Facts and Opinions on Emirates Airlines

[PHXFLYR]

Now that is wit. :beer:

His "plutonium" one liner was pretty good to.:laugh: The kid's got a definite future in stand -up comedy!!


PHXFLYR

 

[PHXFLYR]

Hi!

Speaking of the -380, if you like working with flight attendents, Emirates' -380s will have 28 per flight.

cliff
YIP

UGH!!!! I can barely deal with 3 of 'em, never mind 28. Don't care how hot they are....

PHXFLYR

 

[COpilot]

You know me well!

coleger, gillegan; can you tell me about language, is English popular, have you had the need to pick up local languages'?

What about health, do you have a family Doctor (or airline medical dept.), are hospitals (ER's) easy to use, good, normal to what we would be used to in the States?

Freinds or co-workers; have you meet people to socialize with, or are you board with no one else long way from a culture you grew up with?

tnks

 

[CCDiscoB]

What about days-off??

I'm surprised no one has asked about days-off. How many a month, etc, etc. Can you travel back to the states on your days off?

 

[JAM-BRO]

Not true at all. You do however have to send them an email telling them you are leaving the country and where to. There is no asking. Period

This is the reason I started this thread, to clear up many questions I had about Emirates. I did laugh the other day when I saw a camel in the back of a truck though. Quick reminder that I am not in the US for sure.

I know pilots at EK. They said that the email you talk about (asking for permission in my book), CAN be denied by Scheduling. TRUE or false...

 

[Golden Falcon]

the only people that get stuck in country on days off over here in the gulf are Kuwait Airways, and Qatar pilots..while companies like to be "notified", I have never heard of someone being told "no"

 

[colejer]

coleger, gillegan; can you tell me about language, is English popular, have you had the need to pick up local languages'?

What about health, do you have a family Doctor (or airline medical dept.), are hospitals (ER's) easy to use, good, normal to what we would be used to in the States?

Freinds or co-workers; have you meet people to socialize with, or are you board with no one else long way from a culture you grew up with?

tnks

Almost everyone in Dubai speaks English, it is the business language of Dubai. Most people say they are going to learn Arabic when they get here but end up not doing it because they don't need it. It doesn't hurt to learn though.

Emirates has their own medical clinic with doctors, dentist and nurses. You go there for treatment and if a specialist is needed they send you to someone else. You can go to any ER in town for emergencies. I haven't been to any but I here the medical treatment here in dubai is good. My cousin had a accident in the Iraq war and they sent him to Dubai for treatment.

Your friends will be your classmates at first, it's hard to go out and meet people when you are training all the time. A lot of it depends on your personality, if you are out going you will make a ton of friends, if you are a loner maybe not. The statistics are always changing, there are somewhere around 115 American pilots here, 240 from England, 160 from Austrailia, 150 from South Africa. However I was told that 50 percent of the applications on file are from the US, so the number of Americans here will be changing.

 

[colejer]

I'm surprised no one has asked about days-off. How many a month, etc, etc. Can you travel back to the states on your days off?

On your days off you can do whatever you want. Realistically you need a good 4 or 5 days off in a row to make it back to the states. Average days off per month is between 12 and 14, though contractual minimums days off is 9. Right now it's no where close to a minimum of 9 days off, but remember one thing I said the company can do what they want when they want. If they want to make it only 9 they can and there is nothing we can do about it. This is my schedule for the month.

14 days off
2 rest days (A day off before I leave in the middle of the night)
2 day to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 day to Johannesburg, South Africa
5 day to Singapore, Melbourne (Australia), Singapore
2 day to London
2 day to Bangalore. India

A lot of trips leave in the middle of the night to be able to get to their destination in the morning. Three of my report times are between 1 and 4 in the morning.

Most to all overnights are 24 hours long. Per Diem is done differently here. You show up at the hotel and an envelope is given to you with local currency for food. It's based on the hotels restaurant for an average meal. So if the hotel gives us 50 percent off you get less money that if they didn't give us a discount.

 

[colejer]

I know pilots at EK. They said that the email you talk about (asking for permission in my book), CAN be denied by Scheduling. TRUE or false...

FALSE, there is no asking. Only notifying.

 

[WabiSabi]

Fact: At Emirates you would have the chance to smash an A-380 into Mecca while they all sniffed each others arses in the Prayer position.

This of course would be in "The Name of God".

A little Jihad "American Style" if you will.

Turn about IS fair play...Is it not?

Love and Happy Christian Holidays,

YKW

What utter stupidity. You're just as bad as the terrorists. Take your unpatriotic nonchristian hypocrisy elsewhere, idiot.

 

[captain822]

On your days off you can do whatever you want. Realistically you need a good 4 or 5 days off in a row to make it back to the states. Average days off per month is between 12 and 14, though contractual minimums days off is 9. Right now it's no where close to a minimum of 9 days off, but remember one thing I said the company can do what they want when they want. If they want to make it only 9 they can and there is nothing we can do about it. This is my schedule for the month.

14 days off
2 rest days (A day off before I leave in the middle of the night)
2 day to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 day to Johannesburg, South Africa
5 day to Singapore, Melbourne (Australia), Singapore
2 day to London
2 day to Bangalore. India

A lot of trips leave in the middle of the night to be able to get to their destination in the morning. Three of my report times are between 1 and 4 in the morning.

Most to all overnights are 24 hours long. Per Diem is done differently here. You show up at the hotel and an envelope is given to you with local currency for food. It's based on the hotels restaurant for an average meal. So if the hotel gives us 50 percent off you get less money that if they didn't give us a discount.

Is it pretty typical to get all your days off in a row? You have 14 off in a row...is that what you usually see...give us an idea of how it changes month to month.

 

[DrewBlows]

Fact: At Emirates you would have the chance to smash an A-380 into Mecca while they all sniffed each others arses in the Prayer position.

This of course would be in "The Name of God".

A little Jihad "American Style" if you will.

Turn about IS fair play...Is it not?

Love and Happy Christian Holidays,

YKW

It's already been said, but it bears repeating. You are a moron! Do the rest of us a favor an quit posting on Flightinfo.

 

[colejer]

Is it pretty typical to get all your days off in a row? You have 14 off in a row...is that what you usually see...give us an idea of how it changes month to month.

I didn't explain it well. This is probably a good to OK schedule. Remember there are 5 bid groups, you will have good schedules for 2 or 3 months in a row then not so good.

1 OFF
2 OFF
3 OFF
4 OFF
5 RIYADH (Get back at 1210am)
6 This day is considered working because I got back at 1210am
7 OFF
8 OFF
9 OFF
10 REST (Duty in a 3:25am next day)
11 JOHANUSBURG
12 DUBAI (Get back at 1245am)
13 This day is considered working because I got back at 1245am
14 OFF
15 OFF
16 REST (Duty in at 145am)
17 SINGAPORE
18 MELBOURNE
19 SINGAPORE (Get back at 1am)
20 Day spent is SINGAPORE
21 DUBAI
22 OFF
23 OFF
24 LONDON
25 Day in London
26 DUBAI
27 OFF
28 OFF
29 BANGALORE INDIA
30 DUBAI
31 OFF

 

[AA717driver]

What if your spouse wants to work? Should she look at U.S. businesses or Int'l schools?

Thanks for the good info. TC

 

[Gillegan]

I didn't explain it well. This is probably a good to OK schedule. Remember there are 5 bid groups, you will have good schedules for 2 or 3 months in a row then not so good.

1 OFF
2 OFF
3 OFF
4 OFF
5 RIYADH (Get back at 1210am)
6 This day is considered working because I got back at 1210am
7 OFF
8 OFF
9 OFF
10 REST (Duty in a 3:25am next day)
11 JOHANUSBURG
12 DUBAI (Get back at 1245am)
13 This day is considered working because I got back at 1245am
14 OFF
15 OFF
16 REST (Duty in at 145am)
17 SINGAPORE
18 MELBOURNE
19 SINGAPORE (Get back at 1am)
20 Day spent is SINGAPORE
21 DUBAI
22 OFF
23 OFF
24 LONDON
25 Day in London
26 DUBAI
27 OFF
28 OFF
29 BANGALORE INDIA
30 DUBAI
31 OFF

colejer,
If I'm not mistaken, your roster is a training roster so it might not necessarily be representative of an average line roster. As we are chronically short of training captains, training is taking more time than desired.

As far as days off, it varies but I do not believe anyone has a guaranteed number of days off in their contract. According to the FOM, the minimum days off per month is 6 but you have to average 8 per month over a 3 month period. What you get depends more on the type of flying that you are doing (long vs. medium haul), how you bid and staffing levels for your fleet/position. This is going to be a difficult recruiting year so there is a high probability that numbers of days off will decline over the next 12 months.