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Emirates will recruit 8,000 cabin crew
By Saifur Rahman, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Emirates, which will begin receiving Airbus A380 superjumbos from April next year, will hire 8,000 new cabin crew for its rapidly expanding fleet, said a top official.
It is investing Dh73 million ($20 million) to expand its crew training facility at the Emirates Training Centre in Garhoud.
"We are currently hiring 60 crew members every week. From next year the average recruitment of cabin crew will go up to 100 per week as larger aircraft join the fleet, especially the A380s," said Terry Daly, Emirates Senior Vice-President for Service Delivery.
"This is in addition to the 6,000 cabin crew that we already have.
"By 2011, we will have more than 14,000 cabin crew on our payroll."
Emirates, which has a fleet of more than 80 aircraft, has more than 140 on firm order including 43 A380s, the largest single order of superjumbos.
Construction of the new facility, to be completed by early 2007, has been awarded to ETA-Ascon.
He said the expansion of the training facility will increase its capacity from 28 classrooms to 58 and from a single simulator to three full motion simulators.
"Besides, it will also have a language lab, grooming and appearance, hair-dressing units as well as e-learning facilities," he said.
Emirates provides a six-week crew training course for newcomers and a further two-week refresher course at a later stage.
The training covers all aspects of inflight service including safety and security and emergency landing and evacuation.
"As we are on a strong growth curve that is almost vertical, we have to be prepared for everything," added Daly.
In an effort to ensure that the highest standards are maintained, Emirates also conducts service audits, mystery shopper audits as well as periodic route checks.
The airline recently removed some senior crew members due to their unsatisfactory performance on certain routes and reassigned them to other departments.