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Age restriction
Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated. I will be turning 40 soon. I spoke to a friend of a friend of a friend who recently atttended an open day in London who posed the question to the Emirates recruiters. He said that their response was that they had no upper end age restriction, only a lower one being minimum age of 20. However, he said that the friend who was 38 didn't get invited to the next day of interviews after the information day.
I'm pretty sure that I read on this site somewhere that someone's wife was going to apply and she was in her 40's and whether Emirates crew thought she had a chance. I might be getting confused though, not sure if she was intending to apply to Emirates.
Perhaps the recruiters just say that they don't have an upper age limit for discrimination reasons but are told not to accept anyone over the age of 35.
I guess you're right though, you don't know unless you try. I just think that if it is the case, I wish they would put it in print like other airlines do, especially those in the middle east who do advertise an upper age limit. That way you would know if you were wasting your time and theirs or not.
Either way, if you hear of anything for sure, I'd be most grateful for any more info.
Thanks again.
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JD, sue-pergirl,
I am cabin crew here at Emirates and can confirm this sort of thing is normal and happens all the time.
They can keep people in the dark until only days before their departure and suddenly you will receive your contract and tickets.
The best thing to do is keep in close contact with your cabin crew recruitment co-ordinator and call them every day to check your status. You need to remember that they are pumping out 60 ab-initio crew a week from the training college and they dont really have the infrastructure to deal with such mass expansion no matter how glossy their website and advertising is.
There are crew who graduated over a month ago still not flying because of a delay in the printing of their flying licences.
Trust me... the ride is only just beginning for you. Patience....
I am cabin crew here at Emirates and can confirm this sort of thing is normal and happens all the time.
They can keep people in the dark until only days before their departure and suddenly you will receive your contract and tickets.
The best thing to do is keep in close contact with your cabin crew recruitment co-ordinator and call them every day to check your status. You need to remember that they are pumping out 60 ab-initio crew a week from the training college and they dont really have the infrastructure to deal with such mass expansion no matter how glossy their website and advertising is.
There are crew who graduated over a month ago still not flying because of a delay in the printing of their flying licences.
Trust me... the ride is only just beginning for you. Patience....
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This thread has becime quite large now, so for housekeeping reasons, and for ease of use, it is now being closed and a new thread opened.
There are in fact, two new threads - one for use by those who may be seeking work with Emirates and have questions about the recruiment process, and the other for those who are actually employed as Crew by Emirates to discuss issues affecting their work.
So please choose the appropriate thread, either
EMIRATES - Wannabees & Recruitment
or
EMIRATES - Crew Discussions
There are in fact, two new threads - one for use by those who may be seeking work with Emirates and have questions about the recruiment process, and the other for those who are actually employed as Crew by Emirates to discuss issues affecting their work.
So please choose the appropriate thread, either
EMIRATES - Wannabees & Recruitment
or
EMIRATES - Crew Discussions
