Etihad vs Emirates
There is a 60 % failure rate ! 
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From: Back home
You guys never learn! Look at the threads, all of them. There is masses of information regarding both EK and EY and even QR for that matter. Why Why Why can you not be f@cked to just plough through, and all your questions will be answered.
Is there gonna be DEC's soon? Is a question that is asked hundreds of times, and the answer - Who the f@ck knows!
Read the stuff posted here, read the company websites, apply, come for an interview, hell splash out and bring the wife. Wait for a reply, if you are offered the job, have a think........If you decide to take it, you either haven't read all the posts here, or you are friggin nuts!
Simple.
Is there gonna be DEC's soon? Is a question that is asked hundreds of times, and the answer - Who the f@ck knows!
Read the stuff posted here, read the company websites, apply, come for an interview, hell splash out and bring the wife. Wait for a reply, if you are offered the job, have a think........If you decide to take it, you either haven't read all the posts here, or you are friggin nuts!
Simple.
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From: Dubai - sand land.
Originally Posted by saviboy
Ek has about 140 A/C with 198 orders. starting next year they ll start retiring 68 airframes. by the end of 2020 they plan to be a 300 A/C airline.*
with about 2200 pilots (1100-1200 FO's?). all these numbers come from from flight global dated from a few weeks ago.
with about 2200 pilots (1100-1200 FO's?). all these numbers come from from flight global dated from a few weeks ago.
) many more to come...
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From: Europe
From what I have read, more pilots are leaving EY for EK than from EK to EY. That should tell you something... If you want to fly narrowbodies, fly for EY. If you desire a confirmed widebody position going forward (and its associated jetlag), fly for EK.
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From: hot tub
Iver, no more pilots will be going from ey to ek. Ey pilots are banned to do so.
To add to your comment about flying narrowbodies at ey, I would say that if you want to age a few years in a few months, you ll have a blast on the 320 at ey.
To add to your comment about flying narrowbodies at ey, I would say that if you want to age a few years in a few months, you ll have a blast on the 320 at ey.
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From: the ridge where the west commences
I'd say one should look to join a business, not show business.
Emirates is an airline, QR and EY are vanity projects which are transitioning to kleptocracies a la GF a few years ago (still?).
All but EK will gradually expire as their owners lose interest in watching their waning oil and gas revenues disappear into the polyester pockets of mail-order MBAs from Melbourne.
Emirates is an airline, QR and EY are vanity projects which are transitioning to kleptocracies a la GF a few years ago (still?).
All but EK will gradually expire as their owners lose interest in watching their waning oil and gas revenues disappear into the polyester pockets of mail-order MBAs from Melbourne.
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From: Hotels
WK, I didn't mention the seniority list. Anyone applying now unless they have a short notice period will have the 3 courses of cadets finishing off in Adelaide ahead of them which are not included on the seniority list, there are actually over 120 out there at the mo. But who cares, upgrade policy will be driven not just by pilot numbers but also aircraft delivery rate post Farnboro which will determine the recruitment rate. Interesting times ahead.
