Cockpit Crisis

[BIKKERDENNAH]

SOOO what you are saying 411 is that get em young n keen on turbo props and let em sit there for say 7 years until they have the right time for upgrade. No problem with that in essence BUT we need to have these guys in the LHS within 3 years. Training department here at EK is stretched to the max,do not have any flex or resources to accomodate the xtra training to get these guys on the line. So not really a viable option at the moment. Maybe in a few years when we have more stabilty in numbers and time to command moves towards 6 to 7 years!!

DEC well here we are playing with fire IF the money is not there what sort of DECs are we going to attract?
A320,A319 B737,B727 well we have hundreds of those guys on the books but they have barely left their own backyards when it comes to worldwide experience so i dont think so. Not to mention the morale issue which is at an alltime low at EK by employing DECs when they have very high qualified pilots waiting for their turn to be upgraded. Not that this morale issue is ever considered when EK pulls its next trick out of the proverbial HAT!!

What EK needs is to have thousands of suitably qualified FOs applying with good jet experience B737 NG above. Preferably international experience and can speak ENGLISH!!

How can this airline AGAIN have these sort of numbers in their application coffers instead of the drips n drabs and corporate guys they are getting now. And stop focussing on places where pilots are SOOOO desperate to leave and cannot speak English anyway!!

The answer is!!!!!

AHH yes have the competitive edge with Ts and Cs that is the only answer. That is it folks the ONLY ONLY ONLY answer. But who wants to start the bidding. Singapore? Cathay?Qatar?Etihad?British Airways,Virgin Atlantic,Korean,Jet Airways,Jetstar,qantas, Emirates. Its a minefield out there. But who has the biggest warchest!!

The answer is NOT ROADSHOWS,The Answer is NOT TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION,the answer is NOT increasing productivity to levels beyond the average mortal, the answer is NOT to erode Ts and Cs at a time when they can least afford to do so! The answer is NOT (well basically everything EK management is doing at the present time)!!

So EK needs to pay up or shut up!!