future for the likes of MYT or Easyjet etc, but that is why most of us did not join those outfits, nor do we want to join those outfits. Emirates attracted us here because they claimed to be on par with the other true global players of aviation. BA, Virgin, Cathay and others have changed their T&Cs for the new guys not for those who joined the airline earlier. (Virgin by the way has improved their T&Cs as they expand and get bigger, so employees enjoy the benefits of their hard work...)
If you want to come down here and fly for free I could care less. If you love sleeping on the airplane and you are happy to work for less go ahead (While you are at it give us your profit share this year, and get those guys who you claim are enjoying Emirates to pitch in <they might of course be DECs so pass, or of course if you tell them how great it is here they probably see in you the nect TCK so they do not need to get hauled in to the office to facilitate your way up the corporate ladder>).
What those of us who have realy been around are saying is that Emirates might look like a national flag carrier, it might claim to be one, but it does not treat it's people as one. You do not know what it means to fly for a Flag carrier as you have only flown for the likes of MYT. You are not an expert on conditions of carriers like BA, Virgin, Cathay, United, South African Airways, Airfrance etc.
You can only compare apples with oranges, so before you get all excitted and have an opinion about what aviation is all about go back to the UK (On your 15 days off, and ask one of the BA or Virgin long haul pilots to tell you what it is all about)
You might have airplane experience, you might be good with reading manuals and SOPs (Hey I am sure you are much better than me at airmanship) but you are an adolescent when it comes to knowing what is good and what is bad because just like teenagers you have seen a little bit and you think you know the world.....
Either arrogant or naive, but too stuck up to see it, and so you will go on and learn the hard way through University of Hard Knocks what Emirates career holds for you.....
