MR8 I can only agree with you that EK needs more pilots to ease the workload on the current crews but I can't agree with you regarding NZ guys coming here. Pilots at EK have no representation so we are at the mercy of management as far as Ts and Cs are concerned. There will never be an improvement if there is no shortage of crews. Supply and Demand 101. That is the only leverage we have to improved conditions. NZ guys coming on a 3 year "test drive" does not help us at all in this regard. It is very different to guys being recruited in the normal fashion. ie, if there are thousands applying, we get no improvement in Tand Cs but if they don't arrive than we do, the 6% pay rise would not have happened if there was no shortage...simple.
So as I see it NZ guys who have the right to negotiate their package at home, will directly effect the only option we have for an improvement in ours....simple.