A close friend applied 3 weeks ago to Flydubai as DEC, non type rated. He never heard anything or even got a confirmation email.
Today he send again his application. This time to the Dubai assessment centre. He told me that FZ is advertising for both rated and non rated on several assessment centres. Maybe CTC in Southampton is not getting enough demand.
If Flydubai is not coming with a decent revision on the package and with the Ryanair roadshow in a couple of weeks, the situation can become "interesting" now that the expansion is due to start.