Can't EK find some C-172 pilots that are willing to work in Dubai? What about flight attendants? They spend as much time in the cockpit as do cruise pilots and probably know just as much. EK needs to search all avenues and come up with some creative thinking to get the pilots to fill the slots and I just listed two ideas. Maybe I will submit them to Bright Ideas and get an award. Does anyone else have any ideas to get people to come to EK? Oh never mind we are getting 30 applications a day.