Originally Posted by
jockey69
5 REASONS to stay at EK: 1) it is EK 2)A380s/B777s(+B787s) LHS/RHS HOURS 3)ROUTES/DESTINATIONS 4)PAY/PERKS 5)DUBAI look around...you will realise you are in paradise
You don't work at Emirates, do you?
All the things FlexOnTheBeach mentioned are true:
The toxic environment, the punitive culture of management, the knee-jerk reactions ("oh it was the PM's fault, let's beat all PMs with a stick and employ eye-tracking technology in the simulators, that will solve it"), and the constantly changing rules affecting our careers - all these things make the place ridiculous to work for. Add to that the coming VAT, no pay increase the last few years, no "profit-sharing" despite making profits - what incentive is there to stick around? A bond won't work, and now you just showed the pilot group that management does not care about improving or correcting the issues at hand, but will instead PUNISH you further for leaving.
Plus:
-A deterioration of flying skills because of a too restrictive automation policy and previously mentioned punitive culture.
-Training focussed on checking.
If you can live with it, if your reasons outweigh those facts or if it's worse at your current/previous employer, than yes, EK
could be a great place to work as pilot.
But all the above mentioned issues created by management are now backfiring. They created the, what you call, "desperate times desperate measures", not the pilots.
It's just like Ryanair: If you don't treat your pilots well, they will leave once there are other option.
Was flying for EK a waste of time? Absolutely not. I gained valuable experience and got a very good salary on top of it. But just like many others, I couldn't tolerate it anymore.