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Just in from Flight International.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/08/222798/emirates-recruits-more-staff-than-rest-of-middle-east-carriers-put-together.html
Getting the message out before the end-of-financial year announcements?
halas
Marooned
8th Apr 2008, 12:29
Unravel the 'Unrivaled package'...
The package for pilots, says Stealey, is "unrivalled" in the region, and includes a profit-sharing scheme healthcare and accommodation - furnished or unfurnished villas for captains and first officers with families apartments for first officers without families. Pay extra for the family for health care, accommodation in short supply and sub-standard temporary accommodation will be used for several months prior to getting a villa in the massive EK only Silicon or Mirdif complexes. As for the profit share we will see how much that is really worth in a month or so but don't bank on it to make a vast difference to the salary and adjust it to $s devaluation since the last 'share'.
'Perks for pilots include being picked up from home in one of Emirates' fleet of silver Audi A4s and dropped off at the operations centre'... or you can drive yourself and fall asleep in your airbag after your ULR back to back 90 hour 'factored' month.
Although all pilots are based in Dubai and salaries paid in dirhams, they are also hedged against large movements in the pilot's home currency. OK then, how despite this 'hedging' our we 30-40% worse off than 5 to 6 years ago? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK!!! THAT is why we have found a 'niche' in North America because no one else can afford to come because of the 'unrivaled' $ based package.
Despite competition from other airlines and operators, and Emirates' ambitious growth plans, Stealey insists finding the right pilots is not yet a problem. "Because we are top of the tree and are dropping our experience requirements,, we are not suffering at the moment but we are TCAS and we will continue to do so if you really believe this PR BS," he says. "Although we need 18% more pilots next year", a problem he'll just dump on the training departments desk again.
EK are adjusting to the lowest common denominator; The USD.
This is from www.emiratesgroupcareers.com, flight deck crew, rosters.....
Rostering
Emirates is following a policy where the Flight Crew are able to submit requests which can influence their monthly Roster award. Crew are allowed to submit requests for trips and days off, with a variety of options; e.g. layovers, days off after the trips, avoid a trip, consecutive days off on specific dates.
At present each category (e.g. B777 First Officers) is divided into five groups: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. These groups are rotated each month; e.g. in March, Group 1 might be the top bid group, with Group 5 at the bottom. In April, Group 1 moves to the bottom with all other groups moving up. Thus Group 2 would be the top bid group in April.
Assuming that bids have been entered correctly, the top two groups each month achieve a high satisfaction rate.
Currently Reserve assignment is shared throughout the entire Flight Crew population (not just junior crew) and is awarded a year in advance to facilitate planning. Generally each Flight Crew will receive one period of monthly Reserve within nine months.
Besides all the other furphy's, with LRE's e-mail two months ago, this is still on the recruitment web-site.
If they need so many crew, perhaps they should be up-front with the facts.
halas