All probably accurate, but the 310 freighter ops seemed to be a place to have been. Of course it couldn't do 17+ hours.

I would be very wary of moving over to the freighter. Rumors have been going around for some time suggesting that EK is trying to outsource the freighter operation to another company. As far as we know no deal has been made so far, one of the reasons could very well be that few companies have 300 or so spare 777 pilots laying around. This could be a way of offloading crew and aircrafts as a whole package. So who knows about terms and conditions if that would be the case... On the other hand, maybe opportunities would arise to be based closer to home.

I for one think it's making EK yet a bit less appealing since it reduces the variation and we're losing the possibility of getting to some of the nicer destinations the 380 has taken from the pax 777.

Also curious to know how this would benefit EK if terms and conditions stays the same. My belief is that by having one group of pilots doing everything you'd have greater flexibility. But what do I know.

if it was a good gig it would have been offered to a selected team of pilots first, like everything here, if it sounds too good to be true it most likely is.