I seem to remember someone wrote quite a long and detailed post regarding the fleet expansion or lack thereof and the time to command? Does anyone have it to hand, I can't seem to find it?


Thanks

Yeah, don't go! I can't believe people are still considering working at that place. I was there precisely 11 months and I can tell you all the negative things you read on here about EK are, for once, spot on.

Been to Dubai theses days and they also spoke about the semmer villas which i got to see from the outside, they seem to be much better than the others mentioned, are they really for pilots and how possible to get one? Golden girl?
Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, I am flying corporate (left seat, plane with 14 tons). Unfortunately I still do not meet the minimum requirements for Emirates and I will need another 1,5 years to fly the required hours. Do you know of somebody that got hired even with less hours than the required one? Should I give a try or is it a waste of time?
Many thanks in advance

Thank you a lot

GCAA medical test
 

This includes eye test and x-rays. Can anybody tell me what kind of x-ray are these? I had my shoulder joint medical screws 2 yrs ago, there are 4 of them. Already simulator checked by a DGCA doctor and i passed with satisfactory. Is this would be a problem for EK? I need the details of what x-rays they perform and in which part of the body.

Thanks

777 DEC
 

The x-ray is a chest x-ray only to check for TB.
You can pass the medical with bits of metal holding you together, it is not a limitation on the GCAA medical unless it effects your abilities. If you set of the metal detectors however you will need to get a note from the doc to show security.

Wouldn't be an EK thread without some bashing directed at the turboprop drivers :ugh:

If the pilots' seniority allows for upgrade, they meet the requirements for upgrade, have the correct attitude for upgrade and pass the upgrade, then they should be allowed to upgrade. It's all part of the same Check and Training system that ALL pilots are trained and examined by.

Fuel-Off
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Interesting enough, In all my years of airline training the folks that seem to do better at actually handling the A/C have been the Turboprop and Helicopter pilots. Go figure!

Now the question is, Is the Fast Track to Command offer just a hiring tool? Are there folks that come in with experience that have been upgraded in that 7 month timeline?

Just curious, no need for the EK hating brigade to get their panties in a bunch! I'm just trying to gauge the level of fairness in the process, for example, here in Japan everyone seems to think that it is a straight forward process and that once your seniority number hits, you will go through the process and with hard work and dedication you will make it, when in fact it is more about playing the culture game than anything else! Resulting in some individuals that make it to the left seat that shouldn't be anywhere near an airplane, little alone sitting on the left seat, and some very good operators that are given a very hard time at the "Whack a Mole" table just because of one rogue checker that hates his life, so he has to make sure you hate yours! That is simply the truth!

Same, same or is it a fair but difficult process?

Again, relax with the hate mail, not looking for a job, just curious!

The first batch of TP drivers actually had far more experience (most had 7000hrs+ when they were hired, most were 5+ year captains, some were examiners from their previous airline) than the average Ryanair or easyJet pilot. Does that not count for something?

(FYI not one TP driver has failed an EK type rating)

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EK is not a legacy airline which allows low experienced FOs to sit in the right seat for 10-15 years and gain experience that way.

Where is that the case these days? Unless the airline is stagnant, that is simply not the case any longer! We want to think that this is the normal progression but the reality is that the PFT generation of 10 to 15 years ago are now the trainers at many airlines around the world, these are individuals that learned to fly in full glass aircrafts and at 350 hours sat on the right seat of a fully automated airliner and after 4 or 5 years are now on the left! What kind of experience do they have to teach?
Right now you have 5,000 total time captains flying wide bodies with 350 hour F/O's in many airlines around the world, so if that is your parameter not to fly on an airline, you are limited to airlines that are stagnant because not even at the majors in the US is like that anymore, How many TP pilots get hired at United or Delta every month?


The experience levels in the left seat are plummeting, so who are the next generation of even less experienced FOs going to learn from? The turbo prop driver?

Quite frankly, I'll take a TP driver as a trainer than a PFT wonder boy anyday!

prerequisite should at least be some sort of previous widebody, maybe international type ops of a similar nature.

Is that the case at any of the ACMI operators? Or mainline US carriers? You can't possibly tell me that you can call the training you get at Delta or United as "Comprehensive"

I know many pilots that their first international experience (outside of Mexico or Canada) have been on the right seat of a 767 after 6 weeks of training including OJT...

We might make an argument that maybe this is not ideal a d I tend to agree, but EK is far from being unique on that end.