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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Mosquitoville
Posts: 99
Originally Posted by surely not
Sure EK, EY and QR are undergoing tough times right now, if they were American they might be looking to file Chapter 11 to escape their problems. Isn't Chapter 11 a form of subsidising an airline and allowing it to still fly whilst owing loads of dosh all over the place?
Right now, global airline profits have never been higher. If the ME3 are not sharing in the good times, better customer experience or not, then I think that points to other structural issues. For instance, there have been several well thought out posts on here suggesting that,unlike western carriers, financial profitability is not necessarily the primary goal of the firm.
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Surrounded by aluminum, and the great outdoors
Posts: 3,787
National airlines are a source of national pride, prestige and jobs in the same way as some car industries and banks that most governments (notably the USA) have no problem at all with bailing out from bankruptcy or creating unfair tariffs to protect them
and notably BA until 1987
and notably BA until 1987
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Middle East
Posts: 76
Originally Posted by Python27
You're not counting those who already passed on the assessment, only waiting for the DOJ.
Perhaps to avoid further embarrassment to yourself, you should clearly state what you are including in your supposed statistics......
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Formerly resident of Knoteatingham
Posts: 835
Originally Posted by donpizmeov
Well that escalated a bit. And am not sure several equals 7. But what the hey.
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Spain
Posts: 18
[QUOTE=Xulu;10060169]IBE8720 - a 320 qr pilot. The worst job in ME. I.e couldn't pass the interview for anything else, explains his problem with EK.
Says who?
I don't see numerous threads with endless posts bashing QR like there is about EK.
Quite happy with my job Habibi. I can accept the reality of the situation. Not live in a fantasy land that my employer is morally and ethically superior to all others.
Says who?
I don't see numerous threads with endless posts bashing QR like there is about EK.
Quite happy with my job Habibi. I can accept the reality of the situation. Not live in a fantasy land that my employer is morally and ethically superior to all others.
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK
Posts: 121
Originally Posted by Xulu
IBE8720 - a 320 qr pilot. The worst job in ME. I.e couldn't pass the interview for anything else, explains his problem with EK
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Dubai - sand land.
Age: 51
Posts: 2,746
Originally Posted by don
Would only be 400 if they are the same size as whitey bananas.
to go with that!
Originally Posted by IBE8720
I don't see numerous threads with endless posts bashing QR like there is about EK.
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Mini KSA
Posts: 148
Originally Posted by Fuzuma
How was I or any other reader of your post, supposed to know how many had already passed? You referenced the 7 new joiners, hence my amusement at your lack of arithmetic.
Perhaps to avoid further embarrassment to yourself, you should clearly state what you are including in your supposed statistics......
Perhaps to avoid further embarrassment to yourself, you should clearly state what you are including in your supposed statistics......
And keep counting
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Top of the World
Posts: 156
While EK has its problems - the fact we can confidently vent about it on a public forum shows the difference in employer to other ME companies.
If we could hear the horror stories of QR lashings and curfews etc, we'd soon stop complaining.
If we could hear the horror stories of QR lashings and curfews etc, we'd soon stop complaining.
