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Old 22nd April 2008, 11:18   #1 (permalink)
 
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Thumbs up Saudi Arabian Airlines - Wannabes & Recruitment

Good day all of ya,

In fact I appreciate google search engine that let me know about this site , and I'd like to inform you that I'm working in Saudi Arabian Airlines as a flight attendant and welcome any inquiries about my company in our field as flight attendants ,

Hope to find some welcomes between ya ..

thanks
Ahmed
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Old 22nd April 2008, 12:49   #2 (permalink)

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Hello Ahmed,
Welcome to the PPRuNe cabin Crew forum.
I do believe you are the first FA from your airline to post here, it will be interesting to hear from you.

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Old 22nd April 2008, 14:14   #3 (permalink)
 
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Hay I would love to fly for Saudi arabian Airlines.
I did do some ad hoc work for them during the haj and it was great. What's the procedure os applying for them as flight attendants?
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Old 22nd April 2008, 18:28   #4 (permalink)
 
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When I looked last year they were only recruiting from certain countries in the far east - is this still the case?
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Old 23rd April 2008, 05:05   #5 (permalink)
 
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hello Ahmed,welcome and enjoy this great site!I have a question :do u have this 30 days off 35 on in your airline,i heard this is in some airline in Saudi but not sure if it is Saudi Arabian...take care going to sleep now cos i just arrived in washingtoon
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Old 23rd April 2008, 13:24   #6 (permalink)
 
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Hello, Ahmed, and wellcome!
I am sure, by now, that you relised how great site this is.
It would be nice to hear any info about work in Saudi Arabian Airlines. I, myself, do not have any info about your airline. What is recruitment like? What about salary, accomodation, you know...staff that every crew would like to know.
Nice to have you around. Enjoy flying as well as this site.
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Old 24th April 2008, 00:33   #7 (permalink)
 
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flapsforty
thank u buddy 4 welcoming me , and i do belive as well that am the 1st FA from saudia airline bcoz i did some walk around in yours site , its intresting site really ..

747-crew
the procedure of applying for them as flight attendants its standard and easy i think like many company which is , has at least secondary school in Scientific section with fluient reading English and written , high 160 at least to 176 for girls and 185 boys , age 22 to 30 girls , 19 to 30 boys , length proportionate with the weight handsum boys and pretty girls, good calture and know how to deal with human minds having ability to travelling alot , they accept only saudi male flight attandant exept pilots and load master for cargo ,, for the girls they accept from Philippines, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sir Lanka, Indonesia, Turkey, Syria , Egypt , Morocco , Tunis , Lebanon , Singapore , Jordan , and now they planing to get from Russia and Kazakhestan .

after that we getting our traning in Prince Sultan aviation academy in Jeddah saudi arabia for 2 months then as usual for line check and so on ,,

ladyflyby
yes still doin it .

Nezara
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our monthly days off around 12 days , 6 of them connected days off and the left is seperate for legality between the flights ,,
we have 35 days annual vacaion with salary prepaid for all types of FA .

benefits for male flight attendant :
inetial salary 1102 $ increasing every year with 5.6% + 174 $ transportation allownce + 4800$ annual housing allownce + annual bounce equal basic salary , 2 free ticket to any distenation around the world + unlimited 50% tickets ,

benefits for female flight attendants :
inetial salary 854$ increasing 3% every year, full funetured apartment for 2 person including water electrycity and phone. free tranportation between apartment and the airport , 5 free tickets 3 for all the world and 2 for mother country .
35 days annual vacation salary prepaid

9 months vacation of motherhood without salary when requisted

all of us getting our over time expence if exceeding 68 hours flying time. to know how much cost every hour devide the basic salary on 68 .

our layover expence for DOM flight 2.9$ for every hour including flying time from block out to block in ,
INTL flights 3.9$ for same above .

our grades every 2 years ,
after 3 grades you become a flight purser which mean 6 years
after 6 grades you become a flight super visor which mean 12 years


free midecal for FA with parents , wife , kids.
teeth only for FA

full insurance 24/7 even out of duty including car accedents ummmm

our intl layover cities are :
IAD, JFK , LHR , CDG , GVA , MAD , MAN , CMN , TUN , JNB , MUN , FRA , LHE , ISM , KHI , BOM , DEL , COK , MLN , MNL , KUL , GCK , CMB , DAC , and many more

our layover reaching some times 'til 126 hours like IAD JFK CMN CGK MUN FRA the rest between 38 to 80 hours like LHR CDG MLN MNL CMB JNB

hope i mantion every thing, but you still can ask more
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Old 25th April 2008, 13:40   #8 (permalink)
 
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hi Ahmed,thanks a lot,and i just have one more question as i am none of this nationality u mention,do u have any idea whats its like to work for Alkhayala,maybe u have some friends working for them?!sorry i know its different airline but since u are in Saudi maybe u heard something.
How about Saudi Arabian airlines-if u have experiance with other airline is there like faster promotion to purser,and also do u gyus wark everywhere-i mean economy,first class or once u go to first class u wark there only?!thanks for your time.
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Old 25th April 2008, 15:00   #9 (permalink)
 
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Ahmed, welcome to PPRuNe.... but please be careful about what you are posting as it isnt accurate

Lot of the things that you mentioned only apply to Saudi nationals.

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our grades every 2 years ,
after 3 grades you become a flight purser which mean 6 years
after 6 grades you become a flight super visor which mean 12 years
Please tell me when the last female was promoted to purser?

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Old 25th April 2008, 17:55   #10 (permalink)
 
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I know of a girl from England who worked with SV in the 90's. Hated it!
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Old 26th April 2008, 10:44   #11 (permalink)
 
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Nezara
i know some information about Khayala , sama and Nas

Alkhayala its sub company from Nas ( national aviation service )
and its for the VIP flight , they elect best of the best flight attendant from Nas air to work on . ,
for saudia airlines they accept any one with experince but no more promotion for girls ,, al ranks and grades only for nationa male flight attendant . unless the hostess requist to be an instructer in PSAA they will give her a grade every 3 years i think ,

for the work onboard it depends about the seniority in company and the most senior most bid for fierst class then bussines then economy class , there's no one FA can work in one zone , all of getting same training and same recurrent in safety and service ..

mutt

im sorry friend that i didnt mantioned that , its really all grades and ranks been only for national FA
and last times girls been promotioned to purser im not sure about , but since i joined saudia in 2003 there's no more and i didnt heared about it ,


nuigini
i know that bcoz our customs in KSA not like england and ther's no freedom like there .


any way if u still need some more information about Sama or Nas , i'll get it .
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Old 19th April 2009, 18:19   #12 (permalink)
 
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3rd batch for saudia airlines

hi everyone!! i would just like to ask if anyone here who also made it to saudia but until now has no schedule yet for the training in jeddah?
i'm kind of worried because it's been almost 2 months since the 2nd batch left for their training in jeddah..i would just like to know if it is normal for saudia to do that...would they still send us to jeddah for the training?..thanks in advance!
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Old 19th April 2009, 19:08   #13 (permalink)
 
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Not all of their hiring is from the Philippines, batch 3-12 are from Arabic speaking countries.......

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Old 23rd April 2009, 03:30   #14 (permalink)
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hey ahmad and all members

i was accepted as a hostess at saudi airlines .am a student and am still in university i didnt finish my degree yet.now the airlines group are taking us tio jadda for the training 2 month and then we sign the contract and we start work.am very concerned about the contract !!how many month should i work as a hostess and when i can i quit .i know its my dream but i cant leave my studies.i can freez the fall symmester so i can able to work for 10 monthes but how can i ask to quit my work and come back to finish studying ?? what does the contract includes ?plz reply as soon as possible!!!tanxx for every and each oneand if there is any advice to give am happy to know it ?
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Old 7th May 2009, 06:41   #15 (permalink)
 
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Hello and weclome,
Are you sure you get 35 days annual leave?
I thought it was 30 days.

What about sick leave entitlements? How many dayss off sick can you utilise a month? and are they fully paid?
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Old 7th May 2009, 20:11   #16 (permalink)
 
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What a strange question, i could understand asking about blocked days off per month, or days off in a row.... but sick days?

Anyway the answer is 30 at full salary then reducing.

Mutt
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Old 18th June 2009, 23:32   #17 (permalink)
 
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Flight Attendant Hiring (SAUDIA)

I know for a fact, SAUDIA Inflight Services is presently only hiring female flight attendants from Egypt and Morocco. They dont know themselves when the other nationalities will be required (i.e. approved by the anonymous higher authorities) As for the other nationalities, thats in the "big" plan, probably when they get the 787 dreamliner , which is also in the "big" plan.
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Old 19th June 2009, 00:07   #18 (permalink)
 
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Take my word for it, stay away from SAUDIA. My wife was a cabin attendant for them for three years and I flew for them 8 years. If you like being treated like dirt, living in a compound with one other person with no social life then have a ball, but don't say I did not warn you!
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Old 19th June 2009, 08:03   #19 (permalink)
 
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I know for a fact, SAUDIA Inflight Services is presently only hiring female flight attendants from Egypt and Morocco
I always love messages that start with "I know for a fact", and the prove to be wrong

So lets look at the facts....

15 new hire classes so far in 2009 based around Philippines, Local Hire of mixed nationalities, Eqyptians, Moroccan and Saudi (males)...

Lebanese next..... followed by ???

Layinlow, look on the bright side, if your wife didnt fly for them, you wouldnt have met her

Mutt
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Old 19th June 2009, 09:28   #20 (permalink)
 
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15 new hire classes so far in 2009 based around Philippines, Local Hire of mixed nationalities, Eqyptians, Moroccan and Saudi (males)...
Just how many are they planning to hire in 2009?
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