Boys (and girls...),
I've been at EK for a while and have some thoughts for especially the affected F/O's by the FCI.
First of all, I surely don't agree with the new rules! I also must say I'm not affected by all of this, since I've been in the LHS for a number of years.
Even before the new upgrade rules, I've always had the following thoughts on upgrades:
You will get the chance to do an upgrade in a company like EK, when the company is doubling its fleet. When EK had 120 aircraft when you joined, you should get your upgrade when EK has 240 A/C.
1/You might think we need more captains than fo/s, because Training Capts and management capts don't fly as much on the line as F/O's. Correct, but to me, that's balanced by the fact that we need more fo's for the 3 crew flights, e.g. PER,KIX... than capt's.
2/Next point I always hear is... what about DEC's? I suppose the number of DEC's is balanced by the number of captains resigning (or being fired, lol!)
3/ Last, one fleet has always been a little faster than the other, but that just balances itself out after time.
All of this might be a simplified view, but seems to be not far from reality! Doesn't take rocket science, if you ask me...
I struggle to understand the guys that joined 1 or 2 years ago and seriously thought they would be upgrading after 3 years...
Your thoughts please...
