This is a conversation all about "BALLS".
Have you got big enough ones to once and for all stand up to these pr*cks.
LR3 one of the better statements made here re EK and its pilots!!!
UNFORTUNATELY the Emirates pilots pair of balls you refer to only seems to exist on the majority of EK pilots bodies either as a scratching exercise on layovers, to use only while talking to the mates over beers about what these same said pilots will do, would do or might do if the company screwed with them but would be safely hidden away if confronted by management on an issue OR finally as an indication that they do not have female genitalia!!
If a pilot is tired he should not fly. If he is sick he should not fly. This has always been recognised in aviation. Not so at Emirates. Seems to me from reading Emirates posts that Emirates required its pilots to leave their nads in their homecountry when they joined. Either that or their wives have kept them in a jar next to the bed when these same pilots go to work.
It is unbelieveable to read how much the Emirates pilots are allowing themselves to be pushed around by management. Extra flying (15+ hours) per month for free, less days off, utility bills, education increases etc......
What can the pilots do? As a group nothing due to the illegality of unions in the UAE (which by the way can you believe that it is illegal to have representation that would allow a worker or group of workers to improve their working conditions?) but as an individual you can do a lot.... call sick if you are sick, call fatigue if you are fatigued and don't come on PPRUNE moaning about your working conditions if you are not willing to do something about them.
