EK Semnar to Meydan South move announced!

[kennedy]

Would like to formally welcome our Semnar pilots to Meydan South as the dreaded letter has arrived!

Enjoy the wonders of our accommodation department!

[Odins Raven]

Would like to formally welcome our Semnar pilots to Meydan South as the dreaded letter has arrived!

Enjoy the wonders of our accommodation department!

Which is the Semnar compound?

[Monarch Man]

Would like to formally welcome our Semnar pilots to Meydan South as the dreaded letter has arrived!

Enjoy the wonders of our accommodation department!

Or as we prefer to call them, "the department of NO!"

[sluggums]

DSO. B&D blocks have been given their marching orders...

[puff m'call]

it's the end of the line!!!

These muppets in management think they can d1ck us around at free will, they're wrong!!!

[The Outlaw]

Puff,

To Coin your phase from another thread , "Get real muppets", Go and enjoy the benefits."

Its got AC, light, a kitchen and all the EK people you'd ever want...just like DSO, hell, I think its even closer to work!

I've said it before I'll say it again....It is the company goal that ALL EK PILOTS WILL RESIDE IN MEYDAN HEIGHTS OR MEYDAN SOUTH. There is some talk that even those in Fujan will be shifted.

[natops]

Is this for real, and if yes how much time was given for the move.

N.

[sealear]

You could always opt out and purchase something?

[motley flight crue]

Time to start 'salting' the garden then. Seriously this Sux. After 11 years maybe this is the 'kick I need to move home.

[Craggenmore]

Take the allowance!!!!! As they are forcing you to move it should be offered as an option.

[Bindair Dundat]

What a brilliant way to prop up the DXB property market. Shift all the employees of one of the largest employers in the city into substandard accommodation so they are forced to purchase.....and the money goes round and round and round but not into your pocket anymore. Sad days indeed.

[parabellum]

I'd be surprised if there were not land lords in Dubai who would be quite happy to retain EK employees on reasonable private terms. If taking an allowance is an option I'd be chatting to my landlord quite soon, or any other land lord you hear of who is willing to negotiate. A well behaved and clean bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.

[sealear]

It definitely is an option - i know a few people who were given notice to move. All took the allowance and rented directly from the landlord. Failing that, there are plenty of villas for sale in the 1.5-2m range.

[givemewings]

As they are forcing you to move it should be offered as an option.


You mean like when they booted everyone from the SZR buildings, said the allowance was an option, then a few days later when crew went with contracts in hand were told NO....


A ****ty but not surprising move from (best name ever) the Department of No.

Hope they do better for the DSO people. I weep for all the lovingly tended gardens and backyards that will have to go back to bare sand :( What a fkn waste

[White Knight]

I'd be surprised if there were not land lords in Dubai who would be quite happy to retain EK employees on reasonable private terms

I have heard that the guys who did that from the DIC (Arenco) Villas in Al Sufouh got shafted by the landlord (Arenco) after the first year of reasonable rent!

Shift all the employees of one of the largest employers in the city into substandard accommodation so they are forced to purchase

You think that a privately bought villa is really built any better than anything the company puts us into???
Maybe I lucked out but my villa in MS has been fine; only need to get the AC topped up from time to time - everything else has been grand!

[Craggenmore]

You mean like when they booted everyone from the SZR buildings, said the allowance was an option

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. My allowance will be paid today as well.

[BANANASBANANAS]

In addition to the three options given in the email, there is always the fourth option.

I wonder how many might be seriously considering it.

[Lynx8]

That is not true that the guys who did that from the DIC (Arenco) Villas in Al Sufouh got shafted by the landlord (Arenco) after the first year of reasonable rent! . White Knight it is clear you don't know the rental cap that is a law in Dubai. So, write down only what you are really sure. What you heard, especially if the reality is the opposite of what you heard, does not bring anything here.

[LHR Rain]

I wonder how many will take the 4th option......

None. Most pilots think EK is grand no matter what the company does to us. Especially the new hires.

[The Outlaw]

LHR,

Easy to say!

However the reality is that as the experience leaves and those new hires find themselves in command of a 380 with 500 people when they probably werent 100 per cent ready... well the CP of the 380 despite his inability to discern what is right, stated publicly that hiring inexperienced pilots is statistically right....I'll wait in anticipation as he will certainly remove himself from the role when reality proves him wrong?

[Divertnow]

What a brilliant way to prop up the DXB property market. Shift all the employees of one of the largest employers in the city into substandard accommodation so they are forced to purchase.....and the money goes round and round and round but not into your pocket anymore. Sad days indeed.

I doubt that’s the plan. I’d say it’s far cheaper for ek for someone to live in MH/MS than to pay the allowance.

[White Knight]

White Knight it is clear you don't know the rental cap that is a law in Dubai. So, write down only what you are really sure. What you heard, especially if the reality is the opposite of what you heard, does not bring anything here.

Thanks Lynx; firstly I am well aware of the rental cap - I'm a Landlord myself here in Dubai!

Secondly I am just passing on what I have heard - this is a RUMOUR forum right???:rolleyes::rolleyes:

And who is to say that the 'sweet deal' you get for the first year will stick around for long. It doesn't take much of an increase before you could be paying more than the inflation-busting allowance!

[JAYTO]

Those of you thinking that DSO knew nothing about this are kidding yourselves.
sheikh Ahmed is boss of both DSO and EK. You would have to be a pretty brave middle manager to pull this off without his knowledge.
Now lets see who wins the most and who loses the least.
DSO loses. However not in the long run. First they moved Cedre villas. I hear that is almost full again in 10 months or so. They are now getting much more per villa than before. Now they will do half of Semmer (about as many as Cedre.) don’t want to saturate the market too much, wait until that starts filling then do the other half. Lets see if the other half get their notice in about 6 to 12 months time.
Emirates wins by having employees move to the much cheaper MS.
They will accept a few will opt out but most wont.
Its all business. And hey, thanks for making DSO such a nice place to live. Its easier to rent now.


J

[sealear]

Especially the new hires.

Well that didn't take long. Only on the 2nd page :D

[natops]

Anybody knows a place to buy cheap neutral color paint of reasonable quality?

[SOPS]

Anybody knows a place to buy cheap neutral color paint of reasonable quality?

just walk away....

[Odins Raven]

Anybody knows a place to buy cheap neutral color paint of reasonable quality?

Speak to your maintenance guys and offer them 500 dhs to paint the entire house with a cheap paint they can source from the company’s supplier. Easy, cheap and doesn’t matter if it’s a crap paint job as that’s the way you receive it anyway and you’re complying with the contract (remember YOU have to stick to YOUR side of the contract ;-) )

[givemewings]

And 500 will be a considerable increase over what the company deigns to pay them. Official deduction was 1000.


Last time we got our place painted I managed to pry the rate out of our guy. He got 50dhs for a full days work. Got his number and told him we'd call direct next time we needed painting. He brought the paint and did the whole flat for 400