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Emirates Could Store 45 Planes In Coming Weeks Due To Pilot Shortage
Emirates is currently dealing with an issue in unprecedented numbers. Specifically, Emirates pilots are quitting to go work elsewhere. The airline has always had some level of turnover, but they’ve never had anything to this degree. Emirates’ president said that the airline is “a tad short on pilots,” which is perhaps the understatement of the year. (onemileatatime.boardingarea.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I have a friend who is a 380 skipper there, and he says a lot are leaving because of working conditions. Money is not everything when you don't have time to enjoy it. Flying 95hrs a month.
And the rest of the working world is doing 160 plus hours a month.
Cry Me A River.
Cry Me A River.
You guys are right. When the OP was mentioned his skipper pal complaining about 9t hrs flying I did not take into account the 100ish by your reckoning of "other duties." I only took into consideration that this equated to 8-10 missions in the A380 with maybe another 10-15? days on duty per month. For pay well above what some are making with much larger responsibility, effort, and sacrifice. As for work load whilst flying, I am certain monitoring the AC systems is taxing, hence the need for second pilot.
Perhaps workload should be decreased through automated relay to Ground Station? This would free up more of PIC cockpit time and very likely reduce pilot error as seems to be the primary cause of incident/accidents in this airframe.
Constructive discussion is welcome; name calling; well not so much.
Perhaps workload should be decreased through automated relay to Ground Station? This would free up more of PIC cockpit time and very likely reduce pilot error as seems to be the primary cause of incident/accidents in this airframe.
Constructive discussion is welcome; name calling; well not so much.
There was no name calling. If you are referring to my (and another posters) use of the term ignorant, would you prefer 'uninformed'? They mean the same thing. Neither is name calling.
Compared to flying 120 hrs a month (pt 125) in a non-autopilot Convair, sounds pretty good....
It might be a better idea to have some idea of what you are talking about before you show your ignorance. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.
Time flying is not total time working. Multiply by 2 to get approximation for total time on duty. Might want to correct your post so that you don't come off as ignorant.
At least...