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was everything ok on your medicals or are you worrying? im submitting all mine monday once ive collected the audiograph x
everything is fine on mine all above normal so i shudnt need to worry right???
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everything is fine on mine all above normal so i shudnt need to worry right???
xxxxx
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hey polski....
it took them a week to get back to me saying that they had received my meds...so be patient i guess.
oh, i had to reduce my scan file sizes a lot for them to get emailed, buecause my originals kept on getting sent back to me.
check your inbox and make sure that they were delivered!
it took them a week to get back to me saying that they had received my meds...so be patient i guess.
oh, i had to reduce my scan file sizes a lot for them to get emailed, buecause my originals kept on getting sent back to me.
check your inbox and make sure that they were delivered!
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Hello
Just got time to say hello
Can't post in detail coz a)its 10:58 and Im knackered b)this cafe is expensive
and c) I gotta wake up at 5 in the morning
So just to say Im enjoying it so far. Had medical talks etc today blah blah
Try to post later.
Enjoy
Just got time to say hello
Can't post in detail coz a)its 10:58 and Im knackered b)this cafe is expensive
and c) I gotta wake up at 5 in the morning
So just to say Im enjoying it so far. Had medical talks etc today blah blah
Try to post later.
Enjoy
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New Recruit
Hey all...
I am new to this forum, but since I started sending applications to airlines back at the end of August I have been using Cabincrew.com and I thought I would join this one after reading about all the EK stuff.
The good news is that I received the "Welcome to the Family" phone call last Monday from Emirates and I have been on cloud 9 ever since!
I guess I am on the January 11th batch who is due to leave as that is when my joining date is. I have started my medicals and all should be done and sent off by the end of this coming week (fingers crossed nothing bad pops up!).
As for the whole process of getting the job, the assessment day was physically and emotionally exhausting but looking back, I had a wonderful day and met some great people. From 50, they narrowed us down to 9 and I had my final interview which I felt went horribly wrong as I made the Recruitment Officer's laugh
Anyhow just under two weeks, I was being rung to say that I had been accepted. Therefore you can never make assumptions about EK, they can make you wait 6 weeks and say yes or no, or alternatively under two weeks and say yes or no. It has to do with luck as well as I was rejected by both Qantas and Air New Zealand & third time lucky as they say.
Well this message has gone on for far too long and having glanced at all the posts on here, I have loads of questions to ask but my mind has gone blank now. So maybe I'll think of some more later on
Just thought I'd drop by as the newbie on here!
Ali_Xander
I am new to this forum, but since I started sending applications to airlines back at the end of August I have been using Cabincrew.com and I thought I would join this one after reading about all the EK stuff.
The good news is that I received the "Welcome to the Family" phone call last Monday from Emirates and I have been on cloud 9 ever since!
I guess I am on the January 11th batch who is due to leave as that is when my joining date is. I have started my medicals and all should be done and sent off by the end of this coming week (fingers crossed nothing bad pops up!).
As for the whole process of getting the job, the assessment day was physically and emotionally exhausting but looking back, I had a wonderful day and met some great people. From 50, they narrowed us down to 9 and I had my final interview which I felt went horribly wrong as I made the Recruitment Officer's laugh
Anyhow just under two weeks, I was being rung to say that I had been accepted. Therefore you can never make assumptions about EK, they can make you wait 6 weeks and say yes or no, or alternatively under two weeks and say yes or no. It has to do with luck as well as I was rejected by both Qantas and Air New Zealand & third time lucky as they say. Well this message has gone on for far too long and having glanced at all the posts on here, I have loads of questions to ask but my mind has gone blank now. So maybe I'll think of some more later on
Just thought I'd drop by as the newbie on here!Ali_Xander
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Join Date: May 2007
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Ali xander
hey well done for getting the job!! are you flying from gatwick ??
I'm off in december i just miss xmas at home not looking forward to that i llove christmas.
sounds like you had an quick ride i waited ages to hear i kept getting my photos wrong .
good luck with everything welcome to pprune !
I'm off in december i just miss xmas at home not looking forward to that i llove christmas.
sounds like you had an quick ride i waited ages to hear i kept getting my photos wrong .
good luck with everything welcome to pprune !
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Flight over dress code clarification
Hi all,
After reading the posted replies i am still not 100% on what is classed as "smart casual" for the flight over. I would love to wear a nice top/t-shirt (no branding), jeans and funky/nice shoes/runner (eg asics or lacoste etc). However i have read mixed opinions on what is acceptable and what is not.
If someone can clarify what is fine to wear and know for fact the 100% answer to this, i will be very much grateful! Someone who 100% knows and not just an opinion without actual back up to what they think is fine would rock my socks!!
Oh and Mohit.... the other melbourne guy was Rex... ahhh i think his ID in PPRUNE is rex and some numbers after!
Thanks everyone!
After reading the posted replies i am still not 100% on what is classed as "smart casual" for the flight over. I would love to wear a nice top/t-shirt (no branding), jeans and funky/nice shoes/runner (eg asics or lacoste etc). However i have read mixed opinions on what is acceptable and what is not.
If someone can clarify what is fine to wear and know for fact the 100% answer to this, i will be very much grateful! Someone who 100% knows and not just an opinion without actual back up to what they think is fine would rock my socks!!
Oh and Mohit.... the other melbourne guy was Rex... ahhh i think his ID in PPRUNE is rex and some numbers after!
Thanks everyone!
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Hey Vicster,
Thanks for the reply.
I just got back from getting more injections from the nurse, I am surprised I am still standing up!
When are you off in December? I would have gone then but it's too soon and I need to find a job and earn a little before I go as I am absolutely broke!
By the way, our contract says we have to bring 20 passport sized photographs and two other normal sized photos - do you know if the latter has to be professionally done wearing a suit over a blue background? or can it just be casual pics like those we sent with the applications?
Thanks!
A
Thanks for the reply.
I just got back from getting more injections from the nurse, I am surprised I am still standing up!
When are you off in December? I would have gone then but it's too soon and I need to find a job and earn a little before I go as I am absolutely broke!
By the way, our contract says we have to bring 20 passport sized photographs and two other normal sized photos - do you know if the latter has to be professionally done wearing a suit over a blue background? or can it just be casual pics like those we sent with the applications?
Thanks!
A
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lucky lucky you!!i am still waiting for my call....wow!i would do anything to be in your shoes!!!have fun!Join Date: Oct 2007
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height requirment
hi girls,
i am new here and keen to know about all informantions about f/a. can i ask,do you guys know what the heigh requirment does Emirate required. coz i am only 160cm, i am so interested to be a f/a. their web says 212cm for arm reach,but do you required it strictly? looking forward to your answers...
i am new here and keen to know about all informantions about f/a. can i ask,do you guys know what the heigh requirment does Emirate required. coz i am only 160cm, i am so interested to be a f/a. their web says 212cm for arm reach,but do you required it strictly? looking forward to your answers...
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Nah, still haven't heard from them. They said by Tuesday, so I'm gonna wait until the late afternoon tomorrow, and if they haven't called by them, I will give them another call. It would be really nice to get the call tomorrow though, what a nice birthday present that would be...
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open day
Hi girls,
Congratulations! it looks that so many of you have got the offer and flying to EK. You must done a brilliant job on your interviews.
i've got another questions about open day. can i go to open day directly with resume and 2 size photos after on-line application, or should i have to get an invitation e-mail or call first from EK? really confuse with it!
Congratulations! it looks that so many of you have got the offer and flying to EK. You must done a brilliant job on your interviews.
i've got another questions about open day. can i go to open day directly with resume and 2 size photos after on-line application, or should i have to get an invitation e-mail or call first from EK? really confuse with it!
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EID
Hi guys, for those of you waiting the "golden call", don't forget that here in the U.A.E. the offices have been closed because of EID, therefore if I were you I wouldn't count on them doing much on this week as now they will have lots of candidates to go through as they just had four days off instead of the usual two.
So, please dont panic and just be patient.
Good luck to everyone !!!
So, please dont panic and just be patient.
Good luck to everyone !!!
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ali xander
hey how are you ?
i'm off on the 14th of december . i'm in the same boat as you i used to work for barclays in portsmouth but quit in august when i heard i got the job . I was working for my parents but i got a bit lazy so i'm looking for a job now as well.
we will need quite a bit of money over there so i need to pull my finger out and get working .
we'll have to keep in touch then and meet when we get there.
I'm really not sure about the pics sorry i havent even thought about taht yet i think they will have to be done at the photographers it says not digital and it siad that on the other pics we had to do for the final interview i'll let you know when i find out .
vicx
i'm off on the 14th of december . i'm in the same boat as you i used to work for barclays in portsmouth but quit in august when i heard i got the job . I was working for my parents but i got a bit lazy so i'm looking for a job now as well.
we will need quite a bit of money over there so i need to pull my finger out and get working .
we'll have to keep in touch then and meet when we get there.
I'm really not sure about the pics sorry i havent even thought about taht yet i think they will have to be done at the photographers it says not digital and it siad that on the other pics we had to do for the final interview i'll let you know when i find out .
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ali xander: pics
Hi there, I have posted on here about pics before, and as previously said(sorry to bore people) I'm not crew, daughter is, been there just over 1 year.
the 20 pics to take with you, we took of her on our digital camera, in fact all the pics she had to send to Dubai were taken with a digital camera, all beit not a little compact one! Her photo's were fine, in fact we did it because she just didn't have time to get them done profesionally. The 20 pics were the head and shoulder ones, and we printed them off the computer in passport size and just altered the background colour.
I know that they say no digital but they will be fine, but if it makes you feel more at ease get them done at a photographers. I think they are used for your visas and residency permits.
I hope all goes well for you and hope you will enjoy your time there as much as my daughter does now.
Best wishes,
mother hen.
the 20 pics to take with you, we took of her on our digital camera, in fact all the pics she had to send to Dubai were taken with a digital camera, all beit not a little compact one! Her photo's were fine, in fact we did it because she just didn't have time to get them done profesionally. The 20 pics were the head and shoulder ones, and we printed them off the computer in passport size and just altered the background colour.
I know that they say no digital but they will be fine, but if it makes you feel more at ease get them done at a photographers. I think they are used for your visas and residency permits.
I hope all goes well for you and hope you will enjoy your time there as much as my daughter does now.
Best wishes,
mother hen.
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Vickster
Hey Vic,
Hope you are well. December seems like a long way away but it will slowly creep up on ya...best start packing!hehe.
As for me, I picked up my medicals this morning from the private clinic in the west end, they are soooo good! I had my eye test and all my other jabs done and all my results from my tests are fine - I worried for some reason as you never know what they may find! I just have my haemoglobin test to get done by the GP now and then it should all be ready to go. I hope they are as quick as they were with getting back to me to about getting the job!
Yes, it would definitly be good to stay in contact.
Have you been lucky with a job yet? I have an appointment at the Recruitment Agency tomorrow, hopefully they will find me an admin job which will help me earn some money before I go in January. I am hoping to save £1000...thats to pay off my credit card after payinf for all my medicals and then take the rest to DXB. Who knows though as a world class airline seems to want to employ me, yet somewhere like GAP and other retail stores are not having none of it!hehe..weird!
Ali
Hope you are well. December seems like a long way away but it will slowly creep up on ya...best start packing!hehe.
As for me, I picked up my medicals this morning from the private clinic in the west end, they are soooo good! I had my eye test and all my other jabs done and all my results from my tests are fine - I worried for some reason as you never know what they may find! I just have my haemoglobin test to get done by the GP now and then it should all be ready to go. I hope they are as quick as they were with getting back to me to about getting the job!
Yes, it would definitly be good to stay in contact.
Have you been lucky with a job yet? I have an appointment at the Recruitment Agency tomorrow, hopefully they will find me an admin job which will help me earn some money before I go in January. I am hoping to save £1000...thats to pay off my credit card after payinf for all my medicals and then take the rest to DXB. Who knows though as a world class airline seems to want to employ me, yet somewhere like GAP and other retail stores are not having none of it!hehe..weird!
Ali
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Ali xander: yeah i dropped my cv off to a holiday camp to get temporary work there but no call but DUNE the shoe shop did call me for an interview but it didnt work out it was too far away. I think £1000 is a good figure to take with you. THats what i want to take too. I heard from a friend over there that they give you money when you get there but i've heard so many different things that i'm just going to forget about it and take enough money to live off in the first month .
Mother Hen: thats really helpful yet again from you thanks so much i was going to just pay again to have all those professional pics done but i'll just do what you said now my dad used to be a photographer i'm sure he can handle the passport size pics. hows your daughter ?? do you know when you finish training how easy it is to get a flight back home or how soon something i've been wondering for a while i just really want to know when i can say i'll see my family and frineds next whether its like 2 months or 5 months .....
cheerrs everyone
vicx
Mother Hen: thats really helpful yet again from you thanks so much i was going to just pay again to have all those professional pics done but i'll just do what you said now my dad used to be a photographer i'm sure he can handle the passport size pics. hows your daughter ?? do you know when you finish training how easy it is to get a flight back home or how soon something i've been wondering for a while i just really want to know when i can say i'll see my family and frineds next whether its like 2 months or 5 months .....
cheerrs everyone
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vickster
Hi there, my daughter is well thanks, she's just finished doing her sep again.....relieved it's all over for another year!
A girl from this forum, naddy is in Dubai now, flew out last Friday, my daughter said she spoke to her today. I think like my daughter she will take a little time to adjust. She contacted my daughter through face book before she left for Dubai.
Re flights: My daughter found it pretty easy to get flights back once she'd graduated(once I had to pick her up from the hotel twice in one week!). She started the begining of September last year and got rostered a flight to Manchester begining of December, I went up on the train to visit her..... I can tell you it was very emotional for me. Then, she managed to swap a flight and came home xmas day night. We were going down the motorway to collect her xmas night! And since then she's been home loads. In fact I only took her back to the airport last monday! She had a few days off so decided to come home for my birthday! So, I have no doubt your family will get to see you on a regular basis. Infact, that's how I know she is settled and happy in Dubai now....she doesn't feel the need to come home quite so often! And loves her weekends in Dubai.
Be prepared to have to adjust.......it might take a little while to get used to your new way of live, but if you can, stick it out for 6 months, if you don't like it by then you never will!
Hope all is going well for you,
best wishes,
mother hen.
A girl from this forum, naddy is in Dubai now, flew out last Friday, my daughter said she spoke to her today. I think like my daughter she will take a little time to adjust. She contacted my daughter through face book before she left for Dubai.
Re flights: My daughter found it pretty easy to get flights back once she'd graduated(once I had to pick her up from the hotel twice in one week!). She started the begining of September last year and got rostered a flight to Manchester begining of December, I went up on the train to visit her..... I can tell you it was very emotional for me. Then, she managed to swap a flight and came home xmas day night. We were going down the motorway to collect her xmas night! And since then she's been home loads. In fact I only took her back to the airport last monday! She had a few days off so decided to come home for my birthday! So, I have no doubt your family will get to see you on a regular basis. Infact, that's how I know she is settled and happy in Dubai now....she doesn't feel the need to come home quite so often! And loves her weekends in Dubai.
Be prepared to have to adjust.......it might take a little while to get used to your new way of live, but if you can, stick it out for 6 months, if you don't like it by then you never will!
Hope all is going well for you,
best wishes,
mother hen.
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Vickster & Mother Hen
Vic - I also read on this forum about EK giving us a welcome gift for joining the company and you also get some money which they then delete from you salary. I do not really want to go down that road and would prefer to leave that money in my bank account and spend what I bring along. After all, I don't really want to be spending way too much in Dubai. This is all really new for me as I have never been in a foreign country on my own and being responsible for all my spendings. I lived a pretty cushy student life!..guess this will be a little of a shock for me 
Mother Hen - That name is just wicked! totally awesome. Thank you for the advice, it is amazing as you are able to get us the info we really really need. I am sure your daughther is having a ball in Dubai and would love to hear more stories of her time in Dubai.
Before sending my application off to Dubai, I was required to get professional pics done and the lady who got them done usually takes them to EK standards. Back when I was getting the pics done, she said that I will need 20 more and that she would have my file on computer and therefore be able to print the same ones out for me with a blue background. I will resort to that for my pics as they were really nice.
As cheeky as this may sound, do you have an idea of what her roster is like in a typical month?
Thanks once again
Mother Hen - That name is just wicked! totally awesome. Thank you for the advice, it is amazing as you are able to get us the info we really really need. I am sure your daughther is having a ball in Dubai and would love to hear more stories of her time in Dubai.
Before sending my application off to Dubai, I was required to get professional pics done and the lady who got them done usually takes them to EK standards. Back when I was getting the pics done, she said that I will need 20 more and that she would have my file on computer and therefore be able to print the same ones out for me with a blue background. I will resort to that for my pics as they were really nice.
As cheeky as this may sound, do you have an idea of what her roster is like in a typical month?
Thanks once again
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Guys are on hold due to no vacancies?!?!?! That does not sound good at all. I didnt know there are a limited spare for guys!!! 
I'm attending the assessment day on the 27th Oct in Melb.. does that mean I have less chance or harder to join EK because I'm a Guy??... that doesnt sound fair.... 
I'm attending the assessment day on the 27th Oct in Melb.. does that mean I have less chance or harder to join EK because I'm a Guy??... that doesnt sound fair....