EK to Decommission 50%+ of Airbus A380, Axe 1/2 of Pilots & Cabin Crew
Does EK still have SAA pilots on leave without pay?
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I think you need to pull your head out of your arse outlaw. Rex never said it wouldn't happen. He said stop posting unsubstantiated emotional BS. And so far he was right. The percentage of pilots let go is half of what was posted. Rex received his letter of redundancy today. He isn't bitching or wallowing in self pity, but rather concerned with how it will all play out for his work mates. Shame you can't do the same.
My deepest sympathy goes out to everyone who lost their livelihood the last 7 days.
I do hope that helps.
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Very weak attempt at trying to walk back “The percentage of pilots let go is half of what was posted”!
PS, keep your vulgarity to yourself, nobody is in the mood for that now.
PS, keep your vulgarity to yourself, nobody is in the mood for that now.
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This is terrible news but just to counter one point made previously not every airline is currently laying off staff, just alot of the big boys at the moment. I always dreamed of working for Emirates but when I had children I chose a different path. Over the years I been close to filling out the forms and every time I hear my father's voice in my head: 'You just can't trust them'. I'm glad I listened. Disgraceful behaviour.
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The Letter - we've all seen one
No real words of empathy.
No mention of giving millions of passengers a safe comfortable flight for decades.
No thanks for traversing the North Pole, dodging the monsoon and riding the ITCZ at all hours of day or night.
Final words ".. (don't worry)...there's 600 more to come next week" were given cheerfully to a colleague at the end of his meeting.
Source: Spouse WhatsApp group chat.
Let us all hope that was a tasteless attempt at humour and not fact.
No mention of giving millions of passengers a safe comfortable flight for decades.
No thanks for traversing the North Pole, dodging the monsoon and riding the ITCZ at all hours of day or night.
Final words ".. (don't worry)...there's 600 more to come next week" were given cheerfully to a colleague at the end of his meeting.
Source: Spouse WhatsApp group chat.
Let us all hope that was a tasteless attempt at humour and not fact.
Where is that thumbs up thing when you need it.
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Absolutely disgraceful. Marched in between rows of staff singing “ Good morning/afternoon” Being told that they cant even tell you the reason that you have been picked to be culled. What was once a great airline has become a total disgrace. The majority of pilots appear to have a notable sickness ie an operation within the last 2-3 years. Many many years of good service and exemplary sim checks, line checks and safe flights are treated with this! No emails reference sickness or anything else yet you do this, disgusting.
Shame on you Emirates, is this seriously what you have become ? I am disgusted in you and the many ways I am no longer deamed to be of use to you....you are a disgrace! You give three months salary after three months of 50% even Qatar did better than this
Anyone in the future who looks to join this travesty then please think twice, no thrice and move on. It is a total disgrace. Seniority?? Please.......
Shame on you Emirates, is this seriously what you have become ? I am disgusted in you and the many ways I am no longer deamed to be of use to you....you are a disgrace! You give three months salary after three months of 50% even Qatar did better than this
Anyone in the future who looks to join this travesty then please think twice, no thrice and move on. It is a total disgrace. Seniority?? Please.......
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Gents, just a quick reminder : although you are in the UAE, you still have Labour Law. If you organise yourselves, you can get class action and renumeration.
Also you can individually sue your manager if you find that he or she does not follow the UAE rules. Forget about the emotional side though.
Might be worthwhile.
Also you can individually sue your manager if you find that he or she does not follow the UAE rules. Forget about the emotional side though.
Might be worthwhile.
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Absolutely disgraceful. Marched in between rows of staff singing “ Good morning/afternoon” Being told that they cant even tell you the reason that you have been culled. What was once a great airline has become a total disgrace. The majority of pilots appear to have a notable sickness ie an operation within the last 2-3 years. Many many years of good service and exemplary sim checks, line checks and safe flights are treated with this! No emails reference sickness or anything else yet you do this, disgusting.
Shame on you Emirates, is this seriously what you have become ? I am disgusted in you and the many ways I am no longer deamed to be of use to you....you are a disgrace! You give three months salary after three months of 50% even Qatar did better than this
Anyone in the future who looks to join this travesty then please think twice, no thrice and move on. It is a total disgrace. Seniority?? Please.......
Shame on you Emirates, is this seriously what you have become ? I am disgusted in you and the many ways I am no longer deamed to be of use to you....you are a disgrace! You give three months salary after three months of 50% even Qatar did better than this
Anyone in the future who looks to join this travesty then please think twice, no thrice and move on. It is a total disgrace. Seniority?? Please.......
Qatar is following the same track unfortunately..
From behind the Telegraph pay wall if anyone is having difficulty.
Emirates is making thousands of staff redundant as the world's biggest longhaul airline contends with the decimation of international air travel.
Pilots and cabin crew are being taken in to meeting rooms in groups and told that they have been made redundant, according to company insiders.
As many as 600 pilots and nearly 7,000 cabin crew could have lost their jobs by the end of Tuesday, sources told The Telegraph.
The state-owned airline has been grounded since March after the pandemic forced countries to close their borders and halt air travel.
Dubai, where Emirates is headquartered, has built a reputation as an international hub for transit passengers travelling between Asia, Europe and Africa.
Staff were told on Monday night that they must attend meetings on Tuesday.
Queues formed around the airline's training building as pilots and crew were informed, people present said.
About 400 pilots being let go are from the airline's Airbus A380 fleet, while a further 200 Boeing 777 pilots are being cut, it is understood. A further 300 pilots will be cut, one source added.
It was not clear if any could be rehired when demand for air travel recovers.
An Emirates spokesperson said: “Given the significant impact that the pandemic has had on our business, we simply cannot sustain excess resources and have to right-size our workforce in line with our reduced operations.
"After reviewing all scenarios and options, we deeply regret that we have to let some of our people go. This was a very difficult decision and not one that we took lightly."
A termination letter seen by Bloomberg stated that the worker would be paid their basic salary and fixed allowances until September 13.
Airlines have suffered a near-60pc reduction in capacity, hammering revenues and forcing companies to employ strict cost-cutting measures.
In late April British Airways said it would cut up to 12,000 jobs after plunging to its biggest quarterly loss.
Emirates is making thousands of staff redundant as the world's biggest longhaul airline contends with the decimation of international air travel.
Pilots and cabin crew are being taken in to meeting rooms in groups and told that they have been made redundant, according to company insiders.
As many as 600 pilots and nearly 7,000 cabin crew could have lost their jobs by the end of Tuesday, sources told The Telegraph.
The state-owned airline has been grounded since March after the pandemic forced countries to close their borders and halt air travel.
Dubai, where Emirates is headquartered, has built a reputation as an international hub for transit passengers travelling between Asia, Europe and Africa.
Staff were told on Monday night that they must attend meetings on Tuesday.
Queues formed around the airline's training building as pilots and crew were informed, people present said.
About 400 pilots being let go are from the airline's Airbus A380 fleet, while a further 200 Boeing 777 pilots are being cut, it is understood. A further 300 pilots will be cut, one source added.
It was not clear if any could be rehired when demand for air travel recovers.
An Emirates spokesperson said: “Given the significant impact that the pandemic has had on our business, we simply cannot sustain excess resources and have to right-size our workforce in line with our reduced operations.
"After reviewing all scenarios and options, we deeply regret that we have to let some of our people go. This was a very difficult decision and not one that we took lightly."
A termination letter seen by Bloomberg stated that the worker would be paid their basic salary and fixed allowances until September 13.
Airlines have suffered a near-60pc reduction in capacity, hammering revenues and forcing companies to employ strict cost-cutting measures.
In late April British Airways said it would cut up to 12,000 jobs after plunging to its biggest quarterly loss.
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Wait until september
I am pretty sure all of them who survive these days you won’t see the 100% ever again
as there have made loads of pilots being made redundant disregarding all means seniority and aperently double paying the no punishment culture
it seems to be obvious that characters like AAR abusing the covid situation to make a big and for employees costly contract clean up
as per the company most of the airplanes should fly latest in September which is sustainable with the current numbers of redundancies
i very convinced in saying that they will hire soon again but with a completely different package more following the EY model where there is no provident fund topped with minimum medical (like cabin crew) plus the live out allowance will be cut to your current payments until your mortgage is paid of- no more gain from the allowance outside of its need.
eventually they will also cut school allowance and as for the remaining contract you will get an option for a new contract and I you don’t like it leave
the deterioration of the contracts value was already obvious over the past years and now rather having an open word with the employees to over come the crises together they take the advantage of cleaning up their mess of incompetence in leadership while letting the workforce, which has provided them with the wealth they generated
a disgrace and a shameful behavior of a company and country which hypocriticaly blasting 24/7 into world how much better they are how important the well being of Dubai’s residents is and how much they take care of those who work in this country
in most of the civilized world aids and contributions by the state have been used to secure and rescue jobs - not so in Dubai, here all the money which runs as multi 100b AED cheque is abuse to fill the pockets of those in charge
and all together the poorest and most disgraceful step off the leaders in this company the chairman STC and AAR not having the integrity to speak openly speak about what’s going on - rather than allowing the middle fearing management to secure their positions by punishing a excellent hard working engaged and encouraged work force
as there have made loads of pilots being made redundant disregarding all means seniority and aperently double paying the no punishment culture
it seems to be obvious that characters like AAR abusing the covid situation to make a big and for employees costly contract clean up
as per the company most of the airplanes should fly latest in September which is sustainable with the current numbers of redundancies
i very convinced in saying that they will hire soon again but with a completely different package more following the EY model where there is no provident fund topped with minimum medical (like cabin crew) plus the live out allowance will be cut to your current payments until your mortgage is paid of- no more gain from the allowance outside of its need.
eventually they will also cut school allowance and as for the remaining contract you will get an option for a new contract and I you don’t like it leave
the deterioration of the contracts value was already obvious over the past years and now rather having an open word with the employees to over come the crises together they take the advantage of cleaning up their mess of incompetence in leadership while letting the workforce, which has provided them with the wealth they generated
a disgrace and a shameful behavior of a company and country which hypocriticaly blasting 24/7 into world how much better they are how important the well being of Dubai’s residents is and how much they take care of those who work in this country
in most of the civilized world aids and contributions by the state have been used to secure and rescue jobs - not so in Dubai, here all the money which runs as multi 100b AED cheque is abuse to fill the pockets of those in charge
and all together the poorest and most disgraceful step off the leaders in this company the chairman STC and AAR not having the integrity to speak openly speak about what’s going on - rather than allowing the middle fearing management to secure their positions by punishing a excellent hard working engaged and encouraged work force
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well that does not seem to be entirely correct as the man with the biggest performance issues got promoted upwards and I am very sure you not gonna see him on those meetings to fire himself
Unfortunately, with the number of pilots employed and the number being let go, the human touch probably wasn't possible. Reviewing the files of around 4000 flight crew, even if only 10 minutes was spent on each one would take around 660 hours or 16 weeks at 8 hours per day. Obviously this would be reduced if more people were involved, but you would want to have relatively senior people making the assesssments.
Having the IT department write up a short program to trawl through the records and fish up specific markers such as warning letters or excessive sick leave was likely to have been the quickest option.
Once a company gets above a certain size, putting faces to names becomes impossible and you are just a number. In a much smaller company, the Chief Pilot might know each of his crew personally and have his own chop list based on individual performance and merits.
Having the IT department write up a short program to trawl through the records and fish up specific markers such as warning letters or excessive sick leave was likely to have been the quickest option.
Once a company gets above a certain size, putting faces to names becomes impossible and you are just a number. In a much smaller company, the Chief Pilot might know each of his crew personally and have his own chop list based on individual performance and merits.
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How many pilots have been sacked by arrogant trainers over bs where the training department had not give the slightest support nor fleet wanted to reveal the truth - all these people are marked with performance issues because nobody is willing to spent the time to go throu those reports and support or at least making up a correct and on facts based deceision as it is asked of every single pilot every day
and those people are now conveniently enough are marked for redundancy
„we have made that deceision very carefully“
this had been said to the press not to employees to the media
so you are saying a computer Programm is a careful decision- well to write proper program on that scale at least 2 weeks including a thorough testing and reviewing the output to its correctness
despite the fact how long IT needs to change a failing software (EPT, portal login) to toward reasonable working
which leads to 2 conclusions
fast shooting with no asking
or
it had been prepared for weeks now and there was never an intention of protecting jobs which leads to only one final conclusion that all of that is intended to invent a massive scale down in enumeration to make that leadership proud to announce 32nd year of profits - no matter of how many lives go broke know
well done
i really you are safe in your job but defending a screwed up system like the EK one can very easy bit you one day and I think you will not write a such defending comment than when it hits yourself
stay safe and all the best to you
and those people are now conveniently enough are marked for redundancy
„we have made that deceision very carefully“
this had been said to the press not to employees to the media
so you are saying a computer Programm is a careful decision- well to write proper program on that scale at least 2 weeks including a thorough testing and reviewing the output to its correctness
despite the fact how long IT needs to change a failing software (EPT, portal login) to toward reasonable working
which leads to 2 conclusions
fast shooting with no asking
or
it had been prepared for weeks now and there was never an intention of protecting jobs which leads to only one final conclusion that all of that is intended to invent a massive scale down in enumeration to make that leadership proud to announce 32nd year of profits - no matter of how many lives go broke know
well done
i really you are safe in your job but defending a screwed up system like the EK one can very easy bit you one day and I think you will not write a such defending comment than when it hits yourself
stay safe and all the best to you
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