September cancelled flights

[Threethirty]

They did that ages ago and it's 88 hours.

[Dan Winterland]

This shows that the oft reported pilot shortage is in fact starting to have teeth. the fact that the back of Flight magazine had full page adverts for pilot jobs from easyJet and Ryanair, and three whole pages from Qatar shows that there is a lot of competition for the same resource.

[Frogman1484]

Cx still think they can go in the other direction by cutting more meat from the bone!

I also heard that EK soon will have to offer direct entry Captain positions on the A380.

[Threethirty]

Emirates realised that lowering the O/T threshold to 88 hours was cheaper than giving the guys a pay rise, as O/T is paid at a lower rate.

[Yonosoy Marinero]

Airline flying sounds like so much fun "these days" - where do I sign up?

Here's a better idea:

[Will IB Fayed]

I think that job will be well above the capabilities of that dimwit yeager.....

[Average Fool]

Funny as it is, I can guarantee you they treat their employees better than this joint.