DD,
I see your point after reading your latest.
(my quote thing never works, sorry)
''It must be quite easy for you to say if you don't like it just leave. Must be SA or Canadian or third tier airline aren't you?''
All I THOUGHT he was saying was that in some areas of the world aviation is in such a poor state of affairs, that EK seems wonderful by comparison. Perhaps I have misread that, but I did not find it to be disparaging.
I just find the ''THEN LEAVE'' sentiment to be wrong. It is not easy to leave especially if only here for a couple of years. Plus, I think leaving at that point, for most pilots, would be counterproductive from a career and financial POV. I can understand why some pilots feel trapped.
AC is pissed off and rightfully so in some cases. He made some valid observations and comments on things the company has done and continues to do to pilots. There are other points such as being followed by a security guard in a store that seem strange to me, but then again........ this is Dubai.
I honestly believe his post was meant to help INFORM those in similar circumstances. I do not believe he is whining. Considering his level of frustration and disappointment, I found his post quite objective actually. He feels he was duped !!
On a further note,
What really pisses ME off is that EK could quite easily be the best flying job on the planet. We should have pilots banging down the doors to come here. There are so many advantages being here, but for some reason management seems to do its best to counter those with stupid policies. I agree that most of the impetus is for cost savings, no matter how misguided they may be, but there is more to it than that. Their is an attitude on the part of management, not conducive to worker loyalty or happiness. And even though the FTL's and lack of pay for some work has the most affect on me, I still believe the DEC policy was the most unnecessary and foolish policy implemented so far.