Its not just an economic reason of having employees spending money back into the Dubai economy ( thats the biggets one) , its also a question of control and liability. If you are employed out of the UAE you will have certain rights that you do not have in the UAE. Given EK,s blatant disregaurd for employment contracts they could open themselves up to litigation in these ( basing ) countries. Even if your contract is in Dubai under UAE law. Thats why some CX 49ers were able to take their case to courts outside of Hong Kong to countries where CX had ( basings).
Besides I have heard it from Top Managements mouth directly. EK will never base crew abroad. So if you are considering this in your decision to come here , you are far off the mark. Its working with DXB crews and they will continue with this .
Believe me , if they were to open basings by some miracle. You would have to stand in a very long line for the said mairaculous base as there are many ahead of you in the que. Rem also that many of the senior people are still relatively young , so you would wait a very very long time for a base . Halas , wont happen.
p.s if you think you are able to commute you are even more mistaken. Thats off course if you would like to travel subload on your 2 days off between flights. With no jumpseat policy and a very punitive HR system should you not make it back for your flight.
You will also by company policy have to ' notify' EK that you are leaving Dubai. So they have a record of you being away.If you do not notify them and you miss your flight then its a double whammy from the HR thugs.
You need to make informed choices !
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