You're right Jafar, 3000 hours is extremely low.....
That gives you an idea of the crew shortage.... Decreasing the standards is their only way to attract people, as housing is a nightmare.
No decent place to live at less than 150000 DHS a year compared to the allowance wich is ridiculously set at 90000 DHS a year. It's at least 15000 euros out of your pocket every single year, and rents are increasing at a "legal" rate of 20 % every 2 years.....
Not talking about the way they treat you ,with QR style memos ending up with " your compliance is mandatory"
A lot of guys refused to come after recruitment guys lied to them about utopic salary increase, house allowance increase etc...
Basically, it's getting worse and worse, your contract is being reviewed without your agreement, of course not for the better....
Life is made more and more difficult every day, with restrictions on staff travel, captain's authority reducing..., entering captain's discretion at home base on an everyday basis, crew forced to commute between abu dhabi and dubai everyday during 10 days for simulator sessions ( often around 4 hours drive a day ....!!!) , etc....
They are still hiring DEC on B777, but not on the bus apparently, but you know, things may change.... as everywherelse in the area...
The rate of growth is still amazing, not built on stable foundations, but still...It remains a godd place for getting promoted if you want it and if you are ready to be a good, death, blind and especially mute soldier.
Otherwise, cockpit atmosphere is generally speaking friendly and sometimes very pleasant.
Hope it was of any help.