BigGeordie i don't want to mean any disrespect but a few years happen to be approximately about 8 years now.
Besides, i think most of the majors in UAE are looking for the same suitibility.
I don't think EY or QR or any other major company are looking for just looking for a person with flight hours and flight hours only.
So how did %90 of people who were rejected by EK found a job on the equivalent companies? Do they look for something that is only visible to the EK HR?
A pilot with enough hours to join EK can get the upgrade in 3-4 years in QR which is half time of EK.
However as everyone in the business knows that if your have the material, you have it. If you don't, you don't get recruited by any of the companies mentioned above.
So what is the big mystery here? Am i terribly missing something?