The Etihad Package...
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From: Sand dune 3
The problem is there are only a few competent managers in EK and I dont think they do recruiting!
I do however agree that hiring furloughed US pilots is not the answer, it might help short term to fill seats but they need to start planning a little more long term. Train guys like EK and stop looking for the easy option everytime!
Hogan needs to realise that saving a few pence today is not a longterm recruitment plan...give the recruitment people the green light to put something more substantial in place....stop thinking about your bonus for once!
I do however agree that hiring furloughed US pilots is not the answer, it might help short term to fill seats but they need to start planning a little more long term. Train guys like EK and stop looking for the easy option everytime!
Hogan needs to realise that saving a few pence today is not a longterm recruitment plan...give the recruitment people the green light to put something more substantial in place....stop thinking about your bonus for once!
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From: Sand Pit
Chandler Bing, stop moaning. You had all the warning in the world about EY and it's problems...... especially accommodation, but you decided you knew better and chose to ignore. Now you are moaning like a stuck pig. You made your bed, now sleep in it.
It means smbzc means sheikh mohd bin zayed city
It means smbzc means sheikh mohd bin zayed city
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From: Surrounded by aluminum, and the great outdoors
Why don't you anti-American folks here name a nationality that hasnt moved on? Or bitch on Pprune for that matter...dont think the bitchers and moaners here are yanks are they??
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From: Above and Beyond
hey could you pls put a link for google map position of that Etihad accomodation or pictures?
This is the link for the newest Qatar airways Accomodation,if any pilot have the curiosity to know
Ain Khalid Gate Compound. Villas for Captains(4 Bedrooms), 3 bedrooms Apts for married F/Os and 2 Bedrooms Apts for Single F/Os.
ain khalid gate compound,doha,qatar - Google Maps
Tks,
KF
This is the link for the newest Qatar airways Accomodation,if any pilot have the curiosity to know
Ain Khalid Gate Compound. Villas for Captains(4 Bedrooms), 3 bedrooms Apts for married F/Os and 2 Bedrooms Apts for Single F/Os.
ain khalid gate compound,doha,qatar - Google Maps
Tks,
KF
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From: London
A picture is worth a thousand words. I did a recce the other day to see what this place looked like and snapped a few photo's. If someone can explain how tp ost them on here I will gladly put them up.
Pretty shocking, and I was trying to view the SMBZC complex with an open mind.
Pretty shocking, and I was trying to view the SMBZC complex with an open mind.
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: London
Lets see if this works.
my latest images of Etihads housing for all new joiners and existing pilots who wish to move.
These are average shots of the complex and mussafah. I did not try and find the worst views, just pics from within and around 5 minutes of SZBMC.
Etihadghostrider - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
I hope this works.
my latest images of Etihads housing for all new joiners and existing pilots who wish to move.
These are average shots of the complex and mussafah. I did not try and find the worst views, just pics from within and around 5 minutes of SZBMC.
Etihadghostrider - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
I hope this works.
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From: Above and Beyond
Hey guys do you know how it looks inside?Is there any Club house with pool,gym and a field for team sports, Kids park? From outside not that bad. OK the area is crap, like in Qatar Airways around Ain Khalid Gate the newest Compound for flight deck crew but in Abu Dhabi at least they have a project for the whole area and it will look nicer in the coming years after the development.
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From: The Palm
I cannot figure out in Google where this buildings are. Could anyone show it please? I was in AUH few weeks ago, but obviously I wasn't looking for MBZC.
I believe the area will change its present looks within 5 to 10 years as it happened in Dubai, Sharjah, Doha, Manama, Muscat where the waste land was replaced by nice residencial areas. Unles you buy your own apartment/house, do not expect anything of high standards.
Read this stuff published in AMEInfo last March. I do not know where Z6/1, ME8, ME9, Z9, and Z29 sectors of Mohammed Bin Zayed City are, and this is why it would be nice to know it in Google from someone familiar with it.
I believe the area will change its present looks within 5 to 10 years as it happened in Dubai, Sharjah, Doha, Manama, Muscat where the waste land was replaced by nice residencial areas. Unles you buy your own apartment/house, do not expect anything of high standards.
Read this stuff published in AMEInfo last March. I do not know where Z6/1, ME8, ME9, Z9, and Z29 sectors of Mohammed Bin Zayed City are, and this is why it would be nice to know it in Google from someone familiar with it.
The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council, the agency responsible for the Urban Planning of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi , and the expert authority behind the visionary Plan Abu Dhabi 2030 Urban Structure Framework Plan, announced an enhancement of the design regulations covering commercial towers in Mohammed Bin Zayed City (MBZ City).
The enhancement, which increases the flexibility of the design guidelines within the MBZ development, affects the tower developments in the Z6/1, ME8, ME9, Z9, and Z29 sectors of Mohammed Bin Zayed City, located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi Island.
H.E. Falah Al Ahbabi, General Manager of the Urban Planning Council stated that the revisions to the design guidelines will allow a more beneficial mix of apartments, without sacrificing the quality of living and provision of services intended and reflected in the master-plans.
According to the approved master-plans, every tower to be built in MBZ City has a defined maximum allowed built-up area. The design regulations will now outline the maximum allowable number of units per building type to plot owners. With these two parameters, plot owners can decide on the apartment mix to be used.
H.E. Falah Al Ahbabi, General Manager of the Urban Planning Council, said 'We reviewed objectively the need for changes in the interpretation of the design guidelines, aiming to ensure that plot owners could maximize their investment as well as respond to market demands. The decision to implement this policy is also a safeguard to ensure unbiased treatment for every plot owner.
'All other regulations will remain as issued and as per the approved master-plans. This new regulations, in combination with the design guidelines already published, will ensure that targeted quality of living as well as the envisioned spirit of the development are maintained.'
Al Ahbabi further stated that the ideal mix across the development would likely be, by area, 25 per cent one-bedroom apartments, 60 per cent two-bedroom apartments, 10 per cent three-bedroom apartments and 5 per cent four-bedroom apartments. However, he said the final choice of apartment mix would be made by plot owners, as long as these remained within the maximum number of units and built-up area.
The enhancement, which increases the flexibility of the design guidelines within the MBZ development, affects the tower developments in the Z6/1, ME8, ME9, Z9, and Z29 sectors of Mohammed Bin Zayed City, located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi Island.
H.E. Falah Al Ahbabi, General Manager of the Urban Planning Council stated that the revisions to the design guidelines will allow a more beneficial mix of apartments, without sacrificing the quality of living and provision of services intended and reflected in the master-plans.
According to the approved master-plans, every tower to be built in MBZ City has a defined maximum allowed built-up area. The design regulations will now outline the maximum allowable number of units per building type to plot owners. With these two parameters, plot owners can decide on the apartment mix to be used.
H.E. Falah Al Ahbabi, General Manager of the Urban Planning Council, said 'We reviewed objectively the need for changes in the interpretation of the design guidelines, aiming to ensure that plot owners could maximize their investment as well as respond to market demands. The decision to implement this policy is also a safeguard to ensure unbiased treatment for every plot owner.
'All other regulations will remain as issued and as per the approved master-plans. This new regulations, in combination with the design guidelines already published, will ensure that targeted quality of living as well as the envisioned spirit of the development are maintained.'
Al Ahbabi further stated that the ideal mix across the development would likely be, by area, 25 per cent one-bedroom apartments, 60 per cent two-bedroom apartments, 10 per cent three-bedroom apartments and 5 per cent four-bedroom apartments. However, he said the final choice of apartment mix would be made by plot owners, as long as these remained within the maximum number of units and built-up area.
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From: UAE
Although I haven't checked I doubt the building will be on Google Maps as it's new and they don't update the maps that frequently. You'll probably get a good idea of the area though.
The "couple" in the pictures posted (linked) above is indicative of the local inhabitants over the weekend.
The "couple" in the pictures posted (linked) above is indicative of the local inhabitants over the weekend.
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From: The Palm
EY346Driver, the location is good enough even without showing the buildings. Google, under Satellite (with the Show Labels ticked), gives a pretty good indication where these buildings are now located. Google isn't too bad. The new AUH runway is already showing.
Tks anyway.
Tks anyway.
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Abu Dhabi
housing
I think that housing in EY is a matter of luck!! remember when some of us joined, there were no company provided accommodation, then they started with some city buildings, then they were not enough. Then came the villas in Khalifa City B, nobody wanted them, now they aren't enough. Delma took like 6 months to be full, etc., etc, and now is Mussafah of SMBZC (as some ones call it), tomorrow????? nobody knows.... I really believe that someone must plan the growth of the company with all it's consequences, it is irresponsible to plan to buy 100 airplanes and dream of a huge airline without planning on housing, schooling, PARKING!!!!, benefits, etc., etc., so please Mr. JH and board of directors for the first time in your lives don't be greedy and selfish, and and do what you've learned in the university (the management process is PLANING, organizing, executing, directing and controlling) we really look forward to have at least one good memory of your management. So please fix something tangible, not stupid things like dress code, travel down-gradings, ethics code, OTP (when in the 99.9% it's not crew's fault), etc.