Interesting concept 'the company of choice!' All these resignations are leaving me dizzy but I do know for sure of 2 guys that are going; the question is whether or not they are different to the ones announced above. Problem is we all live on rumours, so much so that the company has bought out a 'rumour buster'.
EK do have a recruitment problem bought about by the 'flexible' contract, poor exchange rates and no doubt exacerbated by the loss of the recruitment team on mass. The recruitment process seemed pretty good to me but sadly we were already hurting for pilots at the end of last year and so couldn't spare them to ensure the quality of future candidates. Shortsighted?!?
Now EK seems to have become the company of choice for a whole different group of pilots and the trends are worrying. Particularly when management start to meddle in operational training issues and standards. Commercial acumen doesn't require you to watch out for the rocks. Still...another rumour...I have heard that we have unfilled 777 courses next month. How many ERs are coming?
I hear the recruitment manager was summoned to the ivory tower to discuss the problem. He welcomed it and had a solution, a change in the package for the better, and had comparative pay rates to back it up. Apparently he was told that his job was to get pilots at the current price.......ut oh!
Another thread speaks of AS's recent news letter which was all doom and gloom. He and the rest of the management blah on about the cost of oil but seem to have conveniently forgotten that whilst a lot of our costs are tied to the dollar, our revenues are received in local currencies which with the great current exchange rates means the dollars are rolling in at unprecedented levels. Sadly all the supermarkets in Dubai are tied to the Euro.
Factoring and Fatigue is all an 'F'ing mess! The rumours of increased hours limits are interesting but..another rumour.. I hear other regulators (from the southern hemisphere) may be pressing for sanity after a ludicrous number of ASRs relating to the subject.
Off to bed!
Cerberus
