freebie61

sorry guys but what's mmf?

goeasy

Its a typo... meaning MFF = multi fleet flying



... or its not a typo, and he's referring to another activity involving Male/Male/Female..................................

jet-lag

Guys, I heard from one of the fleet chief MMF on spring 2009( maybe March or April) so.... Dont loose hope....all the new miniBus drivers will go to 330 ( Inshalah !!!)

Keep Recovering !!!!

john negussie

Hey Guys......please someone post about the housing situation........I have an interview early Aug.......

rghods

They do, if you have an B777,744,757,767 or 737NG ( multi crew ,glass ) expr.
for the right seat these days
Good luck

RWP

Would anyone care to comment on the difference in pay for an F/O on the widebody, vs, a captain on the 320.

Thanks

NG_Kaptain

The salaries are posted on the website. It appears that if you are hired on the 320 you can expect to qualify on the 330 within a year.

ozzy89

where on the website are the salaries posted? The recruitment page has no links to benefits. Do I have to log in and begin an app to see what the job is worth? Thanks.

Ozzy

NG_Kaptain

http://careers.etihadairways.com/ehi...obDetails.aspx

Starting salary of AED 34320 or US$ 9325 per month for Captains and an annual salary increment of AED 700 per month.
Flight duty allowance of AED 50 per flying hour.
Meal allowance during layovers as per the following rates:
-Middle east/ GCC/ Sub continent AED 12 per hour
-Asia/ Far East AED 15 per hour
-Africa/ Australasia AED 18 per hour
-Europe/ Americas AED 23 per hour

mixomax

Gretings all,

Coming up for an interview shortly. I am curious about the FO feelings about direct entry Captains.
What is the normal upgrade time ?
How do you guys feel about the mid term future of the airline ?
Is lifetstyle OK in Abu Dhabi ?
One more thing, on a scale of 1 to 10 , how would you rate the combo, work/life in the Emirates ?
Thank you...

desertised

For those of you considering the delights of AUH I suggest a quick viewing of the following :-

Rents in Abu Dhabi continue to soar - The National Newspaper

The National is an English language Abu Dhabi based newspaper.

Be prepared for a long stretch in a hotel room. For those with kids - investigate carefully the availability of school places.

Good Luck

speedtwoten

any info regarding DEC for B777 non type rating, and no experience in wide body international flight in ETIHAD , heard someone from Indonesia without type rated and any experience just joint ETIHAD and given B777 type rating he just have less than 3000 hrs command in B737NG only , any true about this??? just started ground school on 21/7/2008

triple click

yes it is true and get used to it otherwise you will constantly live in frustration here .. bear in mind ey never follows seniority list nor minimum requirements for command when it comes to friends

John60

Dear Shortfuel, some A320 FO (4?) will go to the A330 very shortly due to shortage on the 330. These guys have been on the 320 for almost a year. This is not to be confused with MFF. Nevertheless this is good news.
Dear Mixomax, regarding time to command this is what I said on a similar thread:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/terms-endearment/329767-etihad-xxx.html?
We cannot blame any dec for accepting a job. But the damage is already done. Ey is committed on getting as many dec as they can instead of upgrading within. This year we are on 4 (average) upgrades per month. This is almost half of the number of upgrades we had last year but at the same time dec have more than double. We now have +400 FOs waiting for a command slot.
It is an alarming situation. If no upgrades no FO will join and if not enough FOs there will be no upgrades. Big expansion without fixing this first will change time to command to the worst.
Life in Abu Dhabi is not bad but it is highly related to housing and the location of it.
Job security is very good for as long you are willing to stay here.


Dear Speedtwoten, I have seen worst than that. Guys that haven't flown for up to a year managed to get a job with Ey.



All the best

kamaciwa

Other than 320 DEC, there're no skipper in that joining group. A few senior B777 FOs turnned down A330 command waiting for upgrade on Boeing, DEC on that fleet won't be a smart idea.

noflare

DEC on B777 is complete BS

Relief

So we now have a DEC on the 777 while at same time 40% of the 777 FOs are going on the Bigbus to become commanders because of zero 777 vacancies! And the bigbus FOs are going on the smallbus. And this particular gentleman is coming from his 737 direct to the left seat of a 777.
Ok folks welcome to ETIHAD the National mess of UAE. Bxxt over and accept it like a man. This is the only reasonable explanation you will ever get. It is not “their” fault. It is yours. It is yours because you knew from before that they will do it because they can. And they will do it again and again until you get used to it or until you are out.
I hate to say “you were warned” but it is true. Oh and don’t forget to show this gentleman how to fly the plane.

Severely Jetlagged

Before this rumour gets out of hand a very important fact;

The Indonesian B737NG Captain joined the B777 fleet as a FIRST OFFICER.

There is no requirement for B777 DECs.

speedtwoten

Dear Severely Jetlagged, be sure about it because he told us in Jet Airways where he flown before he is leaving because command position in B777 even we are not believe him, but anyway post it here if he FAILED

Severely Jetlagged

100% sure.

First Officer B777. Joins the seniority list for upgrade like everyone else.