How long is a piece of string. Until you know where your house is, the other questions cannot be answered. At the moment work on a year in temp housing and you wont be dissapointed.... as for quality, its fine for Dubai and everything is basically the same,...but I would work on getting the job first and worry about houses later. From the current information going around it seems all courses are full for the almost the next year (standing by to be corrected), so the housing situation in a year could be very different to what it is right now:
From another post...
ok:Recruitment Update-
§ Large numbers of well qualified pilots are still applying to Emirates on a weekly basis. We currently have a substantial reserve of high quality candidates available for interviews. Our main source of applicants is still North America and the prognosis is for this trend to continue.
Pilot Selection in consultation with Flight Operations Senior Management and HR, has introduced gradual reduction in the number of applicants being invited for interviews during the ensuing months. All interview slots up to the end of September have been allocated.
Thus far, the selection programme for the 2008 calendar year has been very successful. Preliminary indications are that all planned transition courses for the 2008/2009 financial year have been filled. The number of job offer declines and deferrals have reduced substantially during 2008.
Good luck you all awaiting the good news !!
Last edited by SOPS; 19th Jul 2008 at 07:03.