This months Cosmopolitan...
 

Hi all,
Did anyone see the advert in this months cosmopolitan magazine? well its a job advert for a private corporate aviation company who are seeking ONE additional crew member to add to team of 8 crew on private boeing vvip A/C.i wondered if anyone knows anything about this? would it be normal for a company to advertise in such a magazine for ONE!! crew member?
I would be gratefull if anyone who has any info on private flying would advise me on which companies etc...i would particularly like to work in the gulf area..many thanks! :ok:

Oh come on please help!!!! someone must have some info on how to get into private flying? any tips,telefone numbers etc...:O :{ :{

Cosmopolitan mag add- I dont know !

But if you want info on private flying,go to www.flight international.com,then go to cabin crew jobs and you will find a company called "samco",based in Riadh-Saudi Arabia,looking for vip crew.hurry up,this was over a week ago!!!!

All I remember is that all applicants have to be 5' 6". This is not the norm.... Good things come in small packages!

I havent seen that particular advertisement in cosmopolitan but yes its is pretty normal for such positions to be limited to 1. I havent flown privately but i was interviewed years ago for one such company based in Saudi Arabia. Usually most very big companies based in the middle east do have their own private aircrafts - maybe 3 or more - for which they hire cabin crew for. These crews are usually hired for jus one particular aircraft and go where the aircraft to whom it has been assigned for goes for eg one aircraft could jus be for the chairman of the company. Since private flying is a lot more flexible and with higher remuneration a lot of these crews usually dont leave for years and when one does the position comes up. As far as i know in Saudi Arabia they do prefer applicants to be either of European or American passports since visas for most countries are not a problem for them. this being so since you are not listed as a crew on a general declaration form but just an employee of the company. The working conditions are usually fabulous with not a lot of flying but good pay packets and travels to a lot of exotic destinations. If you do get a chance .......go for it.

Those Air lines are mostly privatly owned and do not use GD'. every crew member is required to obtain visas thru the company.

It is true they prefere nationalities with hassel free passports. also usualy arabic speaking crew are not recruited,due to security reasons.

go to the web www.jetpersonnel.net but my advice is to try medeast airlines the top 3 QR/EK/GF QR is hireing right know try it It is not as bad as they say in fact you may like it
good luck

Hiya Digna,
if ur in dxb do u work for ek? i wouldnt personally touch QR with a barge pole after all the postings ive read:D and also had a friend who worked there who described it like a prison sentence hehehe! oh well i will send my cv to this ad in cosmo and see what becomes of it...probably one in 10,000 chance but we'll see,,thanks for ur replys. Gashbag