Warning: Emirates Pilots Are Fatigued
WHERE ARE THE JOURNO'S NOW?
A number of EK pilots are currently on "extra days off" because they have exceeded the max flying hours allowed in a calendar year.
It is no secret that Emirates has been running the pilot poole on the very lean side for quite some time and that crew scheduling are forced to regularly call pilots on off days to fly planes that would otherwise be parked. The airline has relied, no, expected "good will" from the pilots to work on their off days and yet offer no good will in return. Rosters are a shambles and EVERY PILOT is planned to work beyond the standard productive level into overtime EVERY MONTH.
The result is a bunch of fatigued pilots flying heavy equipment on 14h40min ultra long haul routes to places like New York, spending 24 hours on the ground, then compounding their fatigue by operating the ultra long haul return flight to Dubai.....
Or, pilots operating the likes of 11 hour flights from Seoul to Dubai - 2 crew in the middle of the night.
Concerns have been raised at various levels that we ARE heading for a disaster, but arrogance and greed turn a blind eye.