Thanks don/contacted.
Appreciate this. Will help.
Gonna rethink seriously.
Cheers

Thanks Jockey,
But i'm too happy in my current outfit. The T & C's just ain't enuff for me to bite on.
Seriously. Just not enuff....
Sorry.
Thanks for the pm.

No need to be morose and apologetic, Bunktime, I suspect Emirates will survive without you. Somehow.

More likely you were never serious about it and it was all just empty talk, in which case thanks anyway but we get enough of that from management.

Don, based on that very limited amount of information, the average is 7 weeks.

Whats the salary for a new TRE.

What is the housing allowance for a FO with wife and 1 kid?

what is the delay for take off
 

Are these questions getting silly, or is it just me....glf

In six years here it has been 4,14,0,2.5,12 and 0. It is based on how much the company makes over it's target.

I BELIEVE this year is going "Reasonably" well- so maybe on track for one of the smaller numbers, or maybe another zero!!

Base + 8 500dhs appointmen pay + 1 100 Transport allowence.

You also get 1 000dhs for each training duty in exess of 12 per month- most TREs doing 15-18 at the moment.

The Wife + kid makes no difference to the Accomodation allowence- it DOES entitle you to a Company Villa if you take the company option, plus education for your Children (max of 3 at a time).

FO allowence if ??150 000?? dhs/yr (ABOUT that, but an FO can give you the exact number).

Guys who fly for EK - do you have a set number of days off a month? or a min? or average?

also, does EK abide by FAA duty limits?

Tonne- Minimum 8 but line guys currently achieving up to 16.

We fly to GCAA FTLs which are based on JAR rules- actually generally more restrictive than FAA.

WV2

I know which school you are refering to and It's a shame you've been slammed, but please don't paint all Dubai schools with the same brush- yes that one IS mainly facade- but a little reaserch revealed that soon after it opened.

There are some bad, ordinary and bloody good schools in Dubai- I'm sure YOU know which one I'm talking about when I say my Kids both go to a Secondary school that scored in the top 100 of ALL British schools in both GCSE and A levels last year, and which costs significantly less than the Magic Castle.

Hi folks looking at a move to EK in the future (if they will have me) and looking for some info on the leave/staff travel at EK.

Smoke and Mirrors posed this question earlier, can anyone shed some light on it.

"How does personal travel work on EK? Can you list standby, or is it all ID90 type stuff? As far as vacation goes, I understand you get 43 vacation days per year, how hard is it to get the time off that you want, and what blocks of time do they usually grant? How much is paid if any?"

Thanks

1 free Annual Leave Ticket per year for each immediate family member. For the first 3 years this has to be used to tavel back to your designated " Home", after that, anywhere on the network.

Economy upgradable to Business for F/Os, J upgradable to First for Captains, HOWEVER they will not upgrade children under 16 (bloody silly!!)

Apart from that, you can buy "CAT A" tickets which are standby and basically ID90 on any flight, or "Cat C" which are firm space but only a limited number are released (usually if they are confident the flight won't sell out, so you are PROBABLY as well off with a Cat A!!).

Leave- you SHOULD get one block of 21 days "Peak Leave (Christmas and Summer) once every two years (standing by for stories from people you didn't- SEEMS most do these days), the rest of the 42 days is reasonably available at any other time, though it varies with fleet and requirements at the time.

Hope that helps!!

Wizofoz

Assuming that for example I never do any holidays during the summer, should I be able to go back home for Christmas every 2 years?

That's the normal procedure in my family, avoid summer season as places get crowded but, thinking about Dubai's weather maybe is a good idea to get some rest during the hot. :confused:

Why is no upgarde for under 16 silly and I thought it was changed to 13.BTW it's expat brats that cause all the problems.

Don't believe it has, FB.

It's silly because it means a Captains snotty five year old can get firm space Business, but an FOs 15 year old can't get an UPGRADE to Business.

Archer- in theory, yes.

But YES getting some time away from the heat is a good idea. If you have kids, they get a little "Cabin fevour" ish when stuck here for the Summer Hols. The weather at Christmas is glorious- so get the Family to come here instead!!

Thank you very much Wizofoz.

No kids yet, and bringing all the family to DXB in Christmas will be a difficult thing, may EK send us a 380 to BCN to bring them... :ok:

Just to clarify fatbus - kids under 16 can't upgrade from their father's/mother's entitlement; but if the children are over 13 then the parents may upgrade and travel in a separate cabin. ie a skipper and his wife can go First if space available whilst 13 and 14 year old travel in Business...

Bit of a generalisation isn't it? There are well behaved kids from everywhere, and there are brats from everywhere. If my kids misbehave they'll get a clip round the ear;)

Far from it mate. I've seen awful behaviour from kids of all nationalities.

Some of the parents are actually worse than the kids!

But in most cases, children of staff are generally beautifully behaved. Once had a little girl travelling in J, she was delightful. Please, thank you, may I, excuse me prefaced everything she asked for. However I'm not sure who taught her that as her mother was an absolute nightmare! Keep an eye on your wife guys, she might just create issues for you if she doesn't know how to behave :E

WK, I think you were on one of my flights... kid was being a right handful, dad gave him a clip, quite rightly, had to try not to laugh as was exactly what my father would have done!

Sorry for the drift, back to the thread....

Actually GMW my kids have been good as gold once on board, especially now as they are large teens. When they were small the problem was always in the terminal where they got bored - especially at OhThreeThirtyHours:{

I don't know guys, but 11k take home isn't bad at all considering it's tax free.

Here I might not pay for my kid's tuition but I only take 7.5K home after income tax and all the deductions (52%) and I have to pay my mortgage, municipal taxes and utilities on top of that...

EK automation policy
 

Hi,

didn´t want to open a new tread, so here my specific Q:
can someone tell me what the automation policy is at EK?
Thanks!