EK resignations on the up again...
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Germany
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Well in terms of the company allowance: it changes from time to time. They have many empty houses but afaik not many apartments - that’s the rumor.
Salary and expected upgrade time are not that bad here if you are a FO. Dubai is at all not a shitty place - especially if you make friends quickly initially and then start to select your new core friends. Most of the times it’s not the place it is yourself,your believes kind of thinking which decrease your happiness.
More people are leaving than joining. Some very old and senior Cpt said that they might adjust salary again. Since this has happened in the past it must of course not necessarily happen in future again..
Salary and expected upgrade time are not that bad here if you are a FO. Dubai is at all not a shitty place - especially if you make friends quickly initially and then start to select your new core friends. Most of the times it’s not the place it is yourself,your believes kind of thinking which decrease your happiness.
More people are leaving than joining. Some very old and senior Cpt said that they might adjust salary again. Since this has happened in the past it must of course not necessarily happen in future again..
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: paradise
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Very little job satisfaction, and zero work/life balance, is what Ek comes down too. Ek is trying to be a first world airline with third world mentality/management. If work is all you want to do, then its the place for you. Rosters are non existent, pay & conditions are below standard compared to first world/top airlines, toxic hostile work enviornment, factory housing, treated with very little respect etc. looking forward to leaving as well, its been an eye opener for sure.
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Originally Posted by Rainman7
Very little job satisfaction, and zero work/life balance, is what Ek comes down too. Ek is trying to be a first world airline with third world mentality/management. If work is all you want to do, then its the place for you. Rosters are non existent, pay & conditions are below standard compared to first world/top airlines, toxic hostile work enviornment, factory housing, treated with very little respect etc. looking forward to leaving as well, its been an eye opener for sure.
Join Date: Jun 2011
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It’s the same everywhere anyway. They need loads of people but won’t decrease the super long duties or increase the pay, what are you going to do..this is tge reality of the profession. Thruth is, if you’re young open to new experiences and looking for a good time I doubt doing 4 legs 12/13 hrs days is the way to go. But what do I know
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Originally Posted by felixthecat
Everyone does their best, but the experience levels have and continue to drop. Very experienced people leaving being replaced with very inexperienced. Draw from that what you wish.
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Originally Posted by PW151
Hey Everyone - So, I'm seeing lots of comments suggesting there are better places than EK. Which airline would you suggest a Canadian airline pilot go to overseas in order to make good money, while living an acceptable lifestyle?
Well I guess Saudia is off the table.
Stay where you are. Unless you suffer from da big shiny shiny
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YP,
That’s one of the best and most accurate post I have read in a long long time...
it makes me laugh when some people say that the weather is only bad in July and August but from September it’s lovely, in my experience from May to the end of October it’s pretty much unbearable!
That’s one of the best and most accurate post I have read in a long long time...
it makes me laugh when some people say that the weather is only bad in July and August but from September it’s lovely, in my experience from May to the end of October it’s pretty much unbearable!
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My last 777 roster consisted: 20 sectors (7 turn arounds) plus sim and ground duty, 9 finishes after midnight, 7 finishes after 6am, 9 days off (2 are single days off. such as 1 day off in 11 days of duty, some are company days off which could be removed).
.....and yet there are people on this forum reading everything that's posted here and still deciding to join. That sort of roster will kill you, literally.
CP
short flights long nights
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Originally Posted by CaptainProp
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.....and yet there are people on this forum reading everything that's posted here and still deciding to join. That sort of roster will kill you, literally.
CP
.....and yet there are people on this forum reading everything that's posted here and still deciding to join. That sort of roster will kill you, literally.
CP
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Far, Far Away
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Originally Posted by Yorkshire_Pudding
My last 777 roster consisted: 20 sectors (7 turn arounds) plus sim and ground duty, 9 finishes after midnight, 7 finishes after 6am, 9 days off (2 are single days off. .
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: London
Posts: 85
Well why are you guys and gals still there then?
I don’t believe it’s just a EK thing. I work for a large U.K. TP operator 80 hrs this month with SIM as well so that doesn’t get included in your block hours. Duty hours are 190 for the month!!!! Yeah so we don’t do night flying but only get 8 days off for the month. Yeah get home every night oh but have to sleep in spare room so as not to wake others up. See kids for 1-2hrs in morning then off to work.
Things aren’t much better at BA. Loads of guys have left for them both short and long haul. Short haul get hammered only have to read BA thread to see that. Long haul don’t get 20 days off a month. I don’t know anyone full time who gets that. Maybe some very senior guys. Also a note to BA you have to arrive at car park at least 45 mins before check in to have a chance of making it. Sometimes the car park is full so you have to park in other car parks pay for it then claim it back.
Weather wise. Well that is personal preference. My mate is in shorts when the temperature gets above 15 degrees. Right now I’m sat outside and it’s 27 degrees and to me it’s cold. For me 30-35 is ideal shorts weather that’s my personal preference.
Money wise my friends (not pilots) have lived in Dubai for 11 years. They are planning on coming back but honestly I have crunched numbers with them and they said based on what I have told them I would be better off financially at EK than BA. Yeah there are certain high costs in Dubai compared to U.K./London. Yeah we live in London so it is expensive, our local is £6 a pint. Went to a nice restaurant the other day and we spent nearly £200 with only half a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of champagne.
Dubai is 4000miles a way from U.K. friends and family but we barely see any of our friends and family as it is. Either working, too tired or just want to spend time with my wife and kids on my days off.
I know a lot of guys have come from U.K. to Dubai but how long have you been gone?
Last 5-10 years for sure costs have gone crazy. £2k a year council tax £2k a year service charge as we live in a flat. Petrol costs extortionate, I could go on.
For me to top it off is the U.K. tax system which is a joke. Over a grand a month going to what? Certainly not police, our area has seen a massive spike in crime. A mother was recently walking down the street, moped gang pulled up knife in hand got all her valuables attached her then drove off, all this during the day on a busy street. Police have difficulty in justifying a chase as they are on mopeds. Sod that just run them off the road, if they get injured tough, no can’t do that blah blah human rights. What about the Mum and child who have just been traumatised?
There always pros and negatives to a company/country. People will be happy when others will hate it.
Some people will never be happy.
I don’t believe it’s just a EK thing. I work for a large U.K. TP operator 80 hrs this month with SIM as well so that doesn’t get included in your block hours. Duty hours are 190 for the month!!!! Yeah so we don’t do night flying but only get 8 days off for the month. Yeah get home every night oh but have to sleep in spare room so as not to wake others up. See kids for 1-2hrs in morning then off to work.
Things aren’t much better at BA. Loads of guys have left for them both short and long haul. Short haul get hammered only have to read BA thread to see that. Long haul don’t get 20 days off a month. I don’t know anyone full time who gets that. Maybe some very senior guys. Also a note to BA you have to arrive at car park at least 45 mins before check in to have a chance of making it. Sometimes the car park is full so you have to park in other car parks pay for it then claim it back.
Weather wise. Well that is personal preference. My mate is in shorts when the temperature gets above 15 degrees. Right now I’m sat outside and it’s 27 degrees and to me it’s cold. For me 30-35 is ideal shorts weather that’s my personal preference.
Money wise my friends (not pilots) have lived in Dubai for 11 years. They are planning on coming back but honestly I have crunched numbers with them and they said based on what I have told them I would be better off financially at EK than BA. Yeah there are certain high costs in Dubai compared to U.K./London. Yeah we live in London so it is expensive, our local is £6 a pint. Went to a nice restaurant the other day and we spent nearly £200 with only half a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of champagne.
Dubai is 4000miles a way from U.K. friends and family but we barely see any of our friends and family as it is. Either working, too tired or just want to spend time with my wife and kids on my days off.
I know a lot of guys have come from U.K. to Dubai but how long have you been gone?
Last 5-10 years for sure costs have gone crazy. £2k a year council tax £2k a year service charge as we live in a flat. Petrol costs extortionate, I could go on.
For me to top it off is the U.K. tax system which is a joke. Over a grand a month going to what? Certainly not police, our area has seen a massive spike in crime. A mother was recently walking down the street, moped gang pulled up knife in hand got all her valuables attached her then drove off, all this during the day on a busy street. Police have difficulty in justifying a chase as they are on mopeds. Sod that just run them off the road, if they get injured tough, no can’t do that blah blah human rights. What about the Mum and child who have just been traumatised?
There always pros and negatives to a company/country. People will be happy when others will hate it.
Some people will never be happy.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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AimHigh no disrespect but no night flying and no jet lag....... that says it all really. I wish I could sleep in the spare room as opposed to controlled rest for '20 mins'. Till you have worked the long haul to this level and flown night after night and jet lagged up to the eyeballs you really have no idea. I have flown both sides of the fence and there is no comparison. The vast majority of the complaints are not money based they are life style and exhaustion based.
£2k a year service charge as we live in a flat.....try guys here paying £5500 a year for apartment service charges.
Yeah there are certain high costs in Dubai compared to U.K./London. Yeah we live in London so it is expensive, our local is £6 a pint.... try £12-£15 a pint
Went to a nice restaurant the other day and we spent nearly £200 with only half a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of champagne. .... try over £100 a head for a fairly average meal and a glass of wine in a decent restaurant. Add champagne ...hahaha
£2k a year service charge as we live in a flat.....try guys here paying £5500 a year for apartment service charges.
Yeah there are certain high costs in Dubai compared to U.K./London. Yeah we live in London so it is expensive, our local is £6 a pint.... try £12-£15 a pint
Went to a nice restaurant the other day and we spent nearly £200 with only half a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of champagne. .... try over £100 a head for a fairly average meal and a glass of wine in a decent restaurant. Add champagne ...hahaha
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: London
Posts: 85
And my first question?
Why don’t you leave if you don’t like it?
Just for reference I have done night shift work at my previous jobs.
One was as a dispatcher. The other as military personnel, that involved going on patrols and avoiding getting blown up. I have been used to sleeping irregular hours for years, sometimes in a nice bed, sometimes in the back of a 4 tonner.
As a point my service charge doesn’t have any gym facilities, parking or 24 hr security anything like that anyone can come in and out at anytime. That is a high service charge but our last place which had security plus a pool was £4k that was 6 years ago.
Our meal was just myself and misses. Yes I get 12-15 is a lot for a pint but you are in a country that is dry. Most I have paid for a pint. £22. Bit excessive but it was a club in Chelsea. I went home pretty sober.
Why don’t you leave if you don’t like it?
Just for reference I have done night shift work at my previous jobs.
One was as a dispatcher. The other as military personnel, that involved going on patrols and avoiding getting blown up. I have been used to sleeping irregular hours for years, sometimes in a nice bed, sometimes in the back of a 4 tonner.
As a point my service charge doesn’t have any gym facilities, parking or 24 hr security anything like that anyone can come in and out at anytime. That is a high service charge but our last place which had security plus a pool was £4k that was 6 years ago.
Our meal was just myself and misses. Yes I get 12-15 is a lot for a pint but you are in a country that is dry. Most I have paid for a pint. £22. Bit excessive but it was a club in Chelsea. I went home pretty sober.
Last edited by AIMINGHIGH123; 22nd Aug 2018 at 16:41.
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Location: UAE
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Originally Posted by BANANASBANANAS
Perhaps I should have added.
Not my bill. It was doing the rounds on social media a while ago.
But it does show how easy it is to spend/waste money here.
Not my bill. It was doing the rounds on social media a while ago.
But it does show how easy it is to spend/waste money here.
