Will EK ever improve?
The biggest issue for a pilot in EK is the life style. 95-100h per month mixed flying (ULR, LR, SH, night T/A) and very limited leave available.
In other words, EK is seriously short of pilots.
Management solution= lowering the hour requirement to get more people - fine (different beast).
Some seems to think things will be better once more people join.. but will it really?
What is the managements real target? How many hours is their sweet spot for our "productivity"? Even with a million suitable applicants, how many are they planning to recruit to bring the hours down..to..what?
The bracket for productivity pay is 88h, but is that their target for planning?
A new joiner makes AED 29700 plus housing ~14000. Divided in 88h the cost becomes AED 500/hour. Add to that the cost of recruitment, training etc and the real cost will be closer to 600+/h for a new pilot.
So recruiting someone costs them 600+/h while pushing someone into overtime is only 425/h.
So what's the bean counters incentive again?