Remember that all the guys you dispense advise left right and center about the state of the business and time to commands for new hires are just stating a preference or guessing.
Noone can for sure tell you when you will upgrade. Not in Emirates. Not anywhere. When I started in aviation 25 years ago I was told, that i would be a captain in 5 years. Had I stayed with this airline I would still be an FO.
There are not 3 types of pilots in EK. There are +3200.... we all have different reasons to being here.
Fact is very few people have left. Remember it is an expat airline and so eventually we will all leave.
We are not slaves as someone suggested. Not more so than anyother employee in any job around the world. We are all on the same treadmill and slaves of our own ambitions and aspirations.
Personally I have had 10 great years in EK so far and my family is happy, so I will stay a little longer...
Someone wrote the time to command on the different types. The A380 time is wrong. The least senior capt on the fleet hold a management position, hence is out of seniority. Time to command on the A380 is approx 10,5 years today, but the real picture wont emerge untill the pilots who were hired while the A380 was in the fleet come up for command on it. Then it will come drastically down
Last edited by Payscale; 23rd June 2012 at 12:53.
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