Just remember to take all the info into account, thats includes the bad with the good. That way when you do come you cant say you did not realize this and that, that would be your fault. If you look at all the info on pprune and tone down the good and the bad is printed by guys that claim they have treated poorly by the company, there is two sides to each story.
I'm not in any way defending the company, its just some guys are full of BS.
Some points to remember:
Temp housing for up to a year ( I would read into that longer)
Latest place is close to the dump(villas) and the 2nd phase at DSO has been delayed
Schooling right now is hard to get your kids into your choice and the cost is more than EK is paying( reviewed in JUY)
Upgrades 4-5 years both fleets, note that the fom refers to the min reqd not the actual
Training can be 3rd party and when you get here they send you away for 6 weeks
its 40+c in the summer so dont complain thats it hot, dont like the heat dont come
both fleets do lots of night turns to India and the new guys do most because of their position in the bid groups, even when you are in you top bid group you will have more than a 100 guys above, DEC's will be at the bottom for a long time,all current FO's will be above you when they upgrade so get use to night turns.
The upgrade, to some , is lots of work and for those that dont do the work the results speak for themselves.
Pilots do get punished( loss of bonus for 2 years)for a number of things
Staff travel is not cheap if it was you would never get a seat, the other 25000+ would fill every seat
ALT's is getting harder to book on the days you want, possible loss of vac days
Leave: NOT a given that you will get summer every year. You will fly as much as they can get out of you in the months you take vac.
Pets are allowed, lots of paper work.
Driving is insane, nothing you have ever seen, unless you have been somewhere else in the gulf. Your kids WILL see dead people on the road can't be avoided.
Inflation, gov says 11% this year but just ask anyone and the real number 30%, that is not EK's fault.
Pay, EK pays the least they have to in order to keep the A/C moving. Maybe we should be thanking the Gov for printing inflation at 10% last year if they didn't we might not have got anything.
Its a bonus NOT a profit share, I think SIA posted about the same profit @ 1.45 B $ dont know what they got for a profit share.
The job is good ,most of the other pilots are very good, the company is OK and Dubai sucks.
Last edited by fatbus; 29th May 2008 at 05:17.