Hi Ele87 and AnneeBubbles,

My DOJ is Nov 29 as well. If all goes as plan,I will see you there ladies :)

Hi there from Portugal

I´m also joining on the 29th Nov... And I am also waiting for the result of my medicals, I uploaded them 2 months ago so I think it is normal to wait for an answer :) I think we have much in common:)
I also sent them an email to ask how my status is, because I need to know when I should resign from my current employment. Meet you all there! Greetings.

Hy
 

Could someone explain me what chocks-on and chocks-off means? I am not an English native and as much as I have searched I don't completely understand what is means.

Here is the original frase from EKG site "Flying pay on an hourly basis - AED53.50 paid between chocks off and chocks on. Flying pay is paid in the month following accrual."

Hey everyone

To all those aussies out there, now that the australian $$$ is much stronger how does that affect our pay in aus dollars as it appears we now get less per hour? anybody know?

Ally23x
 

Hi Ally,

A chock is kind of like a wedge that is put in front of the plane's wheels to stop it from moving. Chock-off is when they remove the chock, that's when we start to get paid (before takeoff). Once we have landed and the chock is put back on, then we stop getting paid. I hope this makes sense! You can google it to get a clearer explanation.

Good luck!

Hey thanks for the reply!

Im so relieved to see a couple more people with the same DOJ as me, where in Australia are you? I just tried calling them but got cut off, Ill try again. I am very worried as i have to give notice as well. Let me know if you hear back from them. Who knows maybe we'll see eachother in Dubai :D

Ele87
 

Hi there,

At my AD the recruiter told us that the AED is tied to the USD at a rate of 3.7. I think she said to us that the fluctuation in the AUD or USD shouldn't affect our pay in AED.

I confused you didn't I? Hahaha.

Sam :)

The pay in AED is the same but if you're sending money or paying bills back in Oz it bites you big time... basically your dirhams are worth less so you're paying more of them for the same bill that you would have paid 3 or 4 months ago.

If you're not spending dirhams in Oz then it's fine.

AED to USD is 3.6 fixed.

Hi All,

Does anyone know if you have to be 21 to apply or just at the time of joining?

Cheers,
Sam

Anouk, Medical Approvals
 

Anouk- Great to hear back, I am in Australia and have had my medicals approved for about a week now. Hopefully all goes well for yours! I'm starting to get pretty excited about leaving, only 28 days away!!

For those waiting on approval for their medicals joining late November, I would suggest posting a question on your online portal and explain your situation. I had to give 4 weeks notice at my job so I posted a question explaining this as soon as I had uploaded my medicals and that ensured a shorter wait for approval.

Looks like a lot of people starting training at the end of this year, hopefully I see you all over there!!

skywards777
 

Skywards777:

You have to be 21 at the time of joining the company. You can apply before, a girl from my country was 20 when she applied and they put her DOJ 4 days after her 21st birthday. :) good luck

Reserve Month A380
 

Hello everybody, congrats on getting your GC's :)

Mari, I have not heard from you in a while, I hope you're doing great.

And I would like to ask about the Reserva Month when you're on the A380 fleet, does it get busy?

Medicals
 

Hello guys!
i need help concerning my medicals!
i had my HIV, Hepatitis C and B today, but in one report.
on the candidate portal i'm required to upload the three of them seperately.
do i have to upload the same report ( which contains the results of the three tests ) 3 times on the portal??
also the ophthlamic report ( it says that only people who requires corrective lenses or glasses have to complete it)
i don't need any of that. does it mean that i have nothing to do with that report?

appreciate feed back!!

purelife - Thank you :) I met up with a couple of crew this evening for drinks (as i'm in Dubai at the moment) and all my questions are more were answered - looking forward to applying, even if it will be in 2 years :ugh:

Miyako
 

Miyako:

You need to upload each report SEPARATELY. for example: HIV: One report only. Hemoglobin: one report. (not all of them in one report) they have to be all different reports, one for each. Sorry, go back to the place you did it and ask them to do them separately.
No, you don't have to upload the opthalmic report if you don't need contacts or lenses.

best of luck.

Purelife
 

Thanks alot dear!
i'll go back to the hospital to arrange seperate reports.
but i have a little concern!
the report doesn't include any details!! it says only NEGATIVE !!
is that normal?

Inquiry
 

Good day guys!

Noob here. I want to ask about the recruitment process of EK. Hope you guys know and will share. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif

1.) Do I need to register and submit CV (application) to EK website? Because my friend told me that EK would never hold an OD, only AD, and they will just invite for AD those who have submitted applications. Hence, on AD, no walk-in applicants are allowed. Is this true?

2.) Is it true that EK will have an AD in the Philippines in January 2011? ...so that we can prepare. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/badteeth.gif

Thankies. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/thumbs.gif

Hobart Open Day
 

Hi, just wondering if someone could please tell me when the next Cabin Crew Open Day is in Hobart, Australia? The page doesn't seem to want to load on my computer! Many thanks:)

Vaccinations
 

Hi,

This is a message for you guys that are already over in Dubai. Did anyone have ALL of their vaccinations done in Dubai? I don't think I will have time to get ANY of them done here in Australia because I'm going on holidays. I understand that they just deduct it from your salary.

Thank you,

Sam :)

frequentflyer11
 

Hi frequentflyer11,

Next Open Day in Hobart, Australia is on 27 November 2010 @ 9am.

Location:
Rydges Hobart
Cnr Argyle Street & Lewis Street
Hobart, Tas 7000
Austrailia

Good luck!