EK is an airline where pilots have few rights
Sorry, but you are wrong. EK is an airline where pilots have
NO rights.
There is no recourse, there is no avenue to challenge policy changes, there is no ear to hear when you have something to say, there is no one there for you. At the end of the day you are on your own.
The happiest amongst our group have embraced that and know it to be true, they then get on with their lives and take from EK what they can. Others, me included, think that the employer has a duty of care. Naive maybe, but the employer/employee relationship should be symbiotic. EK and Dubai inc. are just running the corporations on greed and the values that once existed no longer hold true. Maybe that is the same the world over now and I empaphise with those that have sufferred losses of pensions etc. But you cannot compare a US legacy carrier with the the fastest growing and one one of the most profitable airlines in the world.
With that in mind, come. Come and join us, join in the fun, swell the ranks and let the managers know that they have done their best and attracted more quality candidates. But never let those same managers know that they enticed you with promises and gold. They will deny everything and say that it was ultimately your choice to be here.
But also know that everything that has been written here is true. Somewhat emotionally charged, but nevertheles true. Never before has so much information been made available to you to make a choice to leave home and set up in the UAE. You have everything at your fingertips to make an informed decision. Remember, though, that once you leave home it is very hard to go back.