I'm calling bull**** on that too. EK don't even know what training regime the new guys with only turboprop experience will be doing yet. No resignations have occurred within Sunnies apart from a small few to CX (Something to do with the EBA? Gimme a break
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Your source Chock, may in fact have been talking to Q400 drivers on leisure travel (QF staff get EK staff travel upgradable to J) and not necessarily positioning to Dubai for ground school.
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