Passport validity Hajj flights

[MCP]

Dear all,

does anybody here know if the passenger minimum 6 month validity requirement to enter Jeddah/Medina also applies for aircrew? Can't find anything on google..
Thanks a lot!

[GlueBall]

If you're operating as foreign air carrier crew into KSA you enter and leave on the GenDec and don't need a visa. You have to enter and leave with your entire crew. The General-Declaration stay is only good for 6 (or 7) days. If you want to come as a pilgrim and do the Madinah+Mecca crusade, you'll need to enter on a visa.

[MCP]

Thanks, appreciated!