Originally Posted by
Vaero
Yes yes you're all right. They are based there but the position of Cruise Relief Pilot is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I don't know much about terminology but I do know that a base is where you work and return to and also where your contract will be.
In addition to the above they've bumped up the requirements up to 300/400 actual flight hours which is out of the range of anyone out of flight school, unless you were really bad and had to do it twice!
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EDIT: Also, Iceland isn't even in the EU!
You will have home base where you live and you will be positioned to where you are needed. This may be ANYWHERE in the World, alright?! Jeddah is just mentioned to make sure candidates are aware that part of the flying is out of Saudi Arabia.
Iceland is part of the European economic area, and the Airline is EASA. Except a current and long-term acmi contract in Saudi Arabia, the company has no link with that country, and new cadets are supposed to work freely worldwide and able to obtain visa’s easily, as is common with EU citizens.
you seem a real PITA with an attitude. Not good if you want to become an pilot onboard a widebody jet buddy.
to the remark that you’ll get 10 $ a day, well, that is simply ridiculous. For cadets coming straight from the Academy, the Cruise reliefs earn a decent fee for the role they perform.