WTD,
Agreed that DNATA are not afraid to spend money on recruitment etc (although the way things are organised once someone is recruited is a joke).
A friend who started as a GD just before Christmas tells me that the training lasts around 6 weeks before they even get to see an aircraft, but of course that is no guarantee of the standard of this training. Understand that once you are on line as a GD then the bulk of the work is basically as a Loading Supervisor primarily based on the Ramp overseeing Freight/baggage loading, then reporting back to CLP who produce Loadsheets (i.e. no "hands-on" W+B work). A little frustrating for someone with W+B experience to have no hand in that side of things maybe? (Still would have jumped at the chance to work in DXB if I was a few years younger!)
Regards,
PHX