Flydubai Flight 981

Without a doubt Emirates has an outstanding Flight Training Department.

But also without a doubt Emirates has a fatigue issue. @typhoonpilot has said many times, and I heeded his advice as a regional pilot looking to escape, that Emirates is a temporary job that has a shelf life no more than 10 years. Tough schedules.
 
typhoonpilot said:
Can't really speak for the maintenance side, but there were rarely ever any MEL items. The engineers were worked pretty hard though and the company had a hard time attracting new engineers to join so they were always under-manned.

On the pilot side of EK, the standards are pretty high. The term we used when deciding on terminating an under-performing pilot was, "they are a risk to the business". Upgrade to captain is far more difficult than at U.S. carriers. Quite honestly, when riding as a passenger, I would choose EK over pretty much every other airline in the world from a pilot competence standpoint.


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typhoonpilot said:
As an examiner I can categorically say that is not true. More than a few cadet pilots failed training and were let go. They are not coddled. Would be interested to hear the first hand stories. For their experience level they are generally pretty sharp.


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@Cherokee_Cruiser I probably found the answer to your question...
 
Trip7 said:
Without a doubt Emirates has an outstanding Flight Training Department.

But also without a doubt Emirates has a fatigue issue. @typhoonpilot has said many times, and I heeded his advice as a regional pilot looking to escape, that Emirates is a temporary job that has a shelf life no more than 10 years. Tough schedules.
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I ran into a Pinnacle Endeavor guy in DTW the other day who was ex-Emirates, and it was interesting to hear a first-hand perspective on it. The basic summary was that he was damn glad to have done it for a while - but also damn glad to be back in the US.

If you're curious, they're asking for 4-year commitments from new hires now.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I ran into a Pinnacle Endeavor guy in DTW the other day who was ex-Emirates, and it was interesting to hear a first-hand perspective on it. The basic summary was that he was damn glad to have done it for a while - but also damn glad to be back in the US.

If you're curious, they're asking for 4-year commitments from new hires now.
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As in, left Pinnacle/Endeavor for Emirates, or left Emirates and is now at Pinnacle/Endeavor?
 
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