IH,
The 15 aircraft thing was in place when the 1st expression of interest request was made years ago.
Bus FOs were first shafted when DECs were hired. Boeing guys were being accellerated to command and Bus guys were held back. Ask White Knight and guys from his era. The reverse was true in the early 2000s, with Boeing guys being held back and Bus fellas being transferred to transition upgrades. New joiners on the Boeing now will be writing about how they are being shafted with respect command in 3 to 4 yrs time. Pilots aint smart people it seems!
EK don't care about your career. they will do whatever they want whenever they want. Has always been that way.
I am sorry this happened, but this has been discussed on these forums for a decade at least. New comers/joiners will always ask questions here, and when they get answers they don't like, they refer to EK pilots as being out of touch, and not knowing how bad it is etc etc and join anyway. Its not until the BSJS (Big Shiny Jet Syndrome) wears off, and they realise that their quality of life is heading south, and that living in the pit on FO salary is challenging.
Mate they can not attract pilots to one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. Now that takes a very special management style to pull off. Manning levels still are not where they need to be, and this when there have been no new deliveries for a year, and no short notice deliveries dumped on us for several years. Way to go man planning department.
Could it be things like this prove the OMA statement that "All emirates time will be considered hard time"?
Keep discovering
The Don