I am a turboprop F/O in florida and eventually I would like to fly for Emirates.
The S/O rumour is getting a lot of my attention of course.
I also thought about the fact EK has 45 A380 on order with the first one delivered in 2007 I believe. It would make sense to me that EK management starts thinking about how they are gonna fill those flight decks.
Therefore the recruiting of S/O from now would probably be a good idea( for me anyway!

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I might be totaly wrong of course and there could be thousands of pilots qualifying for the need EK will have in a couple of years.
Any opinions?