Coronavirus: Emirates staff take pay cut in their stride – The National

Coronavirus: Emirates staff take pay cut in their stride – The National

Coronavirus: Emirates staff take pay cut in their stride. The Dubai airline is implementing a 25% to 50% salary reduction for most employees. Some have also announced salary reductions, with Emirates implementing a 25 to 50 per cent pay cut for most employees.. A cabin crew member from Lebanon, told The National she was happy the staff were not being let go.. Another Emirates employee also agreed the move to suspend services was the right one.. Emirates is currently only operating around a dozen flights and will suspend most passenger operations from Wednesday.. "I am earning about Dh70,000 so that means, without flight time and with the reduction, I'll get Dh35,000," he said.. For the cabin crew, it's worse as they are earning much less than us.". An Emirati aircraft engineer, with a monthly salary of Dh20,000 said the pay cut meant he needed to review his finances.. "I'd rather take the pay cut and weather out the storm than to be left high and dry like the employees of some other airlines that have gone into administration," he said.. American Airlines said it was reducing flights by up to 75 per_cent last week..