EK BONUS!!
Joined: Jun 2001
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: Brit living in Malaysia
If 3 weeks is confirmed it is a fraction below what I expected and a great deal below what I think is necessary to stop pilots leaving.
So, the pay rise then becomes the deal breaker. If EK don't award something substantial I will be dusting off the back pages of Flight again.
So, the pay rise then becomes the deal breaker. If EK don't award something substantial I will be dusting off the back pages of Flight again.
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Dubai
Perfectly put Bananas. If the pay isn't increased to match that being offered elsewhere (in countries that aren't so expensive to live in) then I will be joining the ever increasing amount of my colleagues who are looking to leave.
It's no surprise whatsoever that the roadshows are attracting record low numbers of pilots and not many folk want to join.
Harry
It's no surprise whatsoever that the roadshows are attracting record low numbers of pilots and not many folk want to join.
Harry
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Here and there
Is the 3 weeks report coming from people that actually went to EGHQ? I haven't received an email. Will be interesting to hear the reasoning behind a bonus when we (allegedly) didn't make the stated target.
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: MIDDLE EAST
FFS stop whining! For all of the last financial year I've flown and spoke with nobody that expected profit share this year. Nobody. Now the Company announces 3 weeks and people start whining and complaining that it's an insult and will hardly attract new joiners.
Guys, take it for what it is, a 3 week extra pay packet to pay off some cards, buy a new sofa or spend a bloody good week away with the family. The days of 12-14 weeks profit share are well gone. What we need is a decent pay rise of at least 3% in addition to the 3% increment. The latter should never be considered part of a pay rise, just ask those sat at the top of the salary scales and ask them how half a % has worked for the last 3 years! What we need are lifestyle changes. Reduce the hours. Give genuine credit for non payable duties such as CRM, SEP and Simulator during roster builds to avoid 100 hour plus months. Have enough pilots to allow 42 days leave, stop fudging FTL's to allow 3 crew ULR's and expect 22 hour duties, stop asking us to brief cabin crew 83 minutes before our official report time. Start providing enough doctors and dentists, decent housing and decent housing allowance and education allowance to reflect an expanding Company and an expensive City. The every day stuff is what's important.
People don't just vote with their feet, they vote with their attitude at work. They stop caring. 3 weeks is 3 weeks more than I expected. I'll take it as a thank you for my hard work and nothing more. Next month will be the time to really consider whinging or not!
Harry
Guys, take it for what it is, a 3 week extra pay packet to pay off some cards, buy a new sofa or spend a bloody good week away with the family. The days of 12-14 weeks profit share are well gone. What we need is a decent pay rise of at least 3% in addition to the 3% increment. The latter should never be considered part of a pay rise, just ask those sat at the top of the salary scales and ask them how half a % has worked for the last 3 years! What we need are lifestyle changes. Reduce the hours. Give genuine credit for non payable duties such as CRM, SEP and Simulator during roster builds to avoid 100 hour plus months. Have enough pilots to allow 42 days leave, stop fudging FTL's to allow 3 crew ULR's and expect 22 hour duties, stop asking us to brief cabin crew 83 minutes before our official report time. Start providing enough doctors and dentists, decent housing and decent housing allowance and education allowance to reflect an expanding Company and an expensive City. The every day stuff is what's important.
People don't just vote with their feet, they vote with their attitude at work. They stop caring. 3 weeks is 3 weeks more than I expected. I'll take it as a thank you for my hard work and nothing more. Next month will be the time to really consider whinging or not!
Harry
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Ireland
complete joke...3 weeks ha!! It'd be funny if it wasn't such a load of 
Yup the old CV has been dusted off and e-mails sent out.....grass just got an awful lot greener.
And yes its a joke the excitement of the
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Yup the old CV has been dusted off and e-mails sent out.....grass just got an awful lot greener.And yes its a joke the excitement of the
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Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Brit living in Malaysia
I agree with you so far Harry the Cod but the acid test will be on the long list of other factors you so eloquently detailed - beginning, of course, with the pay rise. If EK properly address all of those issues, and quickly, then happy days. But some issues they cant address and some they just don't seem to want to.
Let's wait and see. As the Americans say at the big game 'The ball is in the air'
Let's wait and see. As the Americans say at the big game 'The ball is in the air'
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Dubai
Why so many pilots defending the company? Stockholm Syndrome has definitely taken EK pilots.
You weren't expecting anything? Why the hell not? You deserve it and earned it! It is only because of the theft of our Bonus the last 3 years that you have the attitude you do. Wake up!
You weren't expecting anything? Why the hell not? You deserve it and earned it! It is only because of the theft of our Bonus the last 3 years that you have the attitude you do. Wake up!