You'd get more luck asking in the Middle East forum, but here goes. EK's min's are currently 4000 total time with at least 2000 on multicrew jets. The guys getting hired right now are well above those minimums and most have previous command time. I believe EY's requirements are a little bit less, but similar.
As a 200 hour new commercial pilot you may be eligible for a cadet program at Etihad, though traditionally its only been open to locals. Most airlines in the middle east require several years of experience before you can apply to them. Try looking into Ryanair, they have a cadet program if i'm not mistaken that requires you to come up with some cash for a type rating, but it does get you into the right seat of a jet. Good luck.
Hi Sarah
Here is the other website where you will find all the info that you need. Cabin Crew Forum, Galley FM, Flight attendant forum
There is much needed info about dress code, pictures, interviews etc.
you should start now... because you don't have much time left.
Good luck and see You in Rome !!!
most of the things and tips i learned from here , its very useful so read everything that is in here.
im a boy so i really dont know much a about the grooming for girls but when the 5 of us were picked, the lady told to the the other girls to wear their hair tight and groomed, the girls had to follow a dress code like business attire with a skirt, light colors like blue dark something like that, the hair have to look like a flight attendant!!.
when you go to the open day, remenber they watch you the moment you step in to the room, so be nice to everybody and always but always smile all the time, they like that.
before you go to the open day try to read many things about the company because the ladies will ask you about that, i remenbered that they asked how many airplanes does emirates have? and also, how many routes do they fly, i answer two of them but remenber dont answers all of them , give the others the oportunity to talk.
about the group discussions, always try to speak so everybody in the group can hear you, but dont over talk, always smile they watching you all the time, and remnber when somebody is sayng something you always have to said "thats a good idea" even if its not hehehehh, "i agree with that" just be polite all the time.
the english test, they gonna give you 45 to do it, so read and read many times so you dont get confuse and you will do fine.
the other group discussion is with a smaller gruop ,, this disccussion is about business situations, mine was about a hotel manager and we had to picked 5 guest out 10 and she asked why., by then only smile even if you dont know what to answer just smile heheheh i didi that lol.
im still waiting for the result, is gonna be one month since my final interview.
also, remenber be your self.
i wish you the best and good luck to all of you who are going to the open day, enyoy that day its very exciting .
good luck. if you have more çquestion i will be glad to answer.
easynick; thankyou for your advice, I thought that was the case but sounds like its easy enough to swap flights further down the track
pbaby; Hi I also have a DOJ of 5th September! I had the first part of my medicals today, I have dental and my audiogram tomorrow. Cant wait to send all the medicals off! Where abouts are you from?
JUST TO ADVISEMY STATUS WITH MY APPLICATIONS AS I CANT ACCEESS FACEBOOK FROM WORK....
MEDICALS: DONE
REPLY EMAIL FROM EK CONFIRMING MEDICALS: CHECKED
REPLY EMAIL FROM EK TO CONFIRM MEDICALS PASSED & IM IN: CHECKED
NOTIFACATION THAT I WILL BE LEAVING ON 29/08/08: CONFIRMED
AWAITING EMAIL WITH AIRFARE AND VISA: PENDING (BETWEEN 6 & 4 DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE).........
HOW ARE MY MELBOURNE DEPARTUREES DOING,,,,,,, COMMON JEM - JEM YOU GOOTO TRY CHANGING THE DATE....AND MY EK GAL HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH MEDS...HOPE ALL IS WELL IF YOU NEED HELP ASSEMBLEING THE EMAIL TO EK BEFORE SENDING IT OUT BEFORE DEADLINE DAY THAN IM MORE THAN WILL TO HELP OUT......
IF YOU HAVENT GOT MY DETAILS THAN THEY ARE LISTED BELOW..... HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL....TAKE CARE
REGARDS,
MOHAMED SHIHATA
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (Email Only) (For youre Facebook and Msn needs)
If you need my mobile than just email me and ill reply with it the number gets disconnected on the 28th of August 2008 at 11.59 LOL
hi mohamed!~! i'm on here too because cant access facebook and cant be bothered doing any work when i hate my job and im leaving the COUNTRY!! yah!
Congrats on getting your medicals and getting final approval!! do you have any idea of the time of our flights? obviously i have to get up from hobart prior to our flight time and have been thinking about booking that to get best price....
the way i am doing right now is very excited! i have completed my dentals and having my medical done tomorrow-- hopefully i'll get everything done and results back by next thurs to complete my email on time. i've read over everything really thoroughly so as soon as i get the results i'll have everything emailed off- but if i have a prob i'll def give you a shout- thanks for the offer!!
also whats this about your phone disconnecting? i have been worried about that-- whether i should continue my telstra contract-- i was thinking about paying out my contract i only have a couple of months left. and buying a phone over there- app technology is really cheap!!
also i am relying on your to teach me arabic on the way over- i bought a book but obviously pronouncing is a whole other story!!
take care- keep me updated- CANT WAIT!!! 35 days count down.
I wont mention names as females could get flirted with...EK GAL.lol anyways ek runs flights to dxb twice daily theres one that stops in singapore and the other non stop, put a request that we leave together as i forgot to mention that.lol. so if you can find anything that could get you to melbourne airport before 5pm Friday the 28th of August than youre fine gal. when i said im disconnecting my phone it doesent mean im cancelling contract im leaving it with my brother butwont be reachable once i get into the immigration gates at the airport untill i purchase a phone card there in dubai. so dont worry you have a bit of extra time to chat.lol and if you need me to shrink the size of youre files let me know i could put them as a pdf. and sure buds would be happy to help you out with the arabic................sorry for the delay reply doing debt collecting at this stage give me a missed call whenever you reply during business hours and ill do the same and once i go home ill msg ya.....
hey-
thanks for that re leaving times, really helped me out, i'll get onto the aus airlines today and see what i can do- have to work out how much excess weight will cost me too... and how much hand luggage i can take on emirates (as 50kg just IS NOT enough luggage to move to dubai with)
thanks heaps for putting the request so we can leave together-- I will be devo if you ended up leaving a few hours before or after!
my administrator at work has offerred to shrink all my files for me (she's so wonderful) but i'll let you know if we can't work it out.
cant wait to fly out!! also cant wait til tomorrow and i get my medical over and done with!!
p.s i have some great card games i can teach you!
p.p.s do we have internet in our shared accommodation?
let me know asap when you get the time of the flight-- i've never flown with emirates before!
also i'm getting mixed messages, can friends come and stay wtih you in Dubai? what if they are purely platonic male friends? (random question I know)
thanks!!!
Yes We Are Counting Down....theres a song called rise up by yves la rock or something but it says my dream is to fly like the rainbow so high.......that would be a reality for us soon. dont stress with the luggage 50 kg is enough to carry from aus. more shopping in dubai at discounted prices...what happend to my idea (SPIRIT OF TASMANIA).LOL. . try to see which option would be cheaper. secondly ill call ek today to confirm my email has been received and if theres anything else regarding my app i need to get done and ill request that we take the same flight but you too try the same.lol In regards to internet im not sure but it looks like ill by a laptop from here if i get a good tax return but with internet letting a guy come in youre room these question is best left for someone who works with EK.lol were both on the same boat. and finally if you need me to shrink youre documents onto a pdf than let me know rather than sending 50 attachments to ek.......enjoy the last month at the workplace and get prepared as youre new life begins.....keep me up to date with the meds.
No i haven't heard that song- yeah i know your idea of the spirit was good BUT its like a 3-4 hour drive to devonport where the boat leaves from and then someone has to drive me there and then drive back and the boat sucks, and i get sea sick, it didn't seem worth all the trouble. i'm on the phone to qantas now to see their excess restrictions etc, of course they dont put them on their website and apparently the waiting queues are longer than usual i have just heard! great!
hahah i always pump you for information like you work at emirates!!
just looking at my flights now- i'll try book something to get into melb around 1pm fri 29/8 so i have plenty of time and i know my flight will definitely connect.
i'll let you know how i go tomorrow ---
take care of yourself--
nothing will stop us now!
cant wait to fly
i also cant wait to go down the slide on training and into the water in a pretend crash- thats going to be awesome!
ek girl
HAHAH....NICE...THE SLIDE HOPEFULLY THATS AS REAL LIFE IT COULD GET.LOL. LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS GO. ANYWAY I WONT BE MUCH OF A DISTRACTION TODAY AS IM ABOUT TO HEAD HOME GOT THE LETTER OF RESIGNATION COMPLETED TO EMAIL THEM TONIGHT AS THEY NEED A LETTER TO CONFIRM THAT MY RESIGNATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED..... BUT THATS BASIC.LOL. HOWS PRISON BREAK GOING....ANYWAY FACEBOOK ME OR WHENEVER YOURE AT WORK AND NEED TO CHAT EMAIL-E-ME.....WERE HAVING A WORK DINNER ON THE 08/08/08 TO MARK THE SPECIAL DAY.lol AND THEN ON THE WEEKEND OF 23 - 24 AUG A FINAL GOOD BYE BBQ SO I HAVE TO SAVE FOR THAT TOO....MONEY MONEY MONEY....THATS WHAT AUSTRALIA IS ALL ABOUT SPENDING AND NO SAVING. AND THEY EXCPECT US TO OWN A HOUSE WITHIN TEN YEARS THATS MY PARENTS...THATS WHY EK CAME TO THE RESCUE TAX FREEEEEEEE...........HAVE A NICE DAY BUDS. KEEP IN CONTACT FB, MSN, ETC....
Hey there,
to be honest its just so hard with recruiters to know what they look for and what they don't. in my answers (and i'm pending medical) i was more in between not saying anything and saying anything. for example when i had the difficult co worker question, i said that i did say something to them but then i provided an example of something that helps everyone, so it i tried to compromise all the time. i'm not sure if not saying anything at all is good or bad, i know they do look for people who are followers and don't question the rules etc that much. prob better that you look like you go along with everything and dont create conflict than if you had expressed your opinion too much.
meedo--- another girl from hobart, called lauren (who i went over with , not sure if you remember her) got the emirates call last night!! so excited for her! i tried to get her to leave with us but she has a september date and its prob a bit tight with time for her as well. but no matters will catch up with her in dubai!!
also i bought a book about dubai from book shop the other day and there is sand boarding over there- sounds great!! i'm on the countdown now, putting in my medical email on wed/thurs so will call you if have probs then hopefully will get final approval and my ticket! i'm booked flying into melb as well now.
33 days!!!
Not Long to go. I think i remember her (Lauren). i have a book ready for me in dubai.lol. my aunt. hopefully during the first week she will help me settle down there and ill be able to do some shoppuing for a laptop and a new suit along with shirts and ties . If you want come along for shopping youre welcome but i might use you as my guide if you get better with city knowledge.lol. the tickets and visa gets sent via email a few days prior to departure. they said around 4 days prior but it should be a week prior hopefully. As i said if you need me to shrink the word docs into a pdf for you, just email me the scanned images of all the filled out paperwork and ill do the rest and email it back to you in no-time. . Keep me up-to-date with the medical progress. and i thanks for the wallposts buds. 32 Days And Counting........
Ive started to pack my bags at the moment trying wisley enough to get 50kg and not a kg more......
hey meedo-
i've been so bored at work- haven't done anything the whole day (openly) found a great blog http://tampaxtowers.*************/2006_03_01_archive.html
for anyone who is interested on a emirates girls flights/layovers etc- its pretty good- been reading that the whole day!
i also had my chest xray today and this old radiographer who i'm pretty sure was 130 told me to wait in this TINY cubicle in this dodgy robe with no back, i was freezing and she forgot about me for half an hour and i didn't have a watch so couldnt work out how long i was waiting and eventually i had to go out in this robe thing and ask what i was waiting for, when she worked out who i was (she forgot) she just goes oh i thought you had left you can go get changed and go if you like!!
medicals take up so long and are very expensive!!!
i will def take you up on the shopping for laptop etc- and with all my dubai research i'll be like a local hahah...... probably not but between my research and your language abilities we'll be cruising!
p.s helpful tip -- you can take 7kg hand luggage, so i'm going to take the biggest bag that will fit as hand luggage and stack all my shoes in it- that means you'll have like 10kg extra luggage!! i'm a thinker!
The missed call thing seems to work good and no facebook who cares about it for now.lol. becareful melbourne airport are now strict with hand luggage when it comes to international flights they could sometimes be good or bloody bad. last time i left no more than 8.5 kg the guy didnt let me leave untill the bag was that weight. nice story about the xray.lol....anyway cant wait.....new life and my first full summer for 6 years....been constantly travelling from winter to winter.
oh really- putting my shoes in my handluggage was the thing that will get me through----hahah no not really i'll might be a bit more careful with that though! sometimes it just depends on who you get on the check in, dont want to risk it too much though and have to unpack 100 pairs of shoes in front of them.
really winter to winter- that sucks, although im living in a permanent winter here -- i have no idea how im going to cope wtih the weather over there- in my interview i was like i LOVE the heat- its awesome, but after a trip to thailand and experiencing humidity for the first time ever it was actually really intense.
not long to go- scary feeling.......
Prepare smart with the luggage. im on 30 kg's including the suits so another 27 kg overall and no probs and guess what the new uniforms come out officially today inline with the new a380's 438 passengers thats a large number . Anyway i know youre probably finishing up work soon so i wont bug you for the rest of the day. just joking. just got a quick appointment with family so heading from here in the next 10 minutes and off.;.....those blogs are awsome....heresa alist of others.
My 3 friends and I are starting with Emirates on 2nd Oct, we're not really sure what to expect. Is the training very intense, I heard it starts at 6.30am in the mornings, please someone tell me this isnt so! Cheers
morning training sessions start at 8am and leave around 3:30pm and the evening classes start at 4pm and end around 11 pm. so it just depends what batch your in and you will get all the info once here about timing etc.
im so happy guys!! i have been waiting almost for a month and yesterday they called me and my DOJ is on aug 29th, they told me to send the medicals within three weeks, so i hope i can do it fast.
well im so happy, and trying to do things as soon as possible.
who is leaving on 29 aug?
i wish all the people the best and good luck , this was my second time that i apply to emirates and now i did it.
HI All
anyways ek runs flights to dxb twice daily theres one that stops in singapore and the other non stop, put a request that we leave together as i forgot to mention that.lol. so if you can find anything that could get you to melbourne airport before 5pm Friday the 28th of August than youre fine gal. when i said im disconnecting my phone it doesent mean im cancelling contract im leaving it with my brother butwont be reachable once i get into the immigration gates at the airport untill i purchase a phone card there in dubai. so dont worry you have a bit of extra time to chat.lol and if you need me to shrink the size of youre files let me know i could put them as a pdf. and sure buds would be happy to help you out with the arabic................sorry for the delay reply doing debt collecting at this stage give me a missed call whenever you reply during business hours and ill do the same and once i go home ill msg ya.....
. try to see which option would be cheaper. secondly ill call ek today to confirm my email has been received and if theres anything else regarding my app i need to get done and ill request that we take the same flight but you too try the same.lol In regards to internet im not sure but it looks like ill by a laptop from here if i get a good tax return but with internet letting a guy come in youre room these question is best left for someone who works with EK.lol were both on the same boat. and finally if you need me to shrink youre documents onto a pdf than let me know rather than sending 50 attachments to ek.......enjoy the last month at the workplace and get prepared as youre new life begins.....keep me up to date with the meds.
....WERE HAVING A WORK DINNER ON THE 08/08/08 TO MARK THE SPECIAL DAY.lol AND THEN ON THE WEEKEND OF 23 - 24 AUG A FINAL GOOD BYE BBQ SO I HAVE TO SAVE FOR THAT TOO....MONEY MONEY MONEY....THATS WHAT AUSTRALIA IS ALL ABOUT SPENDING AND NO SAVING. AND THEY EXCPECT US TO OWN A HOUSE WITHIN TEN YEARS THATS MY PARENTS...THATS WHY EK CAME TO THE RESCUE TAX FREEEEEEEE...........HAVE A NICE DAY BUDS. KEEP IN CONTACT FB, MSN, ETC....
. If you want come along for shopping youre welcome 
and my DOJ is on aug 29th, they told me to send the medicals within three weeks, so i hope i can do it fast.
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