Seeing some posts on the EK 2nd Daily to LAX thread about 380 training cranking up again in the near future so I wanted to address it here.
Put simply, lay off the hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The wing crack problem is real. Emirates has really cancelled 380 pilot classes 2 or 3 times already in the past few months. Emirates really is spending loads of money training 380 cabin crew on the 777. Sound like it’s turning around to you?
Airbus themselves have already estimated a 2013 or 2014 timeframe. EK Airbus cheerleaders will shout about the big 380 training boom that will happen then.
Wrong.
By 2014 the European economy will be in full recession. Obama will be sitting there across the pond staring at the NO LIGHTOFF master caution for the 6th year in a row wondering why the US economy won’t recover. China will probably be OK but that will keep training going at places like China Southern, not Emirates.
Face it ladies. The Airbus side of EK is screwed for a long time to come. Lots of tedious all-night turnarounds to India, Muscat, Dammam, etc for many years to come on the Airbus side of the house. 777 still doing great. Remember all you wannabees out there. . . if you take the airbus. . . you’ll be s-o-r-r-r-r-r-r-y ! !