To support the above statements, go look on Captains (all) open time flights and then look on FOs. Capts flights not crewed about 100 over next week and FOs about 10. About 45 Captains short at the moment and a whole bunch about to go in the new year, currently serving their 3 months.
Take it easy guys, that phone will remain hot for the forseeable future, whos helping who out here?
HOWWWWwwww lucky they were the A380 is delayed, unbelievable. The lucky bucket is quickly running dry now and maybe deep pockets will help to fill it again and help get some more pilots here before we all decide it's just getting too much. A lot of airlines do days on layovers or E or W every other month. The charters work hard for a portion of the year over night, the low cost work multi-sectors. That makes us a bit of everything (except the long layovers or not mixing E and W). How talented we are to operate every aspect of global civil aviation and even though we fly to some well dangerous places, what real reward does one get? Well I think that the massive influx of pilots over the last 3 or so years will see a massive outflow as demand gets better elsewhere and at least 5 or 7 years have passed in EK to take yer cash.