Guy's, please do read up on EK resignations....
Please be advised.... Flydubai is managed by EK or exEK management...
Be carefull.... the deal may look good.... but contracts are not being honored......

Danny2009.......I will look at the thread and read up on that. Feel free to send me a PM if you want to discuss it more. Thanks......Fly

Hi guys , just a quick one , do FD start paying you from day one on the induction course or from when you do your LST ?? Also are there any problems getting the 6 months advance on the accommadation allowance ? Thanks

Hi,

Tried to go over this very long thread but probably missed a few things so sorry if these questions were asked before.

What do the rosters look like at FD? Is it easy to commute to Europe? What s the max Days off you get in a row and how many "long" rest periods do you get per month? Do you get staff travel on UAE airlines and more?

As it seems that some people from EK are behind flydubai (Well that s what I understood), would it make it harder for me to join EK if I want to fly longhaul later on? Maybe they wouldn t take pilots from an airline in the same group?

Thanks

You actually start getting paid when you step on the airplane to come to Dubai for induction. I am figuring out the 6 month allowance advance now, so I am not sure yet how it will go. I was told not to anticipate any problems.

As far as rosters, you have some trips assigned for the month, and a lot of standby days. There are about 5 days off scheduled. Standby days are typically not flying days, and can be done from home (or the beach!). All trips are day trips (out and back), so you are home every night. There are no overnight stays.

I would say a commute to Europe would be very difficult, just due to the standby days and low number of days off actually scheduled into the roster.

We have travel on flydubai for ourselves and family plus a few friends. We also have travel on EK for just ourselves and immediate family. All of these are ID90 and ID50 tickets, so it is not free. There are no jumpseat privileges, which seems typical in the ME.

On going to EK from flydubai, I am not sure. I plan to stay here, so it wasn't a concern for me. Maybe someone else can answer. If I had to guess, I would say it will be a matter of staffing more than anything. If EK is really short, and flydubai is OK, they may take you (after an application and interview I'm sure), and if it is opposite, I would guess not. This is purely speculation on my part.

Hope that helps! I am really enjoying Dubai and flydubai so far

Randy

Thanks for all the info about FlyDubai.Would you recommend Flydubai as good company to work for? and are they welling to upgrade experienced FOs, and last but not least how is the money for FOs after all the expenses?

Money is decent, eh (I see you are from Canada).

I honestly love it so far! Very close knit community, and a lot of good guys/girls here.

They are planning to phase out all together the DECs and go to straight FO upgrades. I would say the potential is good.

Hope that helps!
Randy

Thanks for your input Randy,

Do you know what are the requirements (min hours/years in the company...) for FD FOs to switch to the left seat?

Thanks!

Winch

3500 total time, 500 PIC in multi crew aircraft
2 OPCs at flydubai
12 months service at flydubai

... and you have to pass the Command assessment process (it's not just a given)!

Since the 500 PIC requirement for the FO position has been removed, how can one get the PIC time once joined FZ?

Does PIC/US (PF) count towards PIC time?

Thanks in advance for any clarification!

btw, are there any Asians flying for FZ?

I believe according to the GCAA you can substitute up to 50% of your FO time for PIC.

EDIT

- I found out that you can actually use one landing for one hour up to half of the time required for upgrade.

Hope that helps!
Randy

So are you guys managing to put money away after all your expenses? I would only go if after 3/5 years I could come bck with a healthy sum...

I've been invited for an interview...Anyone advise on dress code?

You can wear your sunday best...
Common man. It is an interview. Wear a nice suit.

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So if you don t have JET PIC experience before joing FD there is no way to meet the criteria for an upgrade? There has to be other criteria for their FOs with no previous command experience?

Winch

Thanks for that Randy, I guess the problem for some of us would be getting the other half. Cheers!

Hi All

I'm applying on-line, well I'm trying to. When I try to submit the form I recieve this error message 'Input string was not in correct format'

I've emailed flyDubai with a query but no response so far.

Anyone else experienced this or have a fix?

Obviously, there will be issues with different individuals' flight times. The good news is that there are provisions in the manual to allow upgrade at the discretion of the Chief Pilot. All upgrades will require an interview from what I am told, and I am sure that at the time of the interview if there is an issue with hours it will be discussed.

Hope that helps!
Randy

The current contract is not attractive to DEC's (unless already unemployed), so I would say that upgrade prospects for experienced F/O's would be excellent.