I recently spoke to one of the drivers, I think he said the requirements are 1000 hours on jet airliners (B737, F28, Bae 146, A320 etc and up). A total of about 4000 is good. Age limit is up to 48/9 now and commands are in 2-3 years. Another rumour doing the rounds is that EK is employing 10 guys a month for the next 2 and a bit years.