As if I'd disclose any source, silly!
Get your a$$ out of the couch and do your own research. You will see, it's even worse.

:8I'd say you better check your source... If this was the case, I would know about it...

Or perhaps part time? :E

Guys, it's just an airline.

All over the world there are big airlines flying to the same places using cadets who have never flown anything bigger than a Cessna before clambering into a Boeing or Airbus.

It is nothing special to fly with junior guys.

If you are not up to being the captain next to a junior FO then it is you that is the weak link, not them.

As anybody who has ever flown turboprops before knows they are considerably harder work in most stages of flight.

Get over yourselves.

The real reason you are upset is that you are hoping that if they cannot recruit enough people then Ts & Cs might finally improve.
I quite understand this hope, but don't blame the junior guys.

If you are not up to being the captain next to a junior FO then it is you that is the weak link, not them.

A380 TREs take note.

I have to agree, if the FO is garbage then take the sector for yourself and let them run the radios. Simple. That's what I did when I didn't trust the FO, and one of them is on their way to EK right now.

I have to disagree
 

There are two pilots up there for a reason. They are to complement each other and increase the level of safety. If one is distracted because he is babysitting, then obviously there are safety implications. If EK is now hiring this caliber pilot then their training needs to reflect this and be adjusted accordingly. Rarely, and I mean very rarely is giving the radio work to the FO the answer. To each their own. IMHO

Some of our new F/Os, despite having 'level 4' printed on their licences, are safer being kept away from the radios.

Ability and experience are 2 very different things.

Guys with great ability can be let down by a lack of experience and, unfortunately, some guys with great experience can still be let down by a lack of ability.

The knack, from a recruiting pov, is keeping the overall balance (and the insurers and PR junta) happy.

I suspect that commercial expediency is being put in front of all other concerns here. But don't just blame EK. Most low cost airlines are doing the same thing and EK is just finding its level in the global market place.

The 'recruitment people' aren't fixated on anything. It's the oxygen thrives further up the greasy pole that pass down the edicts to the mortals. And technically they're selection specialists, no recruiters.

Totally agree. No reflection on the recruitment team. This decision was made way above their pay grade.

Whether it is a long term benefit or a short term fix with long term consequences remains to be seen.