Hey, don't worry about the handbook. Just be yourself as EK is so desperate for pilots its not funny. Looking at hiring and training around 380 in the next 12 months. Rather than just doing the interview look around you when you are here cos this building site will be here for a long long time. Getting through the interview is not difficult but living here with your family may be. Roads are dangerous due to crap drivers and road conditions. Buy the biggest car you can afford!! The cost of living is high and on an FOs salary with 2 kids expect to be just getting by until your upgrade....whenever it happens??? Schools are ok but not great. Work is chaotic at best....read the threads posted! Expect to listen to a lot of whining and bitching at work. Also, in case you have not heard, direct entry captains take up a lot of the headlines these days. On the bright side, we have an average of 350 days of sunshine a year according to EMAAR, a company here who builds many residential developments therefore not much drainage is reqd.....should see the past few days news after 2.5 days of rain!! Oh, there are lots of malls, sales, restaurants, bars, cafes etc cos the big cheese does not like you spending your hard earned salary anywhere but in Dubai. Came back from leave recently and had a new joiner on board. When he was waiting at the carousel for his bags he definitely had an expression of "what the hell am I doing here???"
