Air Pac pilots invited to join EK
During a recent interview, Captain Thani Al Thani head of EK recruitment extended an invitation to all Air Pacific pilots to sent their applications to EK. "Tell them to apply..." were the words he used. He further added that things have gotten a lot better since he assumed the position about a year ago and they should apply, or update their CV's. For those with NG, 76, 74 time the courses will be shortened because of the similarities with the 777. Abbreviated 777 courses are the being conducted and with 1 aircraft a month until April 07, the demand is huge. Presently recruitment is condunting 17 interviews a week with the medical centre receiving 6 pilots per day on average for medicals during the work week. They are looking to have a total of 3000 pilots by 2010 with a fleet of 140 aircraft... On a different noteThe A380 production is delayed between 2-6 months for some orders.