USA is one of Emirates key markets, I wonder why they didn’t mandate higher quality pilots for the routes. I’ve flown quite a few times and remember hearing American-sounding pilot names on several occasions so I know they have them on staff.
Why would Americans be any better pilots than people of any other nationality?
Presumably what matters is the standards of pilot experience and training that an airline demands, not what country the pilots are from. Perhaps some of the Americans working for Emirates do so because they couldn’t get jobs at a US legacy carrier. (I don’t know whether this is indeed the case; I’m just claiming it’s plausible).
You are so close to imply US pilots are superior in flying? I have many incidents where US pilots failed and pilots from other countries heroically landing a damaged plane on US soil. But if yo didn’t mean that. You must understand Emirates doesn’t train pilots from their childhood. Who know/ the pilots might’ve been perfectly capable and even extraordinary. He might be under fatigue, may be he went into shock. Until FAA comes back we must avoid this talk. Recently people started making fun of pilots on Boeing 737 max, until they found out the plane had issues.
