brewman187

Easy Ryder, thanks for the info. I'll look those up. I did mean usd, but got some bills in the states to take care of too, so I should be ok with what is offered, maybe even have some left over for some fun. I appreicate the post.

Fred Garvin M.P.

Brewman,
Don't forget that medical is automatically deducted from your salary as well. As soon as you get here and start registering for everything that the government requires, it will be 100 dhms here 100 dhms there, which adds up quickly. You will also need a car w/ insurance, make sure you calc that in too. Plus, if you take a furnished apt, even though it's furnished, it's sparesly furnished and you will want to add your own stuff on top of that. That will add a monthly expense as you outfit things your own way. You won't be getting any flying pay for several months, so take that into account. If you get the EPC card, that's a small monthly amount as well. They will also take out your portion of the provident fund. If you travel, especially back home to the states, that will add up very quickly as they are not the cheapest tickets home. If you buy TV's, computer, etc, that adds up. I brought some stuff over and bought a ton of converters, which saved, but the price of the converters adds up w everything (U.S. TV's don't work over here by the way, different region for the TV).

Just some things to add to your thought process. Lots of hidden fees here that you never think of until you get here and then go "Where the hell did my paycheck just go?"

brewman187

Thanks Fred Garvin, it's hard to think about all these little things, so I appreciate the heads up. As far as car insurance, goes is this something that's real expensive or is it a fair price. Also, other monthly things like tv, cell, calling home to US-what's the going rate for these things and what do you suggest for calling home? Also I know banking will be different, are there any good banks that one can transfer money home without paying an arm and a leg for? Thanks again for all the info guys.

Fred Garvin M.P.

Car insurance is similiar to what I was paying in the states. The only difference is that I paid quarterly in the states and you pay yearly here. When I bought my car brand new, it was close to 5000dhms the first year but has gone down each year. I think this year I paid around 3500 dhms. You won't find the "Wal-mart" deals on TV here, but the TV's can be less than if you went into Best Buy. I use a "pay as you go" cell phone. The phone itself was a little pricey. Find something on ebay that you want before you come over (make sure it takes a sim card), then bring it over, buy a small converter to charge it and you'll be fine. That's what I did for my wife. Only charge then was sim card. I spend less than 100 dhms a month on "charging the time up" on the phone.

In my opinion, all the banks over here are rip-offs. I use HSBC to transfer all my cash back home to my bank there. Then I pay my bills out of my bank at home. It's not that expensive to transfer home each month.

As far as calling home, it's cheap if you use a certain service and buy a "work-around" to use it. I'd suggest you have your laptop setup with it before you get here.

brewman187

Thanks again Fred Garvin, appreciate it. All this info from you guys has been great. If you don't mind some of the things that are a little more sensitive, I might pm you guys in the future with questions if it's alright with you guys. Thanks again for all the help and info.

sig83

Could someone please list the 330 layovers? It would be appreciated

donpizmeov

Sig, go to emirates.com. Look at the destination map. Look at Africa. add Malta, Peking, Dusseldorf and Munich, Newcastle, Prague, Milan, Venice and Rome. Then look at India, Pakistan and all those Middle East places (but do it with the lights off or dimmed, and while its really late at night and dark, its more realistic that way.)
Keep discovering.

The Don

sig83

I've going through the timetables trying to get an idea, but wasn't sure which are layovers. I assume blocks more than 5hrs are layovers. Thought someone at EK might be able to pull them up somehow.

donpizmeov

Sorry mate, thought there was a route map on that site. Layovers as said before are Africa (Casablanca, Jo Berg, Durban, Lagos, Tripoli, Tunis, Dakar, Dar es salaam). Then as I said add Malta, Venice, Milan (340), Rome, Nice, Peking (340), Newcastle, Prague, Dusseldorf and Munich.

The majority of flying will be turns, India, Pakistan Middle East, and most of them at night.

Hope that explains it a bit better.

The Don

PS. I think the layovers would be the very minor bit of your decision making to come over to the Middle East. I would hope Career progression, contract stability, Upgrade policies etc etc would take precedence over which hotels you stay in. Lots of info on this site on what its like over here

pprudence

I am supposed to be going to Dubai at the beginning of next month but have had No confirmation the dates for interview and ZERO REPLY from them.
It's now (almost!) less than 2 weeks. Anybody else same situation?
only me?

Zap320

Pprudence,

I got my interview at the beginning of January as well and I got all of my travel dates confirmed. I even have my e-ticket on hand. Maybe you should give your recruiter a call. Good luck.

Stingray

Hi pilotara,

your statement
"The rest there is nothing to study just be yourself and it will be fine."
wasn't true in my case...

I agree the first day is pretty straight forward, although probably easy to fail if you haven't slept enough the night before.
The second day is data collection for them, and for the psychological profile questions there is nothing to study. One could probably improve ones score on the logical-geometrical reasoning test by practicing similar problems using books or computer programs.
Then on the third day they tell you that some applicants fail because they are trying to be somebody they think Emirates want. So yes be yourself, but that doesn't mean everything will be fine.

After the review of my profile with the psychologist, and the panel interview I almost felt welcomed to Emirates already, but when I got the phone call the conversation started with 'we are very sorry, but unfortunately....' .

And then you are left to think about whether you should have said this or that or not said this or that because you don't get a hint why you were not successful.

Tim_Magic

Emirates (EK) Interview - all you need to know about it...

To know about the interview!

Any chance for a detailed update what is going on the 3 days during the screening?

Thx guys

SOPS

Tim read this thread..its all there

SyncPilot

Hello girls and guys, few questions about leave

At EK you have 42 days leave, how many times can you take it? Is it possible to take it 6 times a year and get some free days on top to have 10 day block ???
Is there a paid parental leave, how long can you be sick and get paid...and other info like that is much apresheated...

Nuuk

SP,

At EK you will have 42 days of leave in your contract. Since EK doesn't respect your contract you will be left with 30 days of leave (minimum U.A.E regulation).

You don't get any credit for your days of leave, which mean they are now guaranteed days off (would that count as an other breach of contract?). Meaning you have for example 7 days of "leave" in a month that will get you 0 hours of credit, your days off will be reduced to approximately to 6 or 7 days, and you will fly 70 hours plus in that month. That's the EK definition of leave

Keep Recovering

SOPS

paid Parental Leave..split leave up into blocks....you are a very funny person..you will have EK HR rolling around the floor....

InnocentBystander

This is one of the few truly good things about EK. You don't get penalized if you get sick; you will continue to get your base pay, housing allowance etc.

There have been a lot of cases where guys were on sick leave for extended periods. One guy I met had a really bad motorcycle accident in the desert and was off work for close to three years. Another guy fell sick during basic indoc and was off work for 6 months. Once he was better he did office work and once his medical was reestablished he continued his line training like nothing happened.

SyncPilot

SOPS- thanks a lot, i was LOL reading your post, in my country you can take 6 months leave after child birth either you or your wife, and get full pay ( thats why i pay 50 % income tax....)


I would realy apresheate if someone could PM me EK FO 330/777 roster...

atpcliff

Hi!

Or, you can live in the US, like we do with the World's Best Health Insurance program, as many conservatives and Republicans will tell you.

When we had our kids, my wife and I were entitled to: 0 days off of paid leave. 0 days off of unpaid leave. Very nice!

cliff
MIA