30th Anniversary
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Anyone capable of reading and writing can see how desperately these guys need reassurance that their decision to leave was the right one. Its becoming increasingly pathetic seeing guys who have left still posting here
hahahah! Love the irony! it seems the whole self-justification thing has been mastered in Dubai to the point where it's impossible to even see the irony of accusing others of it.
Sure, keep telling yourself people need to be "reassured" about leaving the Pit. Doesn't quite fit with the feedback I've received personally, which runs 100% at "don't feel like a zombie anymore", "can taste food again", and overwhelmingly, variations of "I only wish I had done it years ago". Hint: the regret is from staying, not leaving.
If anything, comments like yours just prove the worth of the contributions of the Slaves-No-More.
Expect more to follow, as others follow (out the door).
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Errr, has anyone seen the subject of this thread? It must be about here somewhere...
Or do we just enjoy slagging each other off so much that anything constructive/humorous is by the by?
Or do we just enjoy slagging each other off so much that anything constructive/humorous is by the by?
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200LR,
I think you and your fellow haters are the ones who need the reassurance in your choice to stick around this place. And the only thing that is pathetic is how you and the usual others lose sleep over how often someone posts in here.
I think you and your fellow haters are the ones who need the reassurance in your choice to stick around this place. And the only thing that is pathetic is how you and the usual others lose sleep over how often someone posts in here.
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V1cutz,
If I'm not wrong you are either about to or in the process of resigning. So only time will tell if you decide to 'care' for your fellow collegues and brag about how happy you are in your new life. I tried putting myself in someone who's already left shoes' and I still can not imagine myself coming back to these threads to tell others about it. I never asked anyone here about EK before I joined and I surely won't tell anyone about it once I leave.
As for staying here, its not always about me me me me me. My wife has a decent job and has a circle of friends that actually still enjoy Dubai after 8 years. My kids are very happy in school and I personally enjoy life outside EK, so if there's any assurance as to why I should stick around, that should be good enough.
If I'm not wrong you are either about to or in the process of resigning. So only time will tell if you decide to 'care' for your fellow collegues and brag about how happy you are in your new life. I tried putting myself in someone who's already left shoes' and I still can not imagine myself coming back to these threads to tell others about it. I never asked anyone here about EK before I joined and I surely won't tell anyone about it once I leave.
As for staying here, its not always about me me me me me. My wife has a decent job and has a circle of friends that actually still enjoy Dubai after 8 years. My kids are very happy in school and I personally enjoy life outside EK, so if there's any assurance as to why I should stick around, that should be good enough.
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Reassurance? That is what I need? I have no doubt I made the correct choice in leaving Emirates. Just ask my wife, my kids, my sleep cycles, my taste buds, my bank account, my friends and my happiness.
I come back here like I told all of you I would to let pilots know how good it is when you leave and to encourage other pilots to leave. As a pilot who has worked both places there is a world of difference. Plus;
I can open my car doors now in a parking lot
I pay less for gas now
I get treated with respect
I work way less hours
I don't work in the middle of the night
I work less days so I'm home more
I have a descent house, okay I have to pay for it but I'm building equity.
When I get senior enough to hold reserve I still will get 13 days off a month.
Delta pays for my passport.
We can go tit for tat but believe me it is so much better here. I have been told so many times "if you don't like something, let us know." Emirates says if I didn't like something I can leave. I did and I get the haters PM me. What losers they are. Funny when I did leave no one from EK asked me why I was leaving. I couldn't wait to throw those hateful words back in their face. I don't like it, so I'M LEAVING!
We are here for you." Emirates says we don't have the time for your problems. "How can we make your life easier?" Emirates doesn't even think we had a life or our life is there for them to exploit and work to the bone.
I know this post doesn't belong in the topic but I had to answer the haters. Reassurance, what a joke. It seems like pilots that tell themselves they enjoy the airline need the reassurance. Why else would they come to this site? 777-200 listed many reasons for staying but none about his health, his treatment, or his job satisfaction. Ask him or any other pilot in years to come what he thinks of Emirates after his wife leaves him because he is never home or when he is home he is dead tired, or when he has a heart attack, or he loses his medical because his body couldn't keep up with what EK asked him to do or more to the point forced him to do. How many pilots are off on Medical as of today? TOO MANY!
I come back here like I told all of you I would to let pilots know how good it is when you leave and to encourage other pilots to leave. As a pilot who has worked both places there is a world of difference. Plus;
I can open my car doors now in a parking lot
I pay less for gas now
I get treated with respect
I work way less hours
I don't work in the middle of the night
I work less days so I'm home more
I have a descent house, okay I have to pay for it but I'm building equity.
When I get senior enough to hold reserve I still will get 13 days off a month.
Delta pays for my passport.
We can go tit for tat but believe me it is so much better here. I have been told so many times "if you don't like something, let us know." Emirates says if I didn't like something I can leave. I did and I get the haters PM me. What losers they are. Funny when I did leave no one from EK asked me why I was leaving. I couldn't wait to throw those hateful words back in their face. I don't like it, so I'M LEAVING!
We are here for you." Emirates says we don't have the time for your problems. "How can we make your life easier?" Emirates doesn't even think we had a life or our life is there for them to exploit and work to the bone.
I know this post doesn't belong in the topic but I had to answer the haters. Reassurance, what a joke. It seems like pilots that tell themselves they enjoy the airline need the reassurance. Why else would they come to this site? 777-200 listed many reasons for staying but none about his health, his treatment, or his job satisfaction. Ask him or any other pilot in years to come what he thinks of Emirates after his wife leaves him because he is never home or when he is home he is dead tired, or when he has a heart attack, or he loses his medical because his body couldn't keep up with what EK asked him to do or more to the point forced him to do. How many pilots are off on Medical as of today? TOO MANY!
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You're right, we could go tit for tat as most of your statements don't hold water. However, it was the last point that nailed it for you and consigned me to the losers side;
"Delta pays for my passport"
How on Earth could anyone compete with that perk, you just hit the ball way outa the park buddy. No wonder you're happy!
Now, back to the thread........
Harry
You're right, we could go tit for tat as most of your statements don't hold water. However, it was the last point that nailed it for you and consigned me to the losers side;
"Delta pays for my passport"
How on Earth could anyone compete with that perk, you just hit the ball way outa the park buddy. No wonder you're happy!
Now, back to the thread........
Harry
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Neptune,
An American passport is usually valid for 10 years so if you really are 51 years old, Delta will only have to pay for one passport during your career with them. I don't know about your financial state but if you planned your career properly and you're still on wife #1, shouldn't you be ready for an early retirement? Instead you are not 'senior' enough to get 13 days off a month yet?!
As you stated I didn't mention anything about my health, treatment and job satisfaction. First health, I'll leave it to you read in between the lines; I was much more tired and got sick a lot more regularly in my previous airline than I do here at EK. Second, treatment (this is really a subjective topic) but in my 8 years here I have never been disrespected. If you get offended when TCAS tells you to wear a World Cup pin on your uniform or asks you not to carry a backpack around your shoulder while in uniform, then I'm glad you are respected now at Delta! Lastly, job satisfaction, the other day I carried 420 pax to one of EK's many destinations, and as I was walking with my crew through arrivals, I saw a family happy in tears hugging a loved one that had just arrived very likely on my flight. If your looking for material satisfactions, again I'm glad you're at Delta now!
-200LR
An American passport is usually valid for 10 years so if you really are 51 years old, Delta will only have to pay for one passport during your career with them. I don't know about your financial state but if you planned your career properly and you're still on wife #1, shouldn't you be ready for an early retirement? Instead you are not 'senior' enough to get 13 days off a month yet?!
As you stated I didn't mention anything about my health, treatment and job satisfaction. First health, I'll leave it to you read in between the lines; I was much more tired and got sick a lot more regularly in my previous airline than I do here at EK. Second, treatment (this is really a subjective topic) but in my 8 years here I have never been disrespected. If you get offended when TCAS tells you to wear a World Cup pin on your uniform or asks you not to carry a backpack around your shoulder while in uniform, then I'm glad you are respected now at Delta! Lastly, job satisfaction, the other day I carried 420 pax to one of EK's many destinations, and as I was walking with my crew through arrivals, I saw a family happy in tears hugging a loved one that had just arrived very likely on my flight. If your looking for material satisfactions, again I'm glad you're at Delta now!
-200LR
-200lr,
That could have been us in tears. Who the **** did the landing?
That could have been us in tears. Who the **** did the landing?
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but in my 8 years here I have never been disrespected
IMHO the lack of respect for us is most probably the main reason no one cared to celebrate anything at EK now.
..... and with that i have elegantly returned the thread to its original meaning.
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I mentioned respect was subjective and I can turn it around and say your aspirations for respect are above average. I would love to hear what you were expecting from the anniversary. Did u feel disrespected when u didn't get your 20/20 or 30%?
I mentioned respect was subjective and I can turn it around and say your aspirations for respect are above average. I would love to hear what you were expecting from the anniversary. Did u feel disrespected when u didn't get your 20/20 or 30%?
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You must be a great captain to fly for VFE with your attitude and condescending views towards a required crew ember.
Your wife has to be so lucky to be married to a man like you.
Your wife has to be so lucky to be married to a man like you.
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You can always tell what kind a person someone is even if they're talking from behind a computer by the frequency of 'I's that flood your field of vision when you're reading their post
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C'mon guys.... This thread is starting to go into the gutter. No need for the disrespect here.
Each of us have our views. As one who resigned, I still feel interested to come back here hoping to see a new thread saying "EK pilots to fly no more than 83 hours in 30 days" or some such.
My sleep cycle is still a bit messed up many weeks after leaving. Have heard some say it can take 6 months.
I also wonder if those who are more pro EK simply don't realize they're more fatigued
today than they were same time last year. It's rather insidious. Someday, these types of rosters can materialize into some health issues, perhaps more for some than others.
I sincerely do miss the flying and the crew I flew with, but in the end, I just couldn't do 95 plus hours a month without a break of some sort.
I've heard a few say that this job is so close to being one of the best out there. In my opinion the mindset that trickles from AAR down is will become the downfall of EK.
A senior and respected TRE told me a few years ago the wheels are falling off this place.
When I come back to take a peek at the prune, I do so looking for that post about things finally changing for the better for everyone there.
Kap
Each of us have our views. As one who resigned, I still feel interested to come back here hoping to see a new thread saying "EK pilots to fly no more than 83 hours in 30 days" or some such.
My sleep cycle is still a bit messed up many weeks after leaving. Have heard some say it can take 6 months.
I also wonder if those who are more pro EK simply don't realize they're more fatigued
today than they were same time last year. It's rather insidious. Someday, these types of rosters can materialize into some health issues, perhaps more for some than others.
I sincerely do miss the flying and the crew I flew with, but in the end, I just couldn't do 95 plus hours a month without a break of some sort.
I've heard a few say that this job is so close to being one of the best out there. In my opinion the mindset that trickles from AAR down is will become the downfall of EK.
A senior and respected TRE told me a few years ago the wheels are falling off this place.
When I come back to take a peek at the prune, I do so looking for that post about things finally changing for the better for everyone there.
Kap
