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Forum: Middle East
2nd Aug 2016, 21:08
Replies: 141
Views: 98,360
Posted By whossorrynow

typhoonpilot stood up with/for tartan guy. Both...

typhoonpilot stood up with/for tartan guy. Both long gone now.

Didn't the WSJ article lead to the IRS showing an interest in EKs US crews financial circumstances?
Forum: Middle East
4th Jul 2015, 10:13
Replies: 22
Views: 13,191
Posted By whossorrynow

Regular poster captainsmiffy is probably up to...

Regular poster captainsmiffy is probably up to speed on the contents of the threads in the ME forum. In his own words from post #13:



Sorry to hear your news smiffy.
Forum: Middle East
26th Jun 2015, 19:26
Replies: 85
Views: 23,818
Posted By whossorrynow

Old King Coal - LHS FZ. OKC gets about...

Old King Coal - LHS FZ.



OKC gets about AED63,000 for 88 hours (flight pay AED15,400) and apparently 15 days off in July (from another OKC post).


nakbin330 - LHS EK
Forum: Middle East
16th Jun 2015, 12:39
Replies: 28
Views: 9,951
Posted By whossorrynow

Sounds like a guy I used to know. He's gone now....

Sounds like a guy I used to know. He's gone now. Making his own decision to leave a bit easier was an interview with the Chief Pilot, Fleet Manager (might have been Manager Fleet) and three HR...
Forum: Middle East
1st Nov 2014, 10:11
Replies: 55
Views: 21,757
Posted By whossorrynow

Someone recently posted on this board about their...

Someone recently posted on this board about their experience with the training feedback email.

The gist of it was they had submitted the form a couple of years ago and the training department...
Forum: Middle East
27th Oct 2014, 08:16
Replies: 135
Views: 69,314
Posted By whossorrynow

A380 F/O rosters don't often if ever get close to...

A380 F/O rosters don't often if ever get close to 90 hours a month, they're working at 80-85 % of left seat level. And as the rostering computer has enough F/Os to do its job and nobody approaches...
Forum: Middle East
18th Sep 2014, 18:34
Replies: 191
Views: 116,971
Posted By whossorrynow

Wasn't this done here a couple of weeks ago? ...

Wasn't this done here a couple of weeks ago?

The thing is the bulk of this airlines crew are refugees from failed/failing and LC carriers, through timing/geography/personality or whatever they...
Forum: Middle East
16th Sep 2014, 16:47
Replies: 4,941
Views: 2,859,392
Posted By whossorrynow

So what's up? Last week an FZ Captain posted...

So what's up?

Last week an FZ Captain posted this on another thread.


Has it gone from so good to so bad in just 9 days?
Forum: Middle East
5th Sep 2014, 05:25
Replies: 46
Views: 12,278
Posted By whossorrynow

There's a handfull of BA people here. I talked...

There's a handfull of BA people here. I talked with one about it, he mentioned the weather.

There were a couple from LH, one had been sacked and ended up here via somewhere else. He never made...
Forum: Middle East
5th Sep 2014, 02:51
Replies: 46
Views: 12,278
Posted By whossorrynow

Sure, you could return as a jet DEC to Ryanair,...

Sure, you could return as a jet DEC to Ryanair, Norwegian, Jet2 or Wizz if you wanted. Staying in Europe you would have been there anyway.



I forgot to mention denial.
Forum: Middle East
4th Sep 2014, 16:33
Replies: 46
Views: 12,278
Posted By whossorrynow

The trick is probably to not leave Europe in the...

The trick is probably to not leave Europe in the first place. There was a time when after not too many years in the Middle East you could go home with enough cash to buy property and have a mortgage...
Forum: Middle East
4th Sep 2014, 07:49
Replies: 10
Views: 4,222
Posted By whossorrynow

225 aircraft now, it's taken 27 years to get...

225 aircraft now, it's taken 27 years to get this far. Very simply a new joiner will get their upgrade chance when a fast growing airline doubles it's fleet number. In this case that's when 450...
Forum: Middle East
16th Aug 2014, 13:32
Replies: 70
Views: 44,873
Posted By whossorrynow

Absolutely. Whenever the budgets looking a bit...

Absolutely. Whenever the budgets looking a bit tight they roll them in again. The accountants think they save money.
Forum: Middle East
13th Aug 2014, 14:36
Replies: 49
Views: 12,933
Posted By whossorrynow

Lets see. 3 x JFK with SBU = 79+ hours and 12...

Lets see. 3 x JFK with SBU = 79+ hours and 12 days of work, 3 crew of course. Add 2 x night BOM = another 11 hours and 4 days of work. Add a PPC/ RTGS/ Handling Sim/ CRM/ SEP and I think the 15 day...
Forum: Middle East
2nd Aug 2014, 14:06
Replies: 67
Views: 24,818
Posted By whossorrynow

So's we don't forget tartanguy: ...

So's we don't forget tartanguy:


http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/224733-wall-street-journal-expat-pilots-including-ek.html
Forum: Middle East
2nd Aug 2014, 13:27
Replies: 37
Views: 12,656
Posted By whossorrynow

It's that wide because it has 8 parallel...

It's that wide because it has 8 parallel compartments and dividers. It's got a tag on it with a picture of a young couple wearing jeans who seem to be going on a ski holiday. I think the suggestion...
Forum: Middle East
26th Jul 2014, 21:44
Replies: 16
Views: 6,221
Posted By whossorrynow

A couple of months ago an EK retiree came on this...

A couple of months ago an EK retiree came on this board to mention that when he tried to book this years ticket entitlement the system refused him. It seemed that his entitlement had been downgraded...
Forum: Middle East
25th Jul 2014, 07:07
Replies: 70
Views: 44,873
Posted By whossorrynow

Or... if these young pilots joined 'another'...

Or... if these young pilots joined 'another' airline they would be in with a chance of upgrade by 30 years old.

It's the Ryanair effect again. Some 20 year old gets Daddy to either pay for or...
Forum: Middle East
19th Jul 2014, 13:34
Replies: 36
Views: 10,788
Posted By whossorrynow

In a nutshell. My road to delayed retirement...

In a nutshell. My road to delayed retirement started with a used Ford Explorer.

Do you post as harry the cod too? He was with Monarch. Or was it Air 2bob? Not Britannia though.
Forum: Middle East
19th Jul 2014, 11:40
Replies: 36
Views: 10,788
Posted By whossorrynow

Lowest? I prefer realistic. You are using a...

Lowest? I prefer realistic. You are using a number that based on past performance I don't think we will see again for some years.

I used the term 'monthly take home salary' several times in my...
Forum: Middle East
19th Jul 2014, 09:54
Replies: 36
Views: 10,788
Posted By whossorrynow

At todays exchange rate in the local mall - the...

At todays exchange rate in the local mall - the bank would be worse - 65,000 Dhs is worth 10,140 english pounds not 10,800. If the accommodation allowance is not paid and mostly it is not as most...
Forum: Middle East
18th Jul 2014, 14:06
Replies: 36
Views: 10,788
Posted By whossorrynow

Some of us get caught in a trap. This was once a...

Some of us get caught in a trap. This was once a great job but the love of flying I once had has been beaten into submission by 90+ hours of back of the clock flying month in month out crossing...
Forum: Middle East
21st Jun 2014, 20:28
Replies: 19
Views: 5,898
Posted By whossorrynow

Well, one of them is Tartan Guy...

Well, one of them is Tartan Guy...
Forum: Middle East
9th Jun 2014, 16:19
Replies: 33
Views: 11,638
Posted By whossorrynow

There is a TCAS missive out now. But expect...

There is a TCAS missive out now.
But expect the usual 'Recall'.
He's used the wrong flight number.
Forum: Middle East
2nd Jun 2014, 04:10
Replies: 16
Views: 4,213
Posted By whossorrynow

In April at EK I got $16,301 net for 20 days work...

In April at EK I got $16,301 net for 20 days work which is $815 a day.

Same salary step (topped out) and fleet as the above poster.
Forum: Middle East
21st Apr 2014, 09:36
Replies: 117
Views: 34,979
Posted By whossorrynow

Which specific pairings are these? And where is...

Which specific pairings are these? And where is the data to be found? I have a vague memory of just one specific burnout pairing being mentioned in the book but I can't find it. Maybe it's been a...
Forum: Middle East
28th Feb 2014, 18:34
Replies: 56
Views: 21,085
Posted By whossorrynow

There's a big difference for a joining F/O and...

There's a big difference for a joining F/O and how far the pay goes in, wife at work in Dubai and no kids, and wife not at work and 3 kids.
I think Fong is in the first group.
Forum: Middle East
22nd Feb 2014, 12:35
Replies: 52
Views: 11,603
Posted By whossorrynow

The same reason they don't clear you for T/O on...

The same reason they don't clear you for T/O on RWY12R when there is an aircraft between 200-1000' on final approach for 12L. Through either ignorance or more probably to save money the runways were...
Forum: Middle East
22nd Feb 2014, 10:04
Replies: 52
Views: 11,603
Posted By whossorrynow

If Dubai hadn't saved a buck when they built the...

If Dubai hadn't saved a buck when they built the runways too close together to allow true dual runway operations maybe there would have been no diversions, more than 4 departures an hour, no 90...
Forum: Middle East
19th Feb 2014, 05:38
Replies: 69
Views: 30,015
Posted By whossorrynow

Machspeed wrote: and then wrote: ...

Machspeed wrote:


and then wrote:


So which is it?
Forum: Middle East
12th Feb 2014, 07:02
Replies: 20
Views: 7,978
Posted By whossorrynow

So, there's an FCI in my mail box dated this...

So, there's an FCI in my mail box dated this morning saying that I can bid for the last scraps of leave from 0800 this morning.
But I can't, because now approaching midday the Leave Application is...
Forum: Middle East
11th Feb 2014, 20:01
Replies: 69
Views: 30,015
Posted By whossorrynow

captainsmiffy post #3: fliion post #24: ...

captainsmiffy post #3:


fliion post #24:


Oh you're being ironic, I see now.
Forum: Middle East
29th Jan 2014, 05:55
Replies: 134
Views: 45,889
Posted By whossorrynow

Will we really be able to buy these tickets for...

Will we really be able to buy these tickets for our friends? Or will they be the same as the ID50s and SRC Firms that in reality can only be booked on flights that we would get on with Standby ID90...
Forum: Middle East
9th Jan 2014, 22:56
Replies: 46
Views: 49,317
Posted By whossorrynow

Too bad the people who know how to run the...

Too bad the people who know how to run the company are busy driving Boeings.

(George F. Burns).
Forum: Middle East
23rd Oct 2013, 10:07
Replies: 48
Views: 19,282
Posted By whossorrynow

There isn't much that is good about seniority at...

There isn't much that is good about seniority at EK. You are either an F/O or a Captain. Ask any of the long-time F/Os on the A380 what they think about EKs seniority policy.



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