Originally Posted by
givemewings
You forget that not everyone wants to do layovers and long trips. For some, turnarounds mean time at home with the family. It's all in your perspective.
Agreed. I’ll grant you that.
But why not hold out for the 777 and just bid turnarounds? That way you have the option to do long-haul international flying and see the world if you decide later that you want to.
Many of us when asked in the interview why we wanted to come to Emirates answered that we want to be long haul pilots, yet still we were offered the airbus. Now we’re stuck with a handful of crap layovers in Africa, some bad timings to a few so-so European layovers, and tons & tons of turnarounds in the middle of the night. Now the wing cracks have our only viable reprieve on hold indefinitely.
From my chair, anyone joining this company should just flat out refuse the airbus and hold out for a 777 slot. EK needs the pilots so I think they’ll offer them the T7 instead.