I dont live in company accomodation.
Its a lottery what you get. Once you are in there is no way to change. They discriminate against pilots who are unmarried or married without children .
I do the same job, yet I had to live in an apartment and sign friends in with the security guard if I wanted dinner guests. Guyes in villas dont have to call their boss to ask if the neighboors kids can come over!!
They dont trust my judgement in guests for dinner, but will give me a 150 mill jet to fly in! The official reason is it is for safety in case of fire, however the tennants dont sign in, so they dont have a clue who is in the building anyhow. Busted!
Flight ops have no say in where we get to live. Even with empty houses and apartments you are stuck with what the indian clerk gives you. Noonein management dares stand up to them, afterall they also control their villas. Ridiculous. People actually leave or dont come over this.
Anyhow I have rented for the last 2 years, and moving into my own brand new villa in a couple of months....or the apartment right on the beach! Yeah, I have bought
Dont trust the mail I just read somewhere above mine, concluding the end of the marked is coming next wednesday at high noon. Noone knows. If landlord can command 10-20% increases in rents, it is only because there is a demand.
There is no land law in Dubai...yet... but it is my own personal opinion that when it comes prices will go another 5-10% up.
Yes they are building like crazy, but dont compare actual citizen numbers in dubai with number of towers and villas. A large part is bought from overseas buyes, and will either be empty or rented by tourists. This is a marked like no other, just like everthing else in the city. The second hand marked is still a gray zone, with estate agents who were shoe salesmen last week, and have no clue about property and marketing. These will eventually weed out.
Rumors has it, and this is just a RUMOUR guyes, OK?... that EK is building a 1000 villa complex where you all will live. Probably with 20 towers for the Cabin Crew, out by Dubai Silicone Oasis. I drove by the other day and they are building loads of villas.
It makes sense financially. The current system is to expensive and unfair.
If they had to pay market prices, the live out allowance increase of 10% is just not enough. Sorry, but it is just not enough. GulfNews recently announced that rent had gone 26% up over the last year.
So if you are planning to come to Dubai, do come, but know what you are getting into beforehand. Thats only fair.
You have now reached the end of my 2 cents worth. Have a nice afternooon.
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