dispatch jobs in dxb
hi all,
i can tell you abit about dispatch jobs in dxb,recently had a
interview with DNATA.
first of DNATA are looking to increase their work load by a very
large amount in the next 18 months.
DXB works under a open skies policy no runway slots are
required so everyone is on the ground at the same time
8am in the morning and from what i was told 2am in the morning
the place is like hell.
the contracts are not fixed,the pay is tax free £900 a month if
you take the option of company accomodation,thats sharing
with other dispatchers and of the same sex only,no mixed
sex set-ups i am afraid.
if you do not take the company option of accomodation you
earn £1100 tax free,so you get a meagre £200 a month
more to find somewhere to live chances are that it may not
have air-con,and dxb is expensive to rent from what i have
learnt.
their is no real job training as such,as they expect you to
have experience,is just a case of 'shadowing' another dispatcher.
the work force is very multi-racial,i was told there is only
a handful of european dispatchers,the rest are from india,
pakistan,phillipines and so on,there is no arabs as they are
all 'stinking rich' and drive ferrari's.
the loading staff hardly speak english and you need eyes
in the back of your head when it comes to giving orders!.
as for dcs systems they use 8 different dcs systems babs
being one of them,they have just scrapped codeco the klm
system used by servisair and aviance,dnata are trying to
get all carriers on their own dcs.
so if its less money than the uk you want,and 45c temp and
100% humidity in mid august then dxb is the place to be,
there is opportunity to get on if you prove your worth to
a supervisors posn within poss 6 months,as for loadcontrol
posns i am not to sure,they would prob be the best bet!.
well for those who are thinking of dxb,i hope this helps,
hope it does not sound to negative but that what i was told
by their dispatch and hr manager!.
good luck