G SXTY

All the required uniform is provided by Flydubai with the exception of the brown socks (which are only worn by the most pedantic of trainers in any case).

migair54

@737WNB
I'm not 100% sure right now, but I think it was inverted, basically it was like flying the plane, if the FD bars are up and to the right you have to pull and turn right, but I cant remember right now exactly.
That part is easy but the number sequence, forms and colors can be comfy sing if you have not practice before.

737WNB

@G6

Not to important for the reasons to apply or not. I don't care about any uniform. But do you guys have a uniform jacket, tie and winter jacket?? I can only see pilots with no jackets and ties.... Can you guys were your own jackets or is the policy very strict??? Tks

High Energy

No jackets, ties, caps, no nothing. Just short/long sleeved shirts. They give you a pullover for winter ops and a pair of gloves. Onboard the aircraft are 2 winter ops high viss jackets for the turnarounds. It's not strict, people are relaxed and if you want to wear a jacket you could in theory wear it at an outstation or during deadheads. You do hardly see anyone wearing non company provided clothing though. There is a Uniform Standard Manual for those loooong nights if you do get bored.

737WNB

Thanks for the info! If they don't provide jackets outside the aircraft ops, they can't really complain about uniform policies... I guess the less items the less hassle... Although you would think that a Middle East carrier would like proper grooming.

High Energy

You'd think that BUT these uniforms are actually very practical. We might not look like a Hugo Boss advert but I personally prefer what we have now over all this 'we must look better than everyone else' b*s. Just get the job done and look like a taxi driver. 😁

For over a year there's been lot's of talk about new uniforms but we'll wait and see. We'll always be the last to know anyway. Most of our flights are round trips but more and more layover and deadheads are creeping in. We rarely see our passengers. We go in-and-out through HQ and when we need to go stretch our legs/toilet the curtain gets drawn.

737WNB

Same like all the other short haul carriers... are you guys doing a lot of 2 sectors or also 4 sectors. With the amount of days off it seems like new joiners fly everyday of the months.

High Energy

Most days it's just 2 sectors. Depending on your seniority and preference it could be a 4 sector GCC trip as well. All our 4 sector days are either day flights or 2 day and 2 evening ones. Those are basically 10+hr duty days for 4/5 block hrs. Some people prefer them because they are too junior to get descent day time flights and would otherwise end up with a lot of night flying.

As a new joiner don't expect to see much day light for quite some time. The expansion has stopped untill April 2016. From then onwards it's 1 new aircraft every 5 weeks if I'm not mistaken. We get told very little, if anything, about the companies plans. It changes all the time anyway.

737WNB

@High Energy

Do the new joiners get the "war zones" all the time or get they divided equally?

Gulfstreamaviator

Lived and based in RAK, for 8 years.
Loved it.
Glf

High Energy

It depends. Some more senior guys actually quite enjoy those. Others choose them because they are day time flights. For very juniors I'm guessing it's mostly around min days off and many nights, long or short flights.

Nothing is done equally in my opinion. It's just seniority based.

737WNB

Thanks High Energy! I think it will be tricky to get the required pilots with the new orders. I believe that the rosters at the moment are already demanding due to shortage or let's say too many aircraft...

I think all carriers can do a lot more and also be less diplomatic about the future plans. But I guess that's just where aviation is going in general...

High Energy

We're not short of pilots, we just have too many flights to cover. I'm not making this up.

B737SFP

KKKKKKKKK...

I believe that last phrase probably was said by someone in the HR...


Things are all the same, all over the world. Seriously, amazing !

Navigator-134

A quck one,

do you guys have controlled rest policy?

Thanks in advance to those answering, you help a lot

High Energy

Yes we do thank god! Max 40 min then awake 20 min without duties to be 'all refreshed' 30 min before TOD.

Florens

thru CAE Dubai/India 737 type rating, you can also find a page on fb Vulka

Florens

thanks Migair54, I'll check on it. the CAE girl told me that the next course will start on 17th November.
but tell me something, is working as a pool, not pass or fail? I did an assessment in Bucharest for Blue Air last month and I got in group V, is the same with Fly Dubai? Thanks

migair54

You do every stage as pass or fail, if you pass all of them, last one is the interview in the FZ office in Dubai, if you pass that one you are in, but then you have to wait for the starting date.

I think for me it will be JAN or FEB next year but they never say anything even if you ask they will not answer with a date, but I think they have a list and everyone has a number and they go by order every time they prepare a course.

Recently they were asking everybody in the pool earliest available date in 2016, and some people that did the interview recently have been told that they will start most probably MAR or APR 16.

Next year FZ is getting few new planes (11 I heard) so they will really need a big number of pilots.

Florens

It's the same thing as Blue Air in Bucharest, they told me I'm in group 5 and will start probably between May - June next year. I got a subscription at latestpilotjobs as you suggested and now I'm training on it. tell me one thing please; did you used a joystick for the ILS like game or arrow and if arrows were inverted? thank you very much, have a great day!