Thank you one and all for all of the private messages that you have sent me over the past week. I know most of the Emirates pilots are quite concerned with the way things are transpiring over in the sand.
To answer just a few of your questions I am a current B-767 captain but I also have a type rating on the B-777 with no PIC time. I have over 5000 hours of heavy PIC time.
Some of my fellow colleagues have told me that Emirates was at a job fair in Atlanta trying to recruit some captains. Most were just checking it out but they have a few takers. Some were interviewed in the states. Even at 38,000 AED a month that is considerably below what we are making now but some pilots are panicking here.
Keep the faith and the private messages coming.
Tom