Burnt bridges are the most costly, if not impossible to repair.
If one has a good rapport with ones company, and can "convince" them to agree to a leave of absense to take up employment with another airline..try that route.. All but impossible in my belief.
Catch is, EK EXPECTS one to resign from your current employers and they will be calling to confim, along with the resignation statement with your company endorsement on it. Not into giving someone a trial basis, not liking it and them allowing them to leave with a handshake.
One has to look through all of the threads on this forum, and weigh it all out logically before commiting to the change. There are the regular culprits who post their dis-satisfaction with one of the most profitable airlines in the world.....But are they wrong? Maybe not.... Too many saying the same thing. It seems discoursging to read this, but maybe it is a warning to those who may have it bad at their current airline, but things can become worse with the desert change.
If you are single, have nothing to loose, young, consider it a transient stop and join.. 3 years can go by quickly enough. After the bond period expires, experience gained, look for something better.
I did my interview, and realized that Dubai is all smoke and mirrors. Though it is the City of Gold, not all that glitters is gold. The lure of the Heavy Metal is tempting, but ask the question of yourself, "are things really that bad where I am?". If you find your self coming up with reasons why you should stay..Then you are probably right.
One of these day I will post my roster here.. But for now, average 65 flight hours, 8-10 days off, sometimes 4 days in a stretch, home almost every night, good tax free salary, quality of life. Not ULR but some decent 4 hour sectors. I would probably have gone nuts sitting in a pressurized aluminum tube for 10 hours. So I'll stay put for now.
Read carefully the posts from the Gentleman who are there living arm in arm with the Arabs... Maybe they are not wrong..Maybe they are..Its up to you to make that final decision.
I'm glad I made the right decision.
