Emirates Posts $1.6 Billion Profit

[Secret Squirrel]

Show me the balance of the social security trust fund. Oh wait, it is a bunch of IOU's for tens of trillions of dollars that do not exist.

 

[HA25]

Show me the balance of the social security trust fund. Oh wait, it is a bunch of IOU's for tens of trillions of dollars that do not exist.

cause they were used to fund nuclear carriers, F22's and B2's...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

cause they were used to fund nuclear carriers, F22's and B2's...

So you admit all those projects are FUNDED and the entitlement projects are UNFUNDED.

 

[HA25]

So you admit all those projects are FUNDED and the entitlement projects are UNFUNDED.

of course I do, otherwise I'd be in a circular argument, like you are.

you gotta pay the military industrial complex.. they don't take IOUs...

 

[nimtz]

well, I fully agree, a US base would make EK the new UPS or Fedex... but I think you're being a bit dramatic with regards to the "corruption"... Dubai is no more or no less corrupt than any other country... and certainly less corrupt than most.. Don't forget, here in the US we also have corruption, but it's in the open... in the form of Lobbies and PACs.

You won't see me arguing the US is a 'shining city on a hill' in that and a lot of matters. That being said I prefer my world with a heavy dose of cynicism so I doubt I would fit Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's expat profile. Dubai is still in business because of it's less cool older brother Abu Dhabi who *surprise* has more nat gas/oil revenue then they know what to do with. To each there own, but this career is not worth chasing around the world anymore especially if home is a McVilla in the desert. Probably good fun for a few years, but the next 30 no thanks.

 

[HA25]

You won't see me arguing the US is a 'shining city on a hill' in that and a lot of matters. That being said I prefer my world with a heavy dose of cynicism so I doubt I would fit Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's expat profile. Dubai is still in business because of it's less cool older brother Abu Dhabi who *surprise* has more nat gas/oil revenue then they know what to do with. To each there own, but this career is not worth chasing around the world anymore especially if home is a McVilla in the desert. Probably good fun for a few years, but the next 30 no thanks.

fair enough, and completely agree.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

If they doubled their wages, I'd actually start taking them seriously as a career.. but for that kind of money, I'll hang tight and fly for a 3rd rate ACMI before I call that a career.

THis!

 

[instructordude]

If they doubled their wages, I'd actually start taking them seriously as a career.. but for that kind of money, I'll hang tight and fly for a 3rd rate ACMI before I call that a career.

Your kidding right? I wouldn't pass on a 777 or 380 for anything.

 

[HA25]

Your kidding right? I wouldn't pass on a 777 or 380 for anything.

and here he is, on queue... Instructordude!

 

[Flyer1015]

The wage numbers alone are not the end-all. Keep in mind no taxes on your income at DXB. You will need to report to the feds for money earned over 87 grand (I think is the figure). Housing included, free transportation (pick up) to/from airport to go to work. Also, the base salary gets a flight hour pay, per hour flown in a month. Per diem given in local currency. For EK, you cant just look at the per month salary without looking at the entire package.

 

[HA25]

The wage numbers alone are not the end-all. Keep in mind no taxes on your income at DXB. You will need to report to the feds for money earned over 87 grand (I think is the figure). Housing included, free transportation (pick up) to/from airport to go to work. Also, the base salary gets a flight hour pay, per hour flown in a month. Per diem given in local currency. For EK, you cant just look at the per month salary without looking at the entire package.

problem is the tax free comes with ANY overseas job, and the housing allowance is useless if you don't want to live there.. I fly contract in Asia, get paid a lot more, have business class travel home for my 3 weeks off, and get the tax break... they're simply non-competative in my view at EK.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

All companies abroad are coming to the realization that their pay packages must be improved to the standards that are being paid in Asia now or they will have a lot of trouble attracting suitable candidates.

 

[SWA/FO]

do they get cheap gas?

 

[HA25]

do they get cheap gas?

not really, fuel is a commodity, like Gold or other commodities, it's sold for the market price... they also don't have as much refining capacity as we do, so they in fact pay more.

Good service and full planes goes a long way to profits.. our over-unionized sky hags have made flying on the domestic carriers a last choice for the world traveller... that's a major problem we'll have to deal with for a long time.

 

[jonjuan]

err... I think you mean too much military industrial complex?

That's what allows you to talk freely on here.