Since we're talking Brazilian........



Donald Rumsfeld briefed the President this morning. He told Bush that Three Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq .

To everyone's amazement, all of the color ran from Bush's face, then he collapsed onto his desk, head in hands, visibly shaken, almost whimpering. Finally, he composed himself and asked Rumsfeld,
"Just exactly how many is a brazillion?" :} :} :}

I can imagine the laughter at Etihad when they read that.

Perhaps YOU too would care to enlighten us on why ex-VARIG pilots are taking so much stick - by innuendo.

I maintain my original position that these guys in EK in my experience are a good bunch of operators.

I was part of the group last week where 6 out of 7 got cut on the 1st day. They were all great guys and all were highly qualified. I went to the interview for the adventure and the free trip to Dubai. I did a little bit of sandbagging on day 1 because I really did not want to return for day 2 and day 3 screening. After I received my phone call I graciously thanked them for the opportunity and after hanging up the phone I pumped my fist and said "YES!!!" Now the fun and vacation begins. Dubai was an awesome trip but I would NEVER consider moving there. If anyone wants gouge on the sim and written test PM me and I will gladly help out. All questions were multiple choice and pretty easy. I'm sure the test changes from month to month but this will give you an idea.

Hypoxia = Lack of O2 partial pressure
Where is Center of Pressure located in relation to CG?
Know how Lat/Longs are expressed 55.29.04 as opposed to 5529.04.
Strongest wake = Clean-Heavy-Slow.
Fuel Requirements = Most distant Alternate and then 30 minutes at 1500AGL.
Take Off Mins and Take off Alt Mins is determined by # of Engines on plane.
When is take off alt required
Where is final approach fix on an ILS
What if on G/S above published intercept altitiude and Viz drps below mins? How do you proceed...Fly Loc to MAP and then the published missed.
What is included in "Payload Weight" 2 wrong choice had fuel
Something about what happens when the Dry Adiabatic Lapse rate convergages with the dewpoint? Something to do with where the cloud bases will be found.
Where can you find cheap hookers in Dubai? Jockey Club at the Panorama hotel right across the street from the Majestic.

F/O's selection success rate is 40%, DEC's is 20%. EK is not desperate for drivers! We were 10 candidates - 1 F/O and 1 DEC made it. Some were qualified B777 captains and F/O's with Varig! Do not bull:mad: t yourself and think you will walk into a flying carreer at EK!

If they are qualified 777 and have passed the tech quize why is the failure rate so high.

Think you will find CRM and language to be a big factor, probably as much or more so than the tech side of things.. nothing to do with drivers from above mentioned countries, or airlines.. just a general statement regarding screening procees' of Gulf airlines in general...

Well, then all future candidates would be well advised to complete the online, anonymous Pelesys CRM course. They will be perfectly prepared for the ek view of things ....

Strange Statistics
 

EK gets 15000 to 20000 applications per month, which equates to between 180,000 and 240,000 applications per year. You guys believe that? Add all the pilots at all the major airlines in the world and see what the shortfall is.

Come on, how many pilots are there in the world? DUH!!

How many are "qualified candidates"?:hmm:

Percent of hired at EK
 

I don't have the numbers yet who were hired but I will give you details on the interview numbers. I interview last week Dec 10-12. We had 7 that started and only 4 made it to the second day. The next group that started on Mon had 11 that started and 10 made it, the group that started on Tues had around 10 also and I'm not sure how many made it. Just some info from our group...These were the nicest people I have ever interviewed with. I hope they call and so does the other three guys. They acutally treat you like a real person over there and we tried to find something negative but we couldn't, we were all very impressed. Thanks to everyone at Emirates even if I don't get called I would recommend them to everyone.

Come on over, you're gonna love it! In ten years you'll undertsand why they say that EK/Dubai is like a mudguard.

Taylor01:
Taylor, EXACTLY my feeling some 3 years ago... and then you get that phonecall, and you're in!! Fantastic..

I would love to hear you in a year or so if ou decide to come here. When the new wears off, you can actually see how ugly the underneath is..

MR8

PS: If EK is really what you want, good luck. Hope you made it.. (that's if you're not a DEC.. :E )