Hey Prowler certainly not HR for Serco, so sorry can't tell you whether they will take you without an Area rating. You need to contact Serco or GCAA to find that out. I think Abu Dhabi App and Dubai App are both hiring though if you don't have any luck with Area. Cheers.
Of course the 2nd runway would make a huge difference for us, as now we are having to provide 20 NM in trail spacing during peak periods, with certain crews at times asking for up to 40 NM in trail spacing. When you have 70 arrivals in 2 hours, those figures just don't work, and so we end up holding for 4 hours, with masses of aircraft spinning in both holding stacks. Until we do get the 2nd runway, what would help is that all Dubai App crews do as some do, that is they look out and see that they have a lull from one side and reduce the spacing from the other side to help clear the hold, or at least help us stay below sector capacity. Anyway thats a different topic and its been done before. I'll stop right there.
The main difference between direct hire and Serco hire is that you arrive direct hire, you get put in a hotel room, get given your money, and then its up to you to find a place to live etc. With Serco, you arrive and have a furnished flat to live in (yes not always a great one), and all your visas, liquor licenses, health insurance etc are looked after. So the money is basically the same it is just a matter of how much support you want when you arrive from an overseas country.
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