40-50 hrs AVG
15 days off AVG
4 nights layover AVG
26000 take home and everything paid for.
The best job I ever had........
Not sure what airline Chofuan is working for, but it sounds like a virtual one.
1. Joining on A330, how long is it estimated to command time? With present situation of new Airbuses being delivered.
A lot of variables involved in that. I should go close to 3 years for the next few years as the A380s are delivered and staffed by 330/340 crews. However when the A380 becomes open to other crewmembers and newjoining FOs, then it might stagnate again.
2. Average rosters, anyone on the A330 or A340 fleet prepared to send us a copy of what to expect for an average month.
There is no average month at EK due to the rotation of bidding groups, the changes in schedules and the bidding strategy you use. A bad month on the 330 can be all turns with half of them at all sorts of ungodly hours. A good month can be all nice layovers with a day turn thrown in for good measure and a streak of 10 days off in a row. Your top bid you will get Christmas/New Year off if you bid properly.
3. Traffic and driving in Dubai : can one avoid traffic jams/dangers or are they very much part of total Dubai package? Are we taking our lives into our hands every time we drive the kids to school, for instance?
You take you life into your hands when you drive in Dubai. I have driven in a few dozen countries and the only place where driving is almost as bad as Dubai is Manila. There is no repect on the road, people drive cars that have more performance that they know how to manage, and people save on electric by not using lights at night. You get used to it.
You can avoid most of the traffic if you live in the right place and plan your driving adventures carefully.
4. There seem to be gripes about salaries on this forum. Can we expect cost of living to be so high that we can't have a reasonable lifestyle? Many thanks for your inputs.
According to the GCC meeting the other day no Dirham revaluation anytime soon. There must be a raise coming soon to take care of inflation.