Those upgrade requirements are about 5 years old.
They changed in 2018 or 19.
24 Months since completion of initial Line Check
4000 Hours TT
2000 Hours NG/MAX
1000 Hours at FZ
So 3-4 months from joining date until line check. 24 months to be eligible. 3 month wait for an interview. 3 month wait for a start date. 1 month course. You’re looking at just under 3 years if the stars align.
Keep in mind there other criteria to meet. Attendance, discipline, safety profile and the magic ‘4s’ in your last 2 checks. Decent grade in your last line check. No ‘fails’ for a couple of years.
if you meet the grade then there is a 2 hour interview which is not for the faint hearted. About a 50/50 pass/fail rate. If you pass that hurdle then it’s a relatively short command course where you are expected to show up prepared. Pass mark for the course is quite high, probably about 80%.
Progression at flydubai is by no means guaranteed. It is probably one of the tougher upgrade processes of all the ME carriers due to the amount things that have to line up in order to get on a course. Probably rightly so as the network is challenging. If you want to upgrade in 3 years be prepared to work hard, be disciplined and work for those markers in every check.
All that said, most of the pilots get there eventually. Just go to FZ with a 3-4 year minimum expectation for the left seat. One average performance in the sim can knock you back a year.