Careful of this one - don't leave a solid job to head here:
The chap who runs the aviation department runs it as a fiefdom; "don't do as I do, do as I say" pretty much sums up his management style. He's a class act - has fired guys for having alcohol in their rooms but has his way with the girls.
He's fired more pilots & engineers of late than he's hired. The youngest driver is in his mid-fifties, bunch of retired US guys, chief pilot is in his seventies. The flavor was typically Yank but there were a bunch of Saffers aboard but most of them recently got canned. Their two wide-bodies (757 & 767) were down for extended (read 'unpaid') maintenance and they put a lot of the guys on half-pay furlough; that seems to be over (read 'they paid the MRO') and they're short.
The rotation is valid but it's never a hard six-on, six-off. Far from it. You don't know when you're about to rotate off. I've seen some guys told on the same day that they're shipping out today. And it's quite acceptable to our feudal leader to call you back after you've been home for a short time - some guys have taken exception or voiced their exception to this in the past and it led to instant dismissal. Flexibility is one thing; this borders on down-right dicking around.
You typically don't know what you're doing tomorrow when on duty. The BBJ's fly pretty hard (most days) and you earn your pound of flesh. Not sure if they've changed their recurrent training policy but there was/ is a policy in that only the senior captains (left-seaters) did recurrent simulator training - some of the junior guys hadn't seen the inside of a sim in two years. All in the interests of saving money.
On the good side there are the occasional brown envelope, which goes a long way to supplementing the average wage. Which is OK for a rotation.
They won't pay for your rotation ticket if your home-base is a long way from Jeddah - it's negotiable but some Yanks only get a ticket as far as Europe. Helps to be a retired airline guy.
I doubt they're hard & fast on the 'under-50' age thing although they are obviously concerned at the significant age gradient. They won't be spending any time on training/ getting you current - the qualifications/ PC recency will be enforced. An FAA ticket is a must, Cayman validation as big plus.
Put it this way - most of the guys still there are happy. Because most of them need this job. They put up with it. If you fit in with the above scenario and can put up with it then send in your app.
Good luck. And if you do get in the door, remember to treat the guy like the royalty he believes he is - goes a long way to keeping the job and having an OK time. Nope, I never worked for them, just live in the neighborhood.
The Drifter