Sil1233, Does that mean my lovely brother in law will not get concessions? :confused: or is it all at EK's discretion?

I also read somewhere that we get ID75 in the first 6 months as our concessions would have not kicked in until after 6 months to get ID90 & ID50. Any truth in that?

Vic: So glad to hear that things are still going great. How's the weather! I am sooo jealous! I am definitly enjoying my last few weeks over here...it just got better last night! :p Would definitly be great to try and catch up with the both of you when I get there. Yep, I fly out on a Friday, 11th and still kicking myself as still don't know anyone flying out on that date yet. Oh I was to go to Wild Wadi!hehe. For now I am nursing a hangover at work! :rolleyes:

jkfly, brilliant news, you must be over the moon to have your final confirmation! you will be starting a week after me. Will have to catch up with you when you get there. I know a few people starting on that date!

:ok:

Beachbum I too am Awaiting That Golden Phonecall!
 

Hi Beachbum!
Looks like we both attended the same Open Day in Brisbane on the 24th...I too am yet to hear anything yet...I guess they did say 3-6 weeks though?
Hope the wait isn't driving you too crazy...:ugh: Best of Luck!
xx!

Congratulations jkfly! I also got my final confirmation today, DOJ 25th Jan. Can't wait to hand in my letter of resignation at work! :ok:

Ali_Xander
 

Ali I am not really sure about the in laws,, never been in the situation to invite one before :}

About ID75 (75% discount) its true , you may take advantage of it anytime even while on probabtion and on any airline.
Staff travel on Ek must be on economy class , if you wanna travel J class few airlines offers this privilege for EK crew such as Lufthansa.

Hey Newbies!!
 

To everyones whos been succesful and is joining in the near future-congratulations!!!-Well done-you deserve it-just remember to stay positive and if u ever loose motivation when your here and have started flying to think back to this time and how A-desperate u were to get the job and B-how happy you were when you had succeeded!
Iv been here for 4 years and am currently an SFS(this will make more sense once here)but reading your blogs brings back the memorys of joining as if it was yesterday!
Anyways if you need any questions answering please feel free to ask!:):ok:

Jkfly and Juzz51- Very happy for you!!!! :D Can you tell me, what is the time frame from your final interview to your confirmed leave date?

Babyg_oz - hi!!! :) the wait is starting to really bug me! :ugh: I was going ok the first 2 wks but now that its hit 3 im starting to feel really edgy.
I still wonder if anyone has received an 'no' email? Did you keep in touch with anyone from the day? I kept in touch with two girls and they havent heard anything yet either. What did you look like, ill try and remember!? ;)

Beachbum -
I know exactly how you feel...(so much so that I did a bit of a google and found this forum :rolleyes:) to try and see if anyone from our group had heard anything yet?
I am tall, brunette and wore a high waisted skirt suit and orange shirt underneath. You? Will try and remember you too. Best of Luck and let me know when u get some news, I will do the same. Hopefully see eachother in Sunny Dubai soon :O
babyg_oz

Babyg_oz
 

Ohh I thought I could remember everyone but I can’t!
I wore a pencil skirt, white blouse….then I suppose, who didn’t… lol

My reference number was One!? Maybe that’ll trigger your memory! In case u want to keep in touch ill PM you my email.

Hopefully its this week that we hear. How did your final interview go? Did they accept your photos? I had to redo mine and hand them to the hotel and I emailed them but I never heard back if they got them or not. :sad:

FINGERS CROSSED!!!! :)

Hi Brissy Girls you need to remember no news is good news!!! I got through in the September session from Brisbane and I am leaving tomorrow. If you think this is bad the wait after you have handed in your medicals is so much worse....... but its all worth it when you get final confirmation. Keep in contact and good luck.

xx

Beachbum, it really varies person to person. For me personally, it took about 2 months from my final interview to get approved for medicals. What a wait that was...

Then after my medicals were faxed over, it took about 3 weeks I think to get final approval, another tough wait. I think it depends on your DOJ for final approval email, as it's all automated, because I got my email from them even though they are out of the office due to public holiday.

Can't wait to get there, wishing the rest of you who are still waiting all the luck!


Also a question for anyone who might know the answer: I've got my brother's wedding in April, so I'll still be in my probation period, will it be possible to get time off to come back to Australia for that?

Juzz...someone asked that same question in another forum and an EK crew replied saying that yes you do get time off in your first six months, so providing you already put your holiday request in and finished up with training, there is not reason why you should not be able to make the wedding. EK crew can clarify if I am wrong anywhere.

Beachbum & Babyg...The wait varies for everyone and its no necessarily a long wait after sending your your medicals to them. All in all for me, at two weeks I received the golden phone call, did my medicals in 4 days, sent it off and in just over a week I was sent final confirmation. Pretty much a month process. It's shorter for some and longer for others. Good Luck. :O

i'm back!
 

hey guys, seems like i've missed lots of posting here, i've been busy for quite while and got sick last week...lots of people leaving this week for the coming holidays and some are for good so lots of parties around here as well lolz:E:hmm:

i'm trying to call the hr office this past few days and it seems that nobody was there coz of the holiday..i'm a bit worried about my med exam result coz it's been almost 3 weeks since i send it...:sad:

jkfly: congrats!! did they call you for your final approval or did they send an email? how long before you received your final approval? so happy for you..:D;):ok:

Ali_Xander: i'm sure you're so excited and i'm excited for you too...keep updating okay:ok::)

Vicster: how's Dubai? how's your accomodation and your flatmate? did you started the training? can't wait to see you updated your blogsite...keep posting:ok:;):)

Thanks for your replies!
I remember reading a while ago on the forum that as long as you join within 3 months, EK is reasonably flexible with the joining date. Is that true?

Juzz51
 

you'll be asked to select your leave prefrence online , the request is not always guranteed . Just make sure you dont miss the online selection period.
In the worst case senario if you havent got any days off to attend the wedding , you may swap flights for days off , or to the destination you wanna go to ..some crew members offers to pay other crew to accept their swap request .
Good luck

Guys I received golden call :}. I am so happy. I am going on 29th of February. I have just recieved "medical email" - it will take 6 years to complete it:{.
Take care
Iza

Dental
 

Guys what are dental x-rays?? Should I make it separately for each tooth??

Thanks Ali and Sil, helps a lot :ok:

IzaSz1983
 

Yayyy!!! Thats great!!! Very happy for you. And it was only last wk we were stressing out lol
Still waiting for my call. Fingers crossed.

beachbum
 

hi...i am still reeling in the excitement...i did my final interview in Sept and it took about 7 weeks of nervous waiting for the phonecall...and then almost 4 weeks to get final approval...and i think the waiting after medicals is so much worse...coz its so close and its not really in your control...

I am going to have the best xmas ever....

All the best tothose waiting.

ALI...

Yes we definitely have to meet up once we get there.

Isasz1983
 

Congratulations!!:D:D

the dental xrays are for all the teeth..i am sure your dentist will know exactly what to do once he goes through the dental form...so don't sweat it.:ok: