Refund of screening can take up to a year (if they give it to you !) you will be paid a good salary doing training but it will be similar to try and get a type rating on the space shuttle. You will have to learn all by memory (including the notes). The training can last up to 9 months (of stress). (A senior A380 Captain has failed the training after many months of training!!).
In the contract that you will sign they promise a lot of things but they will not keep many of them. They are supposed to give you a villa but there are people with family still living in a hotel after a year. They just made of the contract scrap paper, they unilaterally decided to remove the yearly 3% bonus and to commence paying with the gregorian calendar (that will be at least 8000 $ less a year, much more over a 3 year contract period).
They are by contract supposed to give you 30 days holiday in two tranches but they don't , they give you 30 in one go depending on seniority, so at the beginning you will get it when they assign you any time of the year.
Forget commuting you cannot choose your five days off as this is done on a bid system and with low seniority at the beginning you will get what they give you.
They just hiked the visa fee so you will pay a lot of money to bring family over.
So the advise is look elswere if you have other choices.
Ksa is not an easy place to live !!
Originally Posted by
mrzero
To All Pilots that are planning to answer the recent full page advert in Flight for Capts at Saudia for B777, A320, A330 and EMD 170/90 crew.
The advert and what is listed at what you will get for pay and benefits is true lies!!! If you are selected for interview it will be either in JED, Cairo or in Europe probably Paris and you will be told that your flight and expenses will be reembursed. Mr B K, HR Rep will send a letter guarenteeing this, but this too is true lies. This money will never be reembursed as mine never was.
As for when you arrive and be interviewed and accepted, you will be on your own money for months until your first pay starts and the process will never be explained to you and it will drive you crazy!!!
As for people they have hired in the recent past, well it is amazing that they pride them self on hiring the best, but in my class of 12 only 2 are left in less then 1 year and the ones left
So, get on at Saudia and them take them for a ride and use the system to take them for a ride. As it is not enjoyable there and the locals don;t want you there, so get them before they get you!!!
If you need other details get in touch. Saudia is the worse in the ME to work for and definetly don't listen to the MUTT responses.