EGGW, and Wiley hello,
The respect comment was not requested and or demanded by me towards me.
It just shows how little you understand of what is required of you to be a Commander of an aeroplane.
It also shows why you have trouble understanding why it is that EK wants DECs and why DECs are good for the airline.
I have all the respect from all those that matter to me. I have never needed nor seeked the respect of fellow colleagues who I do not know, and who I will never see again.
The colleague in the right hand seat is just a co-worker who has to perform to the required standard and give me all the support, not because I ask it, or need it, but because he or she is a professional and has a duty and obligation to contribute to the safety of the flight.
As your manager I ask of you to do your job. I do it in a very nice way because it gets results.
If you let your emmotions get in the way of your work responsibilities, then not only are you negligent, but will never be a proper professional airline captain.
My flight deck environment is always pleasant and happy because I am a professional, and I do not allow the immature thinking of some of those in the right hand seat influence the Safety, efficiency and well-being of the customers.
I have manners, and I am very capable of putting up with anyone for 12 hours at a time.
Work is work, and time off is time off. I hardly see anyone again after we do a flight.
What you think and feel outside of the flightdeck is not my problem. I was hired to do a job as an airline captain, not a co-pilot psychologist.
Your issues with the management are exactly that, your issues..... Solve them and talk about them with those that care about you.
I only care that when you fly with me you do it professionally and civilised as is expected of me as well.
I do not believe that we are having a competition on the flight deck as to who is the most knowledgeable. If you are that is great, I learn something from you and it helps with the flight.
I still get paid my salary, and I still do my job, which is to manage the flight.
I will say it again, so that it sinks in... I manage the flight.
Good managers are not those who know everything, but who know how to utilise their resources well, solve problem, understand the politics and stay out of the lime light.
The reason Emirates needs DECs and likes DECs is because we know how to manage flights. We have been doing it for years and as experienced Commanders they know that we can adapt and adjust to the requirements of the Middle East, or the Far East etc.
Some one in the office has decided that this is the best way forward. I do nothave to answer for policies which I did not write, nor did I request for my benefit.
All of us will move again when a better opportunity comes. When you have the experience required to move to a different job as a captain you will do so. When you can command more money because of your experience you will do so.
I do not need the attention, nor the approval of the colleagues in the right hand seat, as I am not running for prime minister....
I am not a politician, and as a professional who does a very ordinary job that is done by many others around the world I do not get excitted about the company, its policies and weather or not I should or should not have come to Emirates because some FO is being disavantaged.
You also came here as a co-pilot because you did not meet the criteria for DEC. You did not come here to gain experience, and if you did then get it and move on.
Any of you who believe in a seniority system in the expat world are very naive.
That is your problem, not mine. I do not care if you have been let down by management. Join the queue, we all have.
I do my job and I stay at a place as long as it suits me.
I am not emotional about work. It pays the bills. I, like most, want to work as little as possible and earn as much as possible.
Every one comes here for different reasons. I came for my reasons. I did not jump any line. I was hired for a job which was advertised for by the Employer.
Best of luck with your upgrade when the time comes.