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Hi everyone!!!!
My DOJ is december 2nd, who has the same DOJ??:D

Just to tell you that even here in the UAE it is so expensive!!!! I have done all my medical stuff it cost me a lotttttttttttttt

I was running for a flight so I couldn't write the details I wanted. I add some beside Jjohns notes.

GARHOUD, EMIRATES ACCOMODATIONS

Jeseleio,

Garhoud is a great place to live!!!

You are lucky with "A" block: the mosk is at the end of the street, it means you will not hear it.

No balconies in this building but who cares?

Only 2-bedroom-apartments. I believe you WILL have your own bathroom and only 1 flatmate. (There are 3-bedroom-apartments in "F" block.)

Apartments are HUGE! Living rooms are big and usually light. Bedrooms are bigger than the new ones (Qusais, Al Nahda, Tecom, Millenium etc.), you will see. Storage place (built-in wardrobes) in the rooms vary, though. (I used to stay in "B" and I had 4 big wardrobes, my flatmate only had 1.)

There should be a storage room in the flat as well.

Kitchen is big: fridge, washing- and drying machine, oven. (No dishwasher.) Yes, they are old but they work.

This building has 3 floors only: it's like a small family. You can open the window! It's great: nice during the winter and no problem for smokers or when there is a party. (Many people smoke, even some Australians and other Westerners who don't smoke at home: cigarette is very cheap, only 6 dhs a pack.)

Security knows you by name! They are very nice, so be friendly and polite with them!!! (Try to learn their names.) If you have friends visiting (male or female) put down "cousin" and "cousin's wife/husband" on the form: it will be fine. You need to drop the Visitor Forms 10 days ahead but it should be fine if you drop them later... (My flatmate had given them the forms 2 hours before her brother arrived.)

I've never seen the gym or the pool in "A". I like the pool in "C" and "G" block. The gym is fine in "C", very basic but fine for a quick workout.

Air-conditioning is old, so it might be a bit noisy. Temperature control is for the 2 bedrooms together which might lead to conflicts. Seperate A/C for the living room. Water heaters tend to leak (very common problem!), make sure you switch it off when you go for a flight. Maintanance is good: you sign the problem and they come and fix everything. Tip them, it's nice. They will fix anything for you if you give them some money. You can paint your room if you want. They don't speak a very good English but they can fix the problem. (It's nice to offer drinks for them as well.)

- As the A/C or the traffic might be noisy and rooms are light, you might need to learn using eyeshade and earplugs. That's why I can sleep any time of the day. I have no problem with sleeping, many crew do. -

You will have satelite in your room. (These idiots - sorry - fixed the satelite in the bedrooms, not in the living room. It's extra money if your flatmate hasn't done it yet.) Anyways, there should be a TV working in the living room as well.

You can share the cost of internet and TV (orbit, showtime, whatever) with the flatmate.

The airport is 10 minutes by crew bus. It takes 15 minutes to get home from work using the crew bus. If you take a taxi, it takes 5 minutes and costs you 10 dhs. YOU WILL NEVER BE LATE! Buses show up every 15 minutes. They are punctual. Don't worry about the noice of the planes: you won't hear them usually.

No waiting area in the building, so you have to wait in front of the house in the heat. It's OK for a couple of minutes: there is no point to show up early, leave your flat 5 minutes before your pick-up time.

The College is next door. If you want to walk, it takes 15 minutes because you need to go around the buildings and walk to the new college building. It's great weather now: it's not a problem.

There are plenty of restaurants and clubs. The Alpha Club is in the Le Meridien Village. There are many restaurants as well. Warehouse has a 40% discount (for alcohol as well!) for crew, it's one of my favourite places. Service is great! (They know me and my husband by name: it's amazing!) Many home deliveries: Sumo sushi, Noodle Planet, lebanese restaurant, Chillis, pizza hut etc. There is the Irish Village, there are parties and concerts sometimes. (It can be loud.)

Are you a tennis player? You can play tennis, many courts. There is squash in Aviation Club.

Life Pharmacy is at "G" block. Lifko supermaket is at "F" block (free home delivery). More Cafe is in "F" block (20% discount), it's an internet café. Many spas around. I love the Nail Spa (25% discound from Sun-Wed): try the everlasting manicure, this job is killing the nails. There is a great Thai Massage place in "G" block and a 24/7 supermarket. You can withraw money in HSBC at the corner or in the 24/7. There is a gas station next to your building: you can buy stuff at night if you only want to walk 2 minutes.

Big shopping malls are close: Deira City Centre and Festival City. It takes 10 minutes by taxi, around 15 dhs. Dubai Mall (Burj Khalifa) is 15 minutes by taxi, around 25 dhs, or you can take the metro. Jumeirah Beach Park (entrance fee is only 5 dhs) is 20 minutes maybe, around 35 dhs.

After you get your ID, you will be able to use the crew bus for transportation as well. It's very easy to visit your friends who live far from you: it's free and you won't get lost. You CAN stay over at your friend's place (male or female) but don't forget your crew ID.

There is a metro station in Garhoud. It's around 10-minute-walk because you need to go around the buildings. It's worth to take it if you go to the Habtour Beach Resort for beach as it's very far, the taxi would cost you a fortune.

Free access to Le Meridien gym: it's an amazing gym! (There is a steam room as well: good for your skin.) Free use of pool: excellent for swimming. 50% discount on food and beverage at the pool. It's across the road, you can walk there. You can go for classes there or in the Aviation Club: one class (yoga, body pumb, spinning etc.) costs you 50 dhs.

Do NOT buy things together with your flatmate: make it clear who owns the microwave and who owns the DVD player. People resign and move.

Be considerate: don't slam the doors when your flatmate is at home!!! Indicate when you are at home: my flatmate switched on the light above the entrance door outside when she was there, I always left my key in the lock (half out) when I was there. Indicate when your lover is there, so she won't be walking naked in the apartment: leave his shoes out or send an sms. Do not let your boy-friend "move in" and hang around when you are not there. Print out your rosters and put both on the fridge. Inform your flatmate if you wish to organize a party or a dinner with friends in the apartment. Take care of the plants! Cleaning is always a big issue, make a schedule. (A cleaning lady costs around 50 dhs for 2 hours.) Always leave the kitchen and living room tidy when going for a flight and empty the washing- and drying machines! If you eat your flatmates stuff from the fridge, replenish it before she comes back from the flight or leave her a note at least. Bring out the trash when it's full and you are leaving for a flight. Put down the volume and close the doors when you are watching TV in the living room and your flatmate is in her room.

I listed most of the reasons of the conflicts between the flatmates and how to avoid them. Respect each other's privacy! If you don't have similar cultural and family background ('the way you were brought up'), you will not match. Young people easily can adapt and intelligent people can learn: you can live in peace together even if you don't really like each other.

You can move free of charge in the first year. (Moving will cost you 1000 dhs after finishing 1 year of service. You can move out but Living-out Allowance is only available for married crew.)

There are single apartments in some of the buildings, so you will see many Pursers and SFSs who live there. It's a really nice place to live.

You really are lucky with Garhoud, it's a very good start. I wish you were as happy in Garhoud as I was during the years I lived there.

All the best for the training!

Mari, great post re: flatmates.

They should print that list & put it in the ab initio handbook :p

My flatmate & I have the same arrangement re: leaving a sign we're home and/or boyfriend is over :E

thanks for posting all of that. lots of that i did not know. i feel very lucky to be living in garhoud the more i talk to people.

Hi everybody!!
Does anybody have information about the EAU visa? I am moving there with my husband so I don`t know what he has to do to get one. He is not planning to stay in a hotel, but to rent a place and he does not have a job yet, he is going to look for it once he is there.
Thank you!!!!!
I hope somebody can give me details about it...
Goog Luck with all the proccess...

MARI

Thank you so muck for your post, you gave me so great informations, i will take care to follow all the tips always, Im already loving Garhoud..with sure it seems one of the best places to live!!! You cant imagine how happy and excited I am. :O

I really appreciated everything you said, thank you for all.

You are the best!!:D

finally got my approval

Hey everyone

Got my final approval to resign YAAAAAAAY Im soooo excited yet sooo nervous. I leave on the 29th of November. Anyone else leaving on the 29th from Australia? Also how do you find out where your accommodation is?

To all those still waiting for their final approvals hang in there or do what I did and ring them.
:ok:

Congrats on your final approval, I just got mine too, Im very excited Im on the 29th. You from Sydney? Do you know how we find out our accomodation arrangements. :p

Also got my final approval!!!! Congrats to all... See you all there in the 29th november.

DOJ 29th November

Hi Ele87 and Hugo Sousa,

Congratulations on the final approval...finally!!! :) Looks like there's a few of us leaving on 29th Nov.

Ele87 - I'm from Melbourne so I'll be leaving from here. We get our e-ticket and visa from the candidate portal a week before we leave - that should be stated on the email regarding advice to resign. As for accommodation, I think we get that around the same time too. I'm wondering about how to find out what fleets we are getting trained on. Much prefer main fleet ... but I guess we'll have to wait and find out later.

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Read the first sticky thread at the top of the forum.

Hey all

Have just applied online for an open day in Newcastle, although i live in London.... i dont mind the treck up north...

Tell me though... how long did everyone wait to hear from EK? after initially applying?

Thank you and good luck to all :ok:

xx

Hey sweetmissy, I applied online but not for a specific OD/AD. They sent me an e-mail maybe 6 weeks later and invited me for the OD! This was in Switzerland though and they handle it differently in other countries! Good luck to you!

Hey I am flying to Dubai in a couple of hours!!! Very excited! Good luck to everybody out there who is applying or waiting! Fingers crossed :)

Fleets... you will know, if you get an email saying you are A380 before you leave... if you don't, most likely you are Main Fleet.

Not set in stone of course, but usually the case.

Accommodation details come up in the portal just prior to your DOJ. Same with e-ticket, visa. They may only come the day before, DO NOT FREAK OUT, it'll be OK :)

are there any emirates crew out there that may be able to answer some questions.

I heard that sometimes your roster can have you having 4 or 5 days off in a row, doesnt sound right to me, anyone know if this is the case?

Is it possible to swap flights with other crew before your probation is up & how often is it likely to get flights to your own country?

Also I will be taking my laptop with me, can you get a pre paid internet connection while over there? My HR coordinator said I will need to use internet cafes :(

Thanks in advance :)

Hey all,

I dont know what to do... I applied for cabin crew sunday, and selected newcastle as an open day, thuys then applied on the website... Now i live in London and thought this was the only day in the UK they had... i have now seen online they have assessment days in Nov in London.

Sorry to sound confusing... :rolleyes:

But if i have applied, they see i live in london (regardless of putting my name down for open day in newcastle) if i was shortlised i would be asked to attend interview at an assesment day?? thats what the email said.. but i dont wanna blow my chances, and have them think i wann go all the way to newcastle :ugh:

I clicked on 'register' for november 16th assessment day, and submitted my app again... hmmm hope i dont look silly now :rolleyes:

Anyone else done that?

Thank you all xx

Final Interview Pot

After reading this forum for quite a while I just came back from my final interview (Bucharest-Romania) and I want to thank everyone that posted valuable experiences here by posting my own.

16.09.2010 application with Lalsat International, the appointed agency for the pre-screening (6000 aplicants)
04.10.2010 pre-screening interview with Lalsat International (200 selected)
30.10.2010 Assessment day with Emirates (my recruiters were Laura from Argentina and Elena from South Africa)

8:00-arrive at the location
8:30-give in the CV's and entering the room
9:00-presentation of Emirates Company & Question and Answers session
12-group interview I (talk to the person in your right and ask her greatesc achievements and her hobbyes while doing the reach test and after that present the informations to the group)
14:00-english test (4 grammar exercises and an essay: Tell us about one mistake you made and what you learned from it)
17:00-group interview II (2 study cases: (1) you are the manager of a hotel, the head chef left and the assistant chef has no experience in the kitchen, you have ten tables 4 have received the starters, 2 are waiting for the dessert, 2 have received their drinks take a decision; (2) one of the clients waiting is a parliament member, how do you react?)
20:00-briefing, documentation filling
22:00- home (exhausted :p)

2.11.2010 - Final Interview - the questions were as they said will be only about our selves, our experiences and actual facts that we had passed trough

-one time you provided excelent customer care
-one time you implemented something new
-tell us about your job
-one time you made a mistake
-one time you had to deal with a difficult client

Now all I have to do is wait for 5-6 weeks. Please keep your fingers crossed for me as I was every time when I read you were reading your status changed to approval in progress :)

Once again thank you for each and every post in here!!! Emirates people, crew and wannabes are the best people you find on forums :D

Hugs and greetings from Romania, hopefully from Dubai soon,
Alex

Is it necessary to apply online and create your profile on their web-page?
thank you! :)

Waiting for the Golden Call

Hey guys
Just did my FI two days ago and at the end of it i did an iq test does anyone know if the results of the test affect the final decision whether to recruit you or not. really worried about it some of it didnt make any sense at all either im too stupid or it was too difficult .
Anyway im just crossing my fingers and praying hard hoping to get the Golden Call soon.

Heey, one quick question please! On my pics for OD do I have to wear a red lipstic?! Or would it be an advantage?!? Thank you

hello everyone, I just wanted to say hi and thank everyone for their contributions of what is to be expected in dubai.

i got my GC 4 days ago. however the portal link has not yet been sent to me. what shall I do? My DOJ is 03/01/2011.. anyone with that date yet.
:)
Can anyone send me the medical form so I could start on my medicals?
I would much appreciate this.. :)

vapiano

Hey! Our recruiters said after the AD that it is compulsory to apply online in order to further process your application for cabin crew position

tina1308

I just handed in my photos at my final interview today, and I had 2 different fotos one with red lipstick and one with a pale pink (both passport and full lenght). And the recruiters chose the ones without red lipstick for passport size and took both of the ones full size.

So it is just an advantage :)

Good luck!

i have a question...does EK has a no plastic policy? i mean no plastic surgery/implants on FA's.

Hi all :) I am new to the forum and was hoping I could get some advice from someone!
I am based in Sydney however can't see an OD coming up.. so thinking of attending the OD in Melbourne on the 20th. Does anyone know if there is a Sydney OD scheduled? I can't find the dates on site. Has anyone from sydney been successful recently? I would love to hear your story! Thanks :)

Hello!

On the website it said that another OD would be held in Sydney in December but they have removed it, don't know why!

I just attended the last OD in Sydney:

9 Oct- OD
10 Oct- AD
13 Oct- FI
24 Oct- my online status changed from "Under Review" to "Approval In Progress".

Still waiting for the GC though!

Register online because they may send you an invite for Sydney even though it's not on their website yet. Otherwise there's no problem attending the Melbourne one, I met a lovely girl at the OD who travelled from Melbourne.

As far as I know no one who did the FI with me got the GC yet, but its still early days yet because it's only been 3 weeks passed.

Good luck! You can contact me if you have any questions! The whole daunting process is still fresh in my mind haha!

I've received my GC on October 2nd and they said that my DOJ is Jan 24th!
lots of people received their GC after me and they are joining before me!

does anyone know how do determine the date of joining, or which sequence do they follow?

P.S
I think i'm the only arabic speaker here now!

hey miako....got my GC end of september and my DOJ is january 17 th :) and i am not an arabic speaker

From what ive heard, it seems that with each weekly batch they take in they need an even spread of different nationalities/speakers. (so that each new graduate group can be easily distributed)

And as for the really early DOJ's im guessing thats because there's been people reject the offer/postpone their DOJ/ not recieve final approval etc whcih opens up spots at the last minute, therefore meaning an earlier DOJ for some of us.

So i dont think we have any control over that other then telling them you can join straight away.

Hey all..

How long did you wait to be contacted by EK, re being called for an assesment day, after applying online??

Very keen to know..

Thank you :)

miyaco and Himmelmat

Hi, I had my FI August 29th and my DOJ is January 17th, I tought it was a lot of time but since I´m graduating from college I think its great, I'm from Mexico and some of my friends had their DOJ on November I really don't know what determines your DOJ but it's not your language or your country, Hope to see you there.

Hey Don Pablo, I also applied for the AD for November 13th 2010, still waiting for a reply, and trying hard not to give up. does anyone else know if Ek can invite you for an interview even with one week to go? am dying of anxiety!

@himmelmat and Leiser182

your DOJ is too close to mine! as most of people here are joining either in november or december!
did you start with your medicals alreday guys or not yet?
i'm just missing dental and vaccines reoprts!!

@Perkin1
the lady who called me asked me how much time do i need to join! and i told her that maximum 2 weeks as i can quit easily from my current job! however she said that the only availability she has is Jan 24th, as no training courses are available before that date!!

anyway it's okey as long as i'm gonna join them!!

Ally thank you very much! I've done them already with red lipstick, mouth closed! Hm... I still have 2 days left, so maybe I do them again. But if they are not good I can always send them leter (my friend did that they asked him to do it again). I have everything ready, I will wear red lipstick....and hopefully everything will be ok!
Good luck to everyone else and thank you for great posts! Kisses!!:ok:

So after being asked to lose weight for the AD, I will finally attend the AD in México on Dec. 3rd.

I moved out of my hometown to a big city to go to college, worked in the US with many coworkers from all over the work who I still keep in touch with, majored in hospitality/tourism and have worked for legacy airlines, AA & former MX, so I believe I have a good background.

I still have a month to lose all the weight I can loll, I will let you know how it all goes because no mexican ever posts here.

Bestttt

Hi! Everybody.

Is there anyone who has received an invitation for AD in Nairobi on Nov, 14th?

accommodation detail

good day! :) everyone...

just to update you, (I can not believe this is happening to me)
a week prior to departure got my Eticket and Visa
and today (Thursday) got my accommodation details at Major Sedqui Building, Al Nahda II, par hazard any of you happen to be living in there? or have any info you may want to share.... would be fantastic !

for those of you trying more than one time... PLEASE do not give up ! and keep the hopes high

once I check myself in will report other details

cheers

hey guys im new here too, im from Colombia raised and live in the United states for 10 years, but due to a family emergency im here in Colombia again for the past year. i applied to Emirates in August and i went to the open day on Sep 18 and i qualified for the next step that was the Assessment day , unfortunately i couldnt go because i had to travel to europe and i couldnt change my flight for anything in the world. however i got good news today because they are going to have another Assessment day on December 5 here in Bogota. so i will appreciate if i can receive some tips to do really good. i will appreciate it.

i'm already done with my medicals, Have you start them yet?, all i'm missing is the approval but for what i can see they take cute a long time and since my DOJ is in January I think its gonna take a while. When a talked to the lady she just told me if I was currently working and ask me if I could join them on janury 17th, but the same here I'm glad to join them anytime.

@miyako and leiser182

So do i....just in the wait about final approval...but really excited to join nearly EK on january