Emirates places order for 50 Boeing 777-300 ERs with options for 20 777-300 ERs

[Varmint]

My apologies. I was so shocked by the article I posted it without doing any additional research. Thank goodness it was a sensationalized article. Even if it was true, it nothing compared to the atrocities and USA committed along the way to becoming a superpower. I've come to realize there is no country in the world that doesn't have skeletons in the closet.

No need for an apology. When you read or watch something in mainstream media you expect it to be accurate. It is an eye opener when you think of how the mainstream media can steer the direction and the thoughts on a country, the economy, elections, fear about oil prices, and other very important topics especially if the information is skewed, simply inaccurate, or if its been over sensationalized in a ratings grab.

 

[Kalifornia]

How slick so many will roll over and kiss thy royal's rump for thy giant jet. William Wallace and George Washington are rolling over in their graves.

http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/living-in-dubai-knowing-the-rules-10831

Sexual Relationships - unless you are married in Dubai you cannot have sex! Even if you have been cohabiting with your partner for decades before you move to Dubai, once you are in Dubai you cannot even legally live together. If you holiday in the emirate and you’re unmarried and you come to the attention of the authorities for some reasons, if it’s then discovered you’re sharing a room and a bed you can be jailed and then deported. In terms of expatriates living in Dubai, if you’re not married to your partner, you cannot live with them and you cannot sleep with them. Do not take the risk.
If you conceive a baby outside of marriage in the UAE you and your partner face imprisonment – and you might think you can get away with it and marry quickly perhaps? But when it comes time to register the birth the authorities can look at when you married and when the baby was born, and if the sums don’t add up you could still be in trouble. Do not take the risk.

 

[Varmint]

How slick so many will roll over and kiss thy royal's rump for thy giant jet. William Wallace and George Washington are rolling over in their graves.

http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/living-in-dubai-knowing-the-rules-10831

Sexual Relationships - unless you are married in Dubai you cannot have sex! Even if you have been cohabiting with your partner for decades before you move to Dubai, once you are in Dubai you cannot even legally live together. If you holiday in the emirate and you’re unmarried and you come to the attention of the authorities for some reasons, if it’s then discovered you’re sharing a room and a bed you can be jailed and then deported. In terms of expatriates living in Dubai, if you’re not married to your partner, you cannot live with them and you cannot sleep with them. Do not take the risk.
If you conceive a baby outside of marriage in the UAE you and your partner face imprisonment – and you might think you can get away with it and marry quickly perhaps? But when it comes time to register the birth the authorities can look at when you married and when the baby was born, and if the sums don’t add up you could still be in trouble. Do not take the risk.

They can roll in their graves all they want...this is the UAE, not the USA so nobody here cares if they spin themselves a web.

Thanks for posting the rules in Dubai they are actually factual and very informative. Don't most Christian religions teach the same values you highlighted above? I guess the laws that are based on the ten commandments in the USA...such as murdering, stealing, lying should be repealed.....After all, our founding fathers in the US were very religious as well.

 

[777forever]

How slick so many will roll over and kiss thy royal's rump for thy giant jet. William Wallace and George Washington are rolling over in their graves.

http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/living-in-dubai-knowing-the-rules-10831

Sexual Relationships - unless you are married in Dubai you cannot have sex! Even if you have been cohabiting with your partner for decades before you move to Dubai, once you are in Dubai you cannot even legally live together. If you holiday in the emirate and you’re unmarried and you come to the attention of the authorities for some reasons, if it’s then discovered you’re sharing a room and a bed you can be jailed and then deported. In terms of expatriates living in Dubai, if you’re not married to your partner, you cannot live with them and you cannot sleep with them. Do not take the risk.
If you conceive a baby outside of marriage in the UAE you and your partner face imprisonment – and you might think you can get away with it and marry quickly perhaps? But when it comes time to register the birth the authorities can look at when you married and when the baby was born, and if the sums don’t add up you could still be in trouble. Do not take the risk.

You are correct about the law but it is hardly enforced. You'll be ok as long as you use common sense ie don't have sex on the beach

 

[777forever]

No need for an apology. When you read or watch something in mainstream media you expect it to be accurate. It is an eye opener when you think of how the mainstream media can steer the direction and the thoughts on a country, the economy, elections, fear about oil prices, and other very important topics especially if the information is skewed, simply inaccurate, or if its been over sensationalized in a ratings grab.

Isn't that the truth. You and TP provide the best unbiased info on Emirates and life at EK. Do you know EK is ok with colorblind pilots? I know they do a pretty thorough medical. I have the FAA waiver but no clue on how that will fly over there.

 

[Varmint]

Isn't that the truth. You and TP provide the best unbiased info on Emirates and life at EK. Do you know EK is ok with colorblind pilots? I know they do a pretty thorough medical. I have the FAA waiver but no clue on how that will fly over there.

I know of a guy that had to find a specific AME that would give him a lantern test rather than the typical colored dots book. The GCAA accepted the pass on the lantern test. If you come armed with positive test results from the lantern test you would be fine.

 

[777forever]

I know of a guy that had to find a specific AME that would give him a lantern test rather than the typical colored dots book. The GCAA accepted the pass on the lantern test. If you come armed with positive test results from the lantern test you would be fine.

Excellent, thanks a million

 

[Kalifornia]

They can roll in their graves all they want...this is the UAE, not the USA so nobody here cares if they spin themselves a web.

Thanks for posting the rules in Dubai they are actually factual and very informative. Don't most Christian religions teach the same values you highlighted above? I guess the laws that are based on the ten commandments in the USA...such as murdering, stealing, lying should be repealed.....After all, our founding fathers in the US were very religious as well.

I love this argument, we're going compare present day Dubai to historical America and justify their present actions because of our past before you and I were born.

While were on that logic....Wait, wait, here's a thought, name the most under the radar peaceful like country you can think of, at present time? Let's go with Mongolia. Oh wait, crap, back in the 1200s, the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan conquered half the world. Damn you Mongolia, damn you!

And Iran invented wine in Shiraz, Iran back in 5000 BC. That must mean present day, they are just a joyful loving country!

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

I love this argument, we're going compare present day Dubai to historical America and justify their present actions because of our past before you and I were born.

While were on that logic....Wait, wait, here's a thought, name the most under the radar peaceful like country you can think of, at present time? Let's go with Mongolia. Oh wait, crap, back in the 1200s, the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan conquered half the world. Damn you Mongolia, damn you!

And Iran invented wine in Shiraz, Iran back in 5000 BC. That must mean present day, they are just a joyful loving country!

I dont think anyone is trying to drag you to Dubai. Why are you so angry with the idea of American pilots leaving severely low paying regional jobs for something better? Sorry my friend, but people have the right to chose what ever they see fit for THEIR lives.

 

[Varmint]

I love this argument, we're going compare present day Dubai to historical America and justify their present actions because of our past before you and I were born.

While were on that logic....Wait, wait, here's a thought, name the most under the radar peaceful like country you can think of, at present time? Let's go with Mongolia. Oh wait, crap, back in the 1200s, the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan conquered half the world. Damn you Mongolia, damn you!

And Iran invented wine in Shiraz, Iran back in 5000 BC. That must mean present day, they are just a joyful loving country!

If you consider the size of the old Mongol Empire as being half the world, your world is smaller than mine.

 

[fareview]

I love this argument, we're going compare present day Dubai to historical America and justify their present actions because of our past before you and I were born.

While were on that logic....Wait, wait, here's a thought, name the most under the radar peaceful like country you can think of, at present time? Let's go with Mongolia. Oh wait, crap, back in the 1200s, the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan conquered half the world. Damn you Mongolia, damn you!

And Iran invented wine in Shiraz, Iran back in 5000 BC. That must mean present day, they are just a joyful loving country!

Kali,

No one here is debating the merits of the UAE v. the USA - there is no debate.

Career decisions are by and large based on creating a situation where your children have a better chance of achieving their goals and aspirations while you/your wife have a satisfying job/life. When you are a Dad, its not about 'me' anymore.

To that end - EK ticks the boxes. Dont know a single US guy here who has chosen to pursue a 'Major' back home.

We have made our decision, are happy with it - being told its wrong by a regional FO - is like a boy scout telling a Ranger how its done.

Move on

f.

 

[Freight Dog]

OMG Kali, have you even been to Dubai??

You're describing Saudi Arabia fairly accurately... fortunately for us, this is the UAE.

I just got back from the beach where I saw more nice looking babes in g-strings than I ever did in SoCal or Hawaii. Oh yeah, I live in a beach front tower with excellent views.

Oh, and the people that had sex on the beach, they were actually asked politely several times BY THE POLICE to stop and get a room. They were arrested when they became belligerent and started cussing out the officers. Well, what do you think would have happened if this was in the US?

Oh, and unions? No, thanks. Unfortunately for you, you seem blind to how much your union is and has been hampering your prosperity...

To each their own...

 

[Kalifornia]

To each his own, well the own better know the full picture. That's why I choose to comment here. As for what or what my profile has versus what I may or may not have as a current position I have no desire to update. My fb profile is devoid of all that info also, don't need the extra drama and expressing opinions in the wild west of the internet. Which isn't so wild in Dubai since they filter the internet. It's just bizarre some Detective Holmes originally assumed I have never left the continental USA save Mexcio because of my Flightinfo very official profile. Let's just say if I were to run into an Emirates crew in London Gatwick outside of the airport, it would be a quick drive to a location next to a train station and indoor/outdoor mall. Oh, I'm sorry, I just be a Boy Scout. I have no idea about Gander, Shanwick, 30 West, oceanic clearances, oceanic tracks, Africa operations that call for each aircraft to make a position report to each other, yadda, yadda, yadda. Yadda, whoops that's Jewish talk, damn, silly me, Israelis can't enter the UAE. That's why it's paradise, Ramada Inn Allah willing.

Filtered internet, filtered workers, filtered gold material position bubble, filtered union; life is grand. Didn't the final report from the Melbourne tail strike just come out? That was a rhetorical question. The Ca flying like 98 hours in the last 30 days, but who's counting fatigue? Forced to resign, how cactus peachy. If a union had gotten in the way, can you say ASAP? It would still suck, time off, reports, talks with the Chief Pilot, the union, ASAP committee, additional training, yadda, whoops caught myself. But at the end of the day, everyone learns, pilot keep their job, and safety is improved without totalitarion methods.

 

[fareview]

Ah .. Now I get it .. Another wannabe who failed the interview.

Don't worry .. There's another 4-5 out of 10 guy who will commiserate with you.

Why would anyone who has no interest in EK know so much?

There's no shame in failure Kali... Just in your reaction to it.

You can try again in a year.

And btw anyone who updates their hrs from 4500 - 5000 ( which you did last month) would surely let us know bout that heavy you fly into To LGW

dream on

f

 

[Kalifornia]

Ah .. Now I get it .. Another wannabe who failed the interview.

Don't worry .. There's another 4-5 out of 10 guy who will commiserate with you.

Why would anyone who has no interest in EK know so much?

There's no shame in failure Kali... Just in your reaction to it.

You can try again in a year.

And btw anyone who updates their hrs from 4500 - 5000 ( which you did last month) would surely let us know bout that heavy you fly into To LGW

dream on

f

Ah .. Now I get it .. Another wannabe who failed the interview.

Don't worry .. There's another 4-5 out of 10 guy who will commiserate with you.

Why would anyone who has no interest in EK know so much?

There's no shame in failure Kali... Just in your reaction to it.

You can try again in a year.

And btw anyone who updates their hrs from 4500 - 5000 ( which you did last month) would surely let us know bout that heavy you fly into To LGW

dream on

f

This truly made me smile, I applied, had, and must of failed the interview?! Not only that, but I updated my time from 4500-5000 hrs in the last month, that's double!?!? The last update made on this site was years, count them years ago....... Your junior detective skills are not up to par. Your political skills though are absolutely amazing = deflect the issues raised, inflate your ego, and attack. Surely you could run for office somewhere somehow
So why the care here? Because a totalitarion regime called the United Emirates is attempting aviation global gigantic jet jihad with this order reaching into markets of the free world served by airlines with bases in the free world under union protections. I see Canada sticking up for Air Canada and that makes me smile because at the end of the day Toronto and Montreal under union protection is a whole lot nicer than seeing the international aviation pilot market be dominated by some pretend western world oil slick oasis with a dark side. And no I haven't ever applied to Air Canada, sorry, detective work is not your game

 

[Green]

Kalifornia,

What in the world is your motivation here? Why are you so emotionally invested in this thread?

The world is a dirty place. Congratulations you figured it out. So according to your logic it would be a grave mistake to take a contract job in China? Surely the human rights abuses in China dwarf anything that goes on in the UAE. I think everyone who takes a job with Emirates goes to Dubai with their eyes open. At the end of the day it's a good job with a total compensation package that is hard to beat.

 

[Flyer1015]

Because a totalitarion regime called the United Emirates is attempting aviation global gigantic jet jihad with this order reaching into markets of the free world served by airlines with bases in the free world under union protections.

What are you talking about? It's called competition, deal with it. And at this moment, all of Emirates' US service and Canadian service is nonstop to Dubai. There is no violation of any rights here. They take off from JFK, IAH, SFO, or LAX and fly to DXB, and then connect passengers onwards to other destinations. How is there anything wrong with this picture? It's competition on the global scale.

And if you want to beotch, where's the beotching against Northwest and United for pillaging Japan's asian market, with both their hubs in Tokyo NRT flying to every single major Asian market (Taipei, SIN, HKG, BKK, etc) from there, in direct competition with ANA and JAL. Hmm, I don't see JAL or ANA operating from LAX and JFK to LHR, CDG, AMS, etc. It seems granting fifth freedom rights for US airlines in foreign countries is okay for world-wide competition, but just not to foreign airlines operating here?

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

This truly made me smile, I applied, had, and must of failed the interview?! Not only that, but I updated my time from 4500-5000 hrs in the last month, that's double!?!? The last update made on this site was years, count them years ago....... Your junior detective skills are not up to par. Your political skills though are absolutely amazing = deflect the issues raised, inflate your ego, and attack. Surely you could run for office somewhere somehow
So why the care here? Because a totalitarion regime called the United Emirates is attempting aviation global gigantic jet jihad with this order reaching into markets of the free world served by airlines with bases in the free world under union protections. I see Canada sticking up for Air Canada and that makes me smile because at the end of the day Toronto and Montreal under union protection is a whole lot nicer than seeing the international aviation pilot market be dominated by some pretend western world oil slick oasis with a dark side. And no I haven't ever applied to Air Canada, sorry, detective work is not your game

What you've just said is one of the most insanily idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

 

[Kalifornia]

What you've just said is one of the most insanily idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

What you've just said is one of the most insanily idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.



See how that works! Thanks for your contribution, you should be a politician or a game show host or a hack comedy writer. But I copied you, dang it all, I've become one you! Please, please don't say you want to be a detective!! I've already had to give the talk more than once on this thread. For instance, I applied at Southwest Airlines, never got a interview. Southwest is the most evil company in the world. jk, good luck finding any post where I have questioned them as a company if you want to go at the detective work.
Anyhow, to address the other posts, it's a scale issue in the grand scheme of the pilot profession that is so concerning. If Emirates was flying Mecca runs and sticking to Middle Earth mega flying, then I wouldn't express really any concern. But were talking a massive number of seats devoted to flying western world to western world passengers while none of the established union protected carriers are doing likewise Europe/Canada/America/Australia. On jumbo jets, while many other short terms contracts operating regional jets or medium size aircraft pay the same. And Emirates is operating in a materialistic luxurious but non-free western world base. I'm sure some pilots are indeed happy, but many are past the honey moon phase and many would be SJS types really don't understand as so many us myself included went through the phase of aviation career as a flight instructor dreaming, gee I'd pay to get a chance to fly a turbojet aircraft.
I'm sure there are mostly good pilots that would be fun to and fine to fly at Emirates, as guessing the Melbourne tail strike pilots probably were. That's the problem though, any pilot who thinks that can never happen to them is arrogant especially considering fatigue issues.
Don't personally buy into a lot of the union family fluff stuff, especially among pilots it's about business, but at the end of the day, it's huge insurance. Didn't Cathay change their process in a heartbeat? Are they union? Gotta stop the rhetorical questions. That use to be the place to go...

dirka

 

[Gear Disagree]

Are you done yet?