Originally Posted by
VAMY
@EartoEar,
Following recent changes in government policy, expats are being actively encouraged to leave the Kingdom. The same government policy has mandated Saudisation. This means that nearly all expats will be replaced eventually. The governments intention is that the sooner this can be achieved, the better.
Their is also a government sponsored Flight Deck Cadet training program, which is turning out thousands of Saudi National First Officers as time goes by. Realisticly speaking, these cadets will fill the great majority of future First Officer vacancies with the Saudi based airlines.
Saudia, the national carrier, now has a policy of NOT recruiting ANY expat First Officers & ALL expat Flight Deck Crew recruitment stopped over a year ago. The existing expat First Officers, who were hired on the expectation of upgrades in due course, based on seniority, have recently been told that they will NEVER be upgraded. Furthermore,mNO expat First Officer will be allowed to be employed beyond a maximum age of 60 years. Many senior, older, expat First Officers are having their employment contracts terminated, in line with the above mentioned government policy. In reality ALL expat First Officers will be gone from the national airline in the near future, probably by 2020 at the latest, with expat Captains expected to follow soon after. The maximum tenure for expat Captains will not likely be longer than 2023-2025.
As far as I know FlyNas is NOT recruiting expat First Officers.
However, FlyAdeal may be actively recruiting.