I was told a lot of SA guys are being considered.
No surprises there when you look at VOz's top men.
Also told they have a deal with EK not to take too many 777 drivers!
Possible, but very doubtful. (Airlines co-operating with each other on something other than price fixing?) If true, they're giving themselves three days in the Sandpit to pick the eyes out of the however many applicants they have from that part of the world. Three days would suggest quite a few have thrown their throbe and gutras into the ring.
What will be really interesting will be how many of the applicants from the 'not too many' EK 777 drivers chosen will be willing to walk away from the EK free housing, education allowance etc to return to a high tax environment on a not too startling salary. Big ask for someone with three kids at school - unless you just want out of Dubai at any cost.
What will be even more interesting to see is if a dozen or more 777 pilots leaving, many (if not most) of them C & T captains, will do anything to change EK management's insistance that basings or remote rosters are not an option.