Emirates Recruiting Flight Attendants In Atlanta

Just curious, will they reject or discourage candidates of Jewish faith in this selection process based on their faith?

Wouldn't they be violating some non-discrimination laws if they do?

@PennAdam

They are recruiting for positions in DXB, and probably hiring under local laws there. Not under US laws.

Hi Lucky..
Thanks for the blog! I really like reading your blog..its fun and informative!

I just wanted to ask is there a source or a cite when you say Emirates is flying their A380s empty! And you have said something like this quite often in your other articles. I just got confused because Emirates claims that their average load factors are above 70% if I am not wrong. I would love to read your source too! I am really interested in that..like reading response received for each route for all major airlines.

Anyways, keep up the great work!

Next thing you know, Richard Anderson will accuse all the women who sign up for this to be traitors and tried for treason.

Hopefully Emirates will start service to Atlanta soon, preferably at least twice daily, with one flight stopping in Europe. That would make Delta apoplectic.

@PennAdam, Emirates has plenty of Jewish employees. The UAE has no issue with Jews, but rather does not maintain diplomatic relations with the State of Israel. You can even order Kosher meals on Emirates flights.

Hilarious that video may be but it has no metaphorical connection to the airline spat.

I hope Emirates comes to Atlanta like Qatar. I'm not too happy with being a hub captive. Will make it super easy to get to the middle east and south Asia!

They actually are recruiting pilots in Delta as well. For some reason, some algorithm must think I'm a pilot because I see the Emirates Pilot recruitment ads for Atlanta pretty much on a daily basis.....

I'm also wondering where the source to this load factor is. I don't doubt it, just curious though. Also, an acquaintance I know and his partner moved to AUH to work for Etihad, corporate. One of them was recently visiting the states and told my friend that Etihad is hemorrhaging money and the two of them are looking to cut their time there short and move on. Are you aware of any of this from any of your contacts?

How many flight attendants does Delta hire in London? Or Paris? Or Milan?

Food for thought as to which airline is a better global citizen.

@ Good Service: DL has numerous overseas bases and has for many years, as did the former NWA. DL employs people of all nationalities both within the U.S. and aboard.

DL is a large owner (49% stake) in Virgin Atlantic Airways, based in London which employs THOUSANDS of UK workers.

Really need to educate yourself before making statements like that and looking foolish.

@ Amar6 -- They are losing a ton of money, but ultimately they're fine with that. At the end of the day the airline's motives aren't financial profits, but to contribute to the infrastructure of Abu Dhabi.

@ John -- Have that info from sources I know at Emirates. And if you look at the actual seatmaps day of departure, you'll see the planes are consistently empty out of Dallas.

Josh G - in order to work for Delta you have to be a US citizen. With respect to VS - obviously they are going to employ primarily Brits, it's a Brit airline!!

Emirates had been hiring in the us long before this spat started. In fact they're recruiting from the US more than most other countries. There is a growing group of Atlanta natives working among the several hundred Americans working as cabin crew for Emirates

I hope this means Emirates will add Atlanta as a destination soon. Atlanta really needs more good airlines operating flights. The choice now is pretty slim.

Flights to and from the USA are not empty.
Data is freely available and independently verified.
80+% is very good usage - over 3 classes.

After reading this article and the comments afterward, I decided to do a random check on the seat occupancy on Emirates from Dallas -> Dubai -> Dallas on 5/28/2015 from expedia.com, For May 29th departure Dallas –> Dubai, Economy class had only 29 empty seats on the A380 out of 396 available seats(%93 occupancy). For June 1st return flight Dubai –> Dallas, Economy class had only 107 empty seats on the A380 out of 396 available seats(%73 occupancy)....All counting was done manually and the flights haven't taken place yet,,,,These are pretty good number for a random selection...if anyone got any other solid numbers then please share them with us.

You freely admit that the middle east carriers dont care about making profit and dont need to. Thats one of the main issues that we at US airlines have with them: they dont need to make a profit because they are vastly subsidized. We actually have to sink or swim on our own and our government is letting state sponsored airlines come in and undercut us. Its against our open skies policy and has the great potential to hurt many, many thousands of American jobs.

Lastly, Emirates is definitely not poaching US pilots from the majors. Maybe a few here and there from regionals and guys on the margins of, the industry but those with a good company in the US aint leavin.