As the modern world keeps shrinking and no two persons are twenty four hours apart as distances have been reduced at least in terms of theory. Aviation technology too keeps on evolving and kept up with the hyper increasing competitiveness in air and travel industry to encourage more and more passengers to travel by air. In the middle of such close competition, all international airlines have been improving their performances and their image to tap more and more passengers to keep their fleet. In a survival of the fittest scenario, air transport industry has introduced a number of incentives to act as a catalyst to help the airlines and one. The idea behind the best Airlines Award which is annually exercised was thought to be improving the services of all airlines, just for the benefit and the comfort of the airline passengers.
Emirates Airlines is of the best luxury airline in the world. With its roots in the Middle East, the area covered by Emirates in equivalent to any other international airline. Unlike many other airlines, Emirates Airlines is one of the very few airlines which barely felt the economic crisis and the airlines industry problems due to recession. This was basically due to advertising and promotion of Dubai as a tax-free travel and tourism industry where people from all around the world travel frequently.
Emirates recently has been prone to many accidents especially one in Melbourne, Australia. After the investigation, the problems identified were way too disastrous for Emirates. Fatigue was a major problem for pilots flying long distances, averaging 90 hours of flying time for every one month and reaching their maximum flying time sooner than average. While the limit of 100 flying hours in one month has been set by international flying standards, compared to Emirates 100 hours in 28 days, they usually averaged 60-70 hours. They would be working a lot harder than normal pilots. It was said all pilots were working incredibly hard as Emirates and have struggled through the global economic crisis even though all the flights schedules were completely disrupted by low traffic on the skies. It was deduced way before the accident that took place in Melbourne, that if there was going to be a fatigue-related accident by any pilot, it was going to be Emirates. This was the reason that Emirates decided to ground four other pilots as a result of fatal blunders in the past month made by pilots who complained of fatigue.
Emirates like many modern airlines ordered its pilots to take off at reduced thrust when possible to cut fuel costs, emissions and wear on the aircraft. The thrust or power settings are determined by factors such as aircraft weight, weather conditions, the surrounding terrain and runway length. According to an insider source in Emirate Airlines, airline was in a risky situation because it did not have any culture that could encourage people to say out their safety concerns which are outlined in the companys policy. The sources also mentioned that some Emirates pilots were badly fatigued, but people were afraid to speak out due to the reaction of the management.
Emirates Airlines is of the best luxury airline in the world. With its roots in the Middle East, the area covered by Emirates in equivalent to any other international airline. Unlike many other airlines, Emirates Airlines is one of the very few airlines which barely felt the economic crisis and the airlines industry problems due to recession. This was basically due to advertising and promotion of Dubai as a tax-free travel and tourism industry where people from all around the world travel frequently.
Emirates recently has been prone to many accidents especially one in Melbourne, Australia. After the investigation, the problems identified were way too disastrous for Emirates. Fatigue was a major problem for pilots flying long distances, averaging 90 hours of flying time for every one month and reaching their maximum flying time sooner than average. While the limit of 100 flying hours in one month has been set by international flying standards, compared to Emirates 100 hours in 28 days, they usually averaged 60-70 hours. They would be working a lot harder than normal pilots. It was said all pilots were working incredibly hard as Emirates and have struggled through the global economic crisis even though all the flights schedules were completely disrupted by low traffic on the skies. It was deduced way before the accident that took place in Melbourne, that if there was going to be a fatigue-related accident by any pilot, it was going to be Emirates. This was the reason that Emirates decided to ground four other pilots as a result of fatal blunders in the past month made by pilots who complained of fatigue.
Emirates like many modern airlines ordered its pilots to take off at reduced thrust when possible to cut fuel costs, emissions and wear on the aircraft. The thrust or power settings are determined by factors such as aircraft weight, weather conditions, the surrounding terrain and runway length. According to an insider source in Emirate Airlines, airline was in a risky situation because it did not have any culture that could encourage people to say out their safety concerns which are outlined in the companys policy. The sources also mentioned that some Emirates pilots were badly fatigued, but people were afraid to speak out due to the reaction of the management.
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