Emirates salaries
Basic salary for economy class crew: 3915 dhs.
Paid from the date of joining, so the training is paid.
No increase after training or probation.
Salary comes on 26th every month, they pay the flying hours and standby credit for the previous month. So, you will get your full pay on 26th June for the flying hours in May.
Beginning: you get 2000 dhs loan. It will be deducted from your first 2 salaries!!! Beside that: 340 dhs per month is deducted in the first 12 months. You will get this back with your End of Service Benefit - 6000 dhs - after completing your 3-year-contract.
Extras - normally - each year: the bonus (profit share) and the pay-rise. They only increased the basic salary this year, it's not really much but more than nothing.
Hierarchy: your basic salary and flying pay will go up if you get upgraded to premium cabin. If I remember well, you will get 4200 dhs as a G1 (business class crew) if you get your upgrade next year before the pay-rise. You can get an upgrade to business class after 12-24 months of flying. You can become SFS in 3-4 years if your attendance and performance is good. It takes normally 6-8 years to become Purser.
(They might have told you 5 years on the OD: not possible! Upgrades slowed down very, very much. Lots of people have been waiting for promotion for a very long time. Even though they are getting 7 more aircraft this year, there will be a 6-12 months gap in delivery again. Not mentioning any new vulcano or economic crisis or whatever disaster might happen in the future...)
Flying pay is paid between chocks off and chocks on. (Not from check-in!!!)
Economy class crew: 53.50 dhs
Business class crew: 59.50 dhs
First class crew: 65.50 dhs
SFS: 81 dhs
Purser: 87 dhs
Single accomodation is offered to senior crew: first class crew after 5 years of service, SFSs and Pursers. If you are married, you need to move out but you will get living-out allowance.
Meal Allowances: it's not part of the salary, it's paid in cash, in local currency in the hotels when on layover. Should be around 1500-2500 dhs extra every month, depends on your flights and the length of your layovers. (It's usually around 2-3000 dhs per month in the A380 fleet.) You will also get discounts (20-50%) on food and beverage in the hotels.
Duty Free comission: you can make some extra by selling duty free. If you are on the A380, you can be duty free operator in Economy Class. If you do it regularly (on many flights), you can make extra couple hundred dirhams. It's worth to ask for this position every time.
Maternity leave is not paid. You need to stop flying after finding out you are pregnant and come back on-line 5 months after childbirth.
DO NOT EXPECT MUCH MONEY IN THE FIRST 4 MONTHS AFTER ARRIVING!!! Take your credit card with you from home or some extra cash.
If you are a girl, you will spend 1-2000 dhs for make-up after the grooming session. If only new-joiners live in the apartment, you need to buy TV, DVD player, vacuum cleaner, microvave, iron etc. You might want to buy a car soon and the loan will be around 40% of your salary. (No need to buy a car, I think, if you live in Garhoud or Sheikh Zayed but it's up to you!)
You can save from your salary if you want. There are people who live on the Meal Allowances only and there are people who spend all the money and use their parents' credit card. There are people who travel a lot, pay for college or party a lot. It's up to you what lifestyle you choose.