Emirates Catering


  1. I guess that I don't understand why people are unable to see the unfair advantage that the ME3 have over US and EU carriers. When you have the ability to subsidize your business with incomes from other businesses and state entities, you can invest all the money you want and operate that business at a loss. Those are the advantages the ME3 enjoy. Of course they're investing billions in kitchens, flight training airports, and Cirruses. They answer to no share holders and have no real reason to post a profit.

    If you owned a restaurant and were beholden to purchasing your inventory at fair market value from suppliers, paid fair market rent to a landlord, complied with state and federal labor laws, and paid taxes to the local, state, and federal governments--you'd be operating on the same playing field as your competition.

    Now if I moved in down the block and had a similar restaurant that I operated at a loss and as a hobby because I was A.) rich from a bunch of other businesses I owned; and B.) I enjoyed the following advantages: My brother was one of the big suppliers of inventory so he gave it to me at a ridiculous discount or for free. My sister was the governor so people in her administration held me to a relaxed standard regarding some creative labor and tax laws interpretations. My dad ran the health department in town, so inspections weren't an issue. My uncle owned the building my restaurant was in so I paid no rent. And I could operate the restaurant with only a few people eating there each night because the restaurant didn't need to make a profit. I just might have fancier table clothes, silverware, ovens and Alto Shams than you. Why? Because I invested more in the business--duh. But the question being asked isn't whether or not I invested more in that business, the question is how much more was I able to invest in that and why was I able to do so?

    The answer is because I was able to circumvent much of the regulatory and traditional expenses that you're restaurant Required to comply with and spend HUGE amounts of money on. Therefore we operated our restaurants in vastly different operating environments. In fact, one might say the operating environments weren't fair.

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Der rote Baron said:
Try the Singapore private suites ;)
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I did....

I thought the Emirates seat was better in general. Much better for lounging. The Singapore seat didn't have much recline and to make it into a bed it had to be folded forward. Sleeping Singapore seat is better with the mattress pad they threw on it but seat in general I preferred the Emirates one.
 
The suites aren't that private either. Anyone walking by can see over the top of it....I'm sure that's intentional.
 
I wonder if airlines will reach a point where they bring these things back in house to control quality and also be able to control costs by handling it directly.
 
typhoonpilot said:
Good question and the answer is quite simple. Educated Emiratis can make more money and be home in bed every night in just about any other field they go into. That is the main reason the airline has so many expat pilots and other staff.


TP
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j4seymor said:
Well there ya go. Why on earth anybody would move out there to be treated like a second-class citizen is beyond me.
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I guess educated Emiratis are smarter than educated Americans or Europeans. They, apparently, can smell a crap sandwich when they see it.
 
Cptnchia said:
I guess educated Emiratis are smarter than educated Americans or Europeans. They, apparently, can smell a crap sandwich when they see it.
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I think you might have read into my reply something that wasn't necessarily there based on preconceived notions of the job. As I said, the Emirati pilots are treated very well. They receive a pay override just for being Emirati. They also book off sick with little to no repercussion so they hardly fly the same hours as expat pilots. It's a good job, but the banks, oil companies, and a few others pay even more plus have the benefit of regular working hours and lots of government holidays off duty.

TP
 
typhoonpilot said:
I ride in Delta business class quite often. Their movie and music selection pales in comparison to Emirates. I've written them about the complete lack of known classic rock on the rock music selection. It seems like they only put the absolute cheapest stuff they can find. I mean not one known band in the history of rock, except Bush. No Eagles, no Pink Floyd, no Zeppelin, definitely no Ozzie, Metallica, Guns n Roses, Van Halen, etc, just total crap music. Compare that to Emirates which has the entire history of Eagles, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Queen, etc. Literally every album they ever made.



Typhoonpilot
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Oh, the horror!
 
typhoonpilot said:
I think you might have read into my reply something that wasn't necessarily there based on preconceived notions of the job. As I said, the Emirati pilots are treated very well. They receive a pay override just for being Emirati. They also book off sick with little to no repercussion so they hardly fly the same hours as expat pilots. It's a good job, but the banks, oil companies, and a few others pay even more plus have the benefit of regular working hours and lots of government holidays off duty.

TP
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Oh, so it's even worse. Expats are basically treated like dog doo then. The point still stands. If Emirati pilots, who are treated and paid better than expats, don't want to do the job, how good is the job really?
 
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