Thanks mate.
If I could remember what I'd been drinking I would recommend it to everyone.
This whole F/O upgrade thing is tragically important to those involved but once it is over and you become a Captain, it's amaizing how quickly you forget.
Consiquently the same old anxiety issues arise over and over again with each new batch of F/Os. If you step back in time with Prune you can read almost identical threads occuring every few months for the past 6 years or so. The good point is that almost all of those who complained (rightfully so) then are now Widebody Captains flying great aircraft in a challenging, diversified environment. That means a great deal to me, I enjoy my job, and overall my family and I still enjoy Dubai. Otherwise we would not still be here.
Those of you who may be thinking of comming here must realise that nothing is guaranteed, but then you have to admit that no matter how strong your union, or westernized your present airline is, unfortunately they can not guarantee anything either.
Any F/O working here has one of the highest probabillities of upgrading to a wide body command in a realistically short time than any other place on the planet that I am aware of.
It took me 16 years with other airlines and 3 1/2 with EK, it is worth the waite in my opinion. Nothing quite like turning up to work and taking a big jet out for a cruize!