Hi Airbus318cj - that made me laugh yr reminder about the Wataniya open day, what a nightmare, and yes they were lovely (once you got to the front) but they were definitely looking for young & experienced, as I am older & experienced, and have had the same response from Wataniya & Safi (we love you but you are too experienced for us, we already recruited our senior staff bla bla bla). Emirates Cabin Crew is on hold indefinitely accordingly to friends who work there, and Etihad and Qatar have no local open days showing on their websites, and no response anyway to my registration on their websites. So fingers crossed for us with FlyDubai!