CaptDav hit the nail on the head,
EK has a business strategy, they know how many pilots they need and can train, they have no plans to change the working conditions except to get back to 42 of days of non credited vacation and maybe drop the overtime threshold to 84 or 85 hours, the industry average in most parts of the world.
The only thing EK can not figure out is how much, or better said, how little money it will take to stop the bleeding.
AAR can't ask the local pilots this question, they can't leave except to other GCC states, plus their pay and retirement package is different to ours.
AAR can't go to the expat management or training pilots, they live in a different world then the expat line pilots.
AAR has to find out from the expat line pilots how much it will take to buy us off and we can all be bought for some amount of money.
AAR will have these meetings and sit there and listen, but the only thing he will be listening for is a number.
Last edited by north flyer; 20th Mar 2016 at 16:47.