EK to Decommission 50%+ of Airbus A380, Axe 1/2 of Pilots & Cabin Crew
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It's irrelevant if you are directly employed or are a contractor in an airline in Asia where the minority of the workforce are ex-pats, as the ex-pat will always be the first to suffer in the tough times. I would rather be with a contract agency, as at least there is an intermediary that you can liaise with. If you were employed directly, I doubt any local pilot union would be willing to make much effort to look after ex-pats who are on more generous terms and conditions, at the expense of their own peers.
we are getting away from the original question, unpaid leave HAS been offered in many far eastern airlines, and some have introduced salary adjustments, but none have handled their crew the way emirates has the past two weeks...
They're axing long term crew with clean records and juniors seem to be less targeted... have heard from three friends still in EK, all over a certain time in their grade, all with "good" records, minimal SK so the only motivator would seem to be cost or spite... or both
Seems there might be merit to the "reduce costs for later & can the expensive PUR/CSV/FG1/GR1" theory.. .
Seems there might be merit to the "reduce costs for later & can the expensive PUR/CSV/FG1/GR1" theory.. .
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Lots of office staff have been given the letter today. Heard around 40% of finance and another 750 in IT (on top of the ones from last week). Also whole departments are being let go.
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The "leadership" in EK is taking credit for success and hiding when it comes to taking responsibility for failure.
Success = STC; Failure = oil prices, coronavirus, A380, geopolitical uncertainty, world economy, China slowdown, in short, anything but the senior ek management.
Success = STC; Failure = oil prices, coronavirus, A380, geopolitical uncertainty, world economy, China slowdown, in short, anything but the senior ek management.
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Hmmm
Yeah and the water coolers now have champagne at HNA HQ. Your Mate is pulling your leg or something. There is no retention pay at HNA. I Love HNA and can’t wait to get back to my old paycheck.It is the best company I ever worked for and the nicest people to work with. Never looked back at leaving EK.
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Yes also a lot of the HR department,Scheduling and some CCM and some of their coordinators. Mostly the senior ranking ones it seems. The ones who were in EK from the very early days. Just hearing here and there from people now. I think most people over 50 have accepted their fate and if they were not called in they are very lucky. I wish them all the best of luck.
