Message from Emirates Crew Control
 

Had to LOVE the message on EVITA the last few days:


:ok: Oh boy! Things really are falling apart.

Wait wait wait, slow down there....Your company email is called EVITA???? :}

Dont cry for me Emirates Scheduling!!!

Im sure Im not the first with the lame jokes but it does seem funny!!!

EVITA

Emirates Voice Information Telephone Access, is used for all of our crewing changes and such like, not our company email.

Well I apologise for any offence!!! :}

We personnally have a rostering system called Carmen...shes a very tempermental wee woman!

Dont call us but we can still call you ......any time
 

Yeah....But It still did not stop Crew Control from phoning me at home on my day off after 10 pm pleading to go and fly one of 5 flights.....

I declined as I like my days off to recover and yes some of us do actually try and plan for activities ....

The rate for Overtime at 400 AED an Hr ($109 US) has not been adjusted for more than 7 years.....

Im not going to work any more on my days off.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I interpret that message as "you guys aren't helping us any more, so we aren't going to help you either". Anyone else get the same impression.

If so, things are deteriorating arent they.

EVITA's message to pilots
 

Hi All,
Hadn't thought of it that way Vorsicht but it does ring true :suspect: Also, why is it necessary for ALL crew to hear that Scheduling are so short of pilots? I would have thought it would be possible to filter the message so that only pilots hear it or post it on the portal, etc. Call me a conspiracy theorist but is EVITA being used to disseminate a much more sinister message? I can see it now.... 'Profit share reduced due to cancelled flights'. At best this is a sign of desparation but I wonder :confused: :confused:

Perhaps we should change our mesaages on our answering machines as well.

"This message is for all at Scheduling. Unless you are calling to give me a day off, please do not call as I have covered too many flights and am unable to help. Thank you."

Lol....!!

/sk_x

Thats funny!!!:)

Sure the message is serious guys, but don't forget the scheduling guys are stuck in the middle trying to crew the flights and making an attempt to please you lot. It don't matter what airline you work for, the latter is almost impossible cos we know you lot are a hard bunch to please....Unless of course you get mega money and then life is rosy....

Bollocks. No scheduling department operates to please the pilot group.

Further more scheduling may be caught in the middle, but the present ludicrous situation in EK is not the fault of the line pilots, so point the finger of blame elsewhere and stop expecting the line guys to keep having to drop everything and screw up their own lives (if you can call them that :} ) just to keep fixing up the ever present management stuff ups and crap planning.

radnav

Amen. Sign me up on your statement.

Brgds/ SK_X

Take a look at how many are off sick today. Add that to those on XOs, can't be too many left to pick up the load.

Don

Without actually counting, the names on the sick list appear to be predominately Airbus which tends to confirm the fatigue issue, even given that the Airbus is the larger fleet.

Curious about the first name on the XO list. How would he have done 900 hours in 12 months?
This assumes that XOs are only applied to those with high hours
Or is there a management pilot scam going on?

I see that Emirates are advertising in Flight for an Airbus Fleet Manager so I guess all your problems will be soon solved!! Correct??

Problems solved....
 

:} :} :} :} Good one Millerscourt! ;)

Radnav
Mine does for one so there you go.
The finger can't be pointed at the Pilots as much as it cant be pointed at Crew Control, they are in the middle much like you

All,

Unfortunately crew control were in a situation of high workload due to operational disruption because of sickness of a Capt downroute and other associated problems. Crew control were unable at this time, to answer all the normal telephone calls. Nothing sinister, just pure workload on the day.

Please accept our apologise.

thanks for the reply, don't buy it tho'. when things are busy , like you mention, normally the phones don't get answered...or at least that is the case virtually any time I phone..