New Emirates order....

[sniper]

Which 3 UAE carriers are you against?

I should have said Gulf carriers sorry

Emirates, Etihad and Qatar sorry

 

[sniper]

Green, he has a problem with general math, geography and spelling!

Have you learned their language and pillars yet?

Changed your wardrobe maybe

 

[uba757]

Have you learned their language and pillars yet?

Changed your wardrobe maybe

Man that was a great comeback!!!
1. Since everything here is in English, the answer is no!
2. I am Catholic and my family and I go to a Catholic church here in DXB, so no Pillars for us.
3. My wardrobe, yes I did change that, it is a little hotter here than back home in the US so I am wearing shorts and flip-flops more often! Any other questions?

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Man that was a great comeback!!!
1. Since everything here is in English, the answer is no!
2. I am Catholic and my family and I go to a Catholic church here in DXB, so no Pillars for us.
3. My wardrobe, yes I did change that, it is a little hotter here than back home in the US so I am wearing shorts and flip-flops more often! Any other questions?

A little hotter? Really?
Like a little more sandier?

My question is why do you constantly defend the sandbox like the neighborhood is awesome, the people really want you there, the work rules are stellar and this was your first choice in career moves?

 

[uba757]

Bill, have you been to Dubai? I live in a very nice villa, in a very nice neighborhood, my kids go to a very nice school where they are getting a great education, I drive a nice car and I have never been insulted or mistreated by any locals! My work rules , they are ok, I fly 80 hours a month, get most of the trips I request and spend 15 to 18 days at home with my family every month. Pay is good and so are the benefits! Are there things here that are not so good, of course! There are things that are not so good every where in the world including back home but as long as the good outweighs the bad, I am happy! Actually my family likes it here and that is most important for me!

 

[Flopgut]

http://www.emirates.com/english/images/Airlines and subsidy - our position new_tcm233-845771.pdf

30 or so pages of Emirates propaganda. I find it disgusting that Ch 11 is termed "aid" for the US carriers. The combination of UAL and CAL today is smaller than UAL was in 2001. If Emirates found themselves in the dire straits we faced here what would anyone guess the aid they would receive? Free fuel? Free airplanes? Anything and everything. It would be literally limitless.

I'm a former CAL pilot. What I notice is the average sUAL pilot doesn't understand how much the US government is still pissed about the "summer of love". IMO: the second ATSB loan turndown was payback for that. Idk where this ends up. It would be nice to try and emulate some of what we did at CAL and try to elevate the product. However I'm not sure we're going to get back into Uncle Sam's good graces no matter what we do.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Bill, have you been to Dubai? I live in a very nice villa, in a very nice neighborhood, my kids go to a very nice school where they are getting a great education, I drive a nice car and I have never been insulted or mistreated by any locals! My work rules , they are ok, I fly 80 hours a month, get most of the trips I request and spend 15 to 18 days at home with my family every month. Pay is good and so are the benefits! Are there things here that are not so good, of course! There are things that are not so good every where in the world including back home but as long as the good outweighs the bad, I am happy! Actually my family likes it here and that is most important for me!

Sure Did....In fact, lived in Sharjah while we were dropping bombs elsewhere. If you look south 3 blocks from the Crowne plaza there and you would find my gubmint paid flat.

I can vouch for your schools, I went out with an English Schoolteacher and know the student to teacher ratio is very small...like 3 to 1.

Those people don't want us there, they treat us no different than the Flips in the Grocery stores or the bangladeshi on the construction sites.....we are guests serving them and they let you know it. Watch out for the flip-flops and shorts during Ramadan....ahhh culture.

As far as the work goes...how does EK upgrade? In order? (rhetorical)

No kidding though, if you and your family are happy then that is all that matters. Nobody on FI should tell you differently. Best of luck to you all. Seriously.

It's just not for everybody though....please don't sell that idea.

 

[Dan Roman]

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Those people don't want us there, they treat us no different than the Flips in the Grocery stores or the bangladeshi on the construction sites.....we are guests serving them and they let you know it. Watch out for the flip-flops and shorts during Ramadan....ahhh culture.
(rhetorical)
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Not saying it's you personally or not, but......living in a foreign country is all about having the ability to respect different cultures rather than judge them compared to your own. If you are in someone elses country why would anyone think they shouldn't respect local customs? Overseas living, just like International travel is not for everyone. But I think those that have a career that includes expat flying have a richer life with wider experience because of it.
Some people have no problems living in foreign countries, others do. But those that do have problems can usually trace their difficulties to their attitude as the problem.

 

[Jetjockey]

So what is to stop Emirites from having a US base? I can't think of any reason they couldn't. They will have to start pilfering pilots from US airlines to fill the cockpits of all the planes they have on order.

 

[Dan Roman]

So what is to stop Emirites from having a US base? I can't think of any reason they couldn't. They will have to start pilfering pilots from US airlines to fill the cockpits of all the planes they have on order.

Well, to do that they would have to offer more money. Then to keep their pilots the U S airlines would have to increase their pay. Sounds like a good thing to me.