Gulf Air First Officer recruitment

[picollo]

I have an assessment with GF as well and I did not receive any tests.
I did receive the shl site to practise but no tests.

Anyone else in the same boat?

[evilatp]

I got a phone call from Zaina asking if I was available to interview on the 19th of October. Nothing else since, but it seems as though things move rather slowly over there.

[Sweptt]

Wow,

these practise tests are not easy at all especially the numerical reasoning, which you can only practise once.

Will a calculator be allowed to calculate the percentages?

What would be an acceptable score to pass?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Che Guevara]

Everything tends to be on the slow side in Bahrain except for the traffic....
In fact if you are interested in working out here there are one or two competencies that help. Patience, initiative, tolerance, politeness and a lot more patience. During the Holy Month of Ramadan (right now) things just about come to a halt. Ramadan will be over in a few days time and things will accelerate again to a fast walking pace (well almost) after the post Ramadan holidays.
They are hireing, and a new class started a few days ago...for those of you that interested 5 out of 6 were type rated and the sixth is off the 737 I think.
Thinking back over the years, the only thing that has never been late is my paycheck, so nothing wrong with that he says

Good luck

PS no calculator, only mid school maths

[ironbutt57]

In fact paycheck 3 days early this month They are assessing non-rated jet experienced as well..as Che says it takes a bit of time...

[saviboy]

Hi everyone
I was checking pilotjobsnetwork.com for the payscales and the info is correct first year FO pay is 2100 BHD which is about 5600 USDollars.
Compared to EY (6900) and Ek (about 6200 if i am correct) it seems a little low.

is the info correct?
Is there any other compensation that would make up the difference?
thanks

[Tziganul]

Hey saviboy,

From what I hear, life in the UAE is a bit more expensive than Bahrain. So your 5600usd will get you more than the 6000+ in the UAE. I have done the math and with the housing+flying pay you will pocket in between 7500-8500. Hope i didn't make any errors Anyone else from the inside with different numbers?

[ironbutt57]

The 5600 is your basic...add in block hour pay roughly another thousand...and per deims.."time away" it's called at 4dlls per hour..you may average around 7000-7500 depending on your roster...the housing and other small allowances is not included in my mentioned amount

[tankdrvr]

Gulf Air Pay

From another web post:

"here is a breakdown...

Basic = 2100BD + (50BD for each year of service)
Housing = 650BD (married) 550 (single)
Pay per block hours = 6BD (average 60 hours = 360BD)
Meal Allowance per hour TAFB= 1.5BD (average 150 hours = 225BD)
Wife allowance = 42BD
Wife allowance = 12.5BD (per child)
Communications = 13BD
Utilities = 48BD
Transportation = 40BD

Total = 3490.5BD or $9,319.65"

This is most accurate. And as it has been said, you get more for your money in BAH. Extra pay for working on a day off and more if you don't ask for the day back.

[Giggey]

Dress code at interviews

As by subject, Casual or absolutely suit?

tks

[Farty Flaps]

Dont where a suite, or a sweet.

Push the boat out and try a suit but not a soot Dontcha luv inglish.

[Giggey]

hihi, was overthinking...

[Che Guevara]

Absolutely suit... local national dress is optional...

[commercialpilot28]

Help me plz

Can you guys please tell me what kind of Technical question did they asked you ? I am not much worried about HR questions, its just I am curious about their technical interview. Also can anyone of you suggest what book will be the best to prepare for an interview for Gulf Air ? I just bought Acing pilot interview......would that be sufficient ? plz advice

[hertzer636]

Schedule

I have read that all 320 flying = out and backs or stand ups. Can anyone confirm this? Also, how many days off per month - average? Typically how long are those stretches of days off?

[ironbutt57]

Night stops 24/48hr at 4 India destinations..Kuwait, and Dubai...also 3 standups, lots of out and back day trips as well..if you work a day off, you either get paid 50BD, or 150bd and forfeit a leave day (sell leave option).(you may also decline the invitation)..the day off is returned to you..expect 8 days off per month..usually in two's or 3's you may request a block of days off as well once per roster period..commuting not an option...

[skywaytoheaven]

Please dont come to GF for the rostering, it is ABYSMAL, roughly 8 days off a month, with no pattern to it, totally random. Life on the 320 will age you, the best thing about it is that you may get on 330/340 one day (where also the rosters are quite bad these days apparently).
There are plenty of good things about GF, ie Bahrain is nice, training has greatly improved, good flight deck atmosphere....err nice food - but ROSTERING is the pits and the a/c are knackered.

[evilatp]

Does HR ask you any questions about your religion during the interview? I know that some applications that I have filled-out include sections about what religion you practice.

[Panama Jack]

I don't recall having been asked my religious afiliation, and would be surprised if they ever would ask religious afiliation during an interview. The interviews tend to be very professional, and unless you have a muslim name, they will probably just assume you are not a muslim. There is freedom of religion in Bahrain and a number of Churches and temples of other religions. It is pretty much a non-issue.

[Sal-e]

Callouts for F/Os on days off are 35BDs with the day off REPLACED within three roster periods, or,

100BDs with no dayoff replacement AND a day of leave taken out of your leave bank of 50 days a year, or,

decline the offer to work on your dayoff and continue enjoying that pina colada.

For Captains, it is 50BDs and 150BDs.

So it is either a 'partial sell' or a 'full sell' or keep the dayoff.