Any news according screening in March? I received email that screening dates has been changed from 21-25 march to....?

They will soon start hiring again for 330 now that the merger with Onur has the green light. New bases in Gassim and Medina being considered.

They will be flying four 748F for Saudia.

Their only base for Pilots is still Jeddah, right?

hey all,

went through the extensive thread...just got called for a cruise relief first officer assesment...anyone know anything, and mean ANYTHING about it?(interview process i looked at whats here...all in one day really???...schedule, pay, bond for how long, do they pay for flight to base of ops)

any info greatly appreciated.

cheers

Cruise relief first officer? means to keep the heading bug on top during cruise? Is that a joke or what?

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One question. Any chance for a 15/15 roster?
Thanks

Not a chance.

They are offering 3 weeks on 2 weeks off. :-)

Still the off-time is without any pay.

Went through this entire post, and could not find any info on the pay for an FO. Can somebody in-the-know enlighten us? Cheers!

Daily Rate for an f/o is min. 240 USD, max 310 USD. Additionally comes the 50 USD per diem for your 'away from home' days. The daily rate is based on your previous flight/work experience, jet hours, total time etc.

If they offer 15 on 15 off roster it would be one of the best contracts for commuting.

All new Contractor pilots start on a " Worldwide" contract.
That means that the contractor tells AAI when he/she is available for duty. The company then will see if they need you or not.
You are paid per day on duty. When not needed, you are not paid.
Before even applying, one has to be very aware of this and accept a certain uncertainty regarding salary and unpaid leave periods.

The quoted daily fees are also a bit on the high side by the way. Expect to start on the low end of the quoted values, even for experienced pilots.

But the initial and recurrent training is very good, probably the best on B747-400 as operating environment can be very challenging.

Oh, and 15/15...never gonna happen pal!

Thanks Icelanta.
In fact it seems to be a little unstable this "worldwide" contract. If I understand correctly, the pilot will get no pay if there's no flights on the period of his/her availability?

"Stand by for stand by" seems to be the name of the game for contractor guys nowadays, from what I've seen. Rosters seem to change quite rapidly, even hourly sometimes.

Any good experiences with Airborne personnel in conjunction with AAI? So far I have read mostly negative comments on pprune..

AAI are recruiting for Jeddah, again and this time around they are requiring Icelandic licenses.

Wonder what's up with that and how much this will affect contractors already flying over there with their non-Icelandic licenses.

.......this time around they are requiring Icelandic licenses.


Only stated to placate the locals. In reality, it will be based on supply vs demand.

Remember for us old farts 747/L1011 how easy this was late 1990"
AAI had 4 L-1011 and 2 747 classics.
We operated worldwide, had a good time made a decent salary, company looked after us all, even in Jeddah.
Seems now all changed , doubt any one left there from that era.
But we all look back as this was the best job we ever had, hope it is some what close to that now.
Lagos Nigeria worst, but we had a great time there despite the environment.