ek
EK ,especially between 2006-2009 was hiring lots of people from Ryanair Easyjet and other medium haul carriers. So the statement that recruitment was based on experience in wide bodies is totally false. EK became an adore because everyone with above 4000H could find his right seat on a nice shinny 777 or 330 and within the next 4-7 years become a captain on the same type. In the same time,if someone had made the decision of staying in his previous company ,he would have spent the same amount of time on the right seat of a A320 or 737 ,with lower salary and his command upgrade would be on a medium jet instead of a wide body. With proper training ,there are no barriers for a company to give transition to someone from the Medium jet to the wide body.