ET STANDARDS
Having worked there on 767s recently, I can safely say that in general the pilots at ET both local and Expat, are of a very very high standard.Possibly the highest level of handling skills ive ever seen in 40+ years of airline flying.
The underlying problem is not the erosion of any kind of skills or standards, but due to its very success the airline has a continuous demand for pilots it cannot meet, also has to work its pilots way too hard, causing a continous issue with fatigue that wont go away.This is the real reason we are seeing mistakes.Everyone is too tired to be 100% on the ball all the time.