F2L

FZ may return soon, training is overloaded. New joiners going overseas for sims.

AirInter

Thank you for the answer.
Safe flights!

AIMINGHIGH123

Love how desertboki still clutching at straws.

Cathay Pacific, Ryanair, Flybe, Wizz Air just off the top of my head all offering actually less salaries and that’s before inflation added in. I could go really into it and compare to currencies or comparing it to the Big Mac Index.
As you have lots of time on your hands fill your boots, I have days off coming up so can review your work.

Desertboki

I Agree, 2 of those airlines have more or less closed.Cathay Pacific and Flybe. The other two company’s have high numbers of their work force looking for better employment else where. Are you suggesting this is career progression? I write to warn people flydubai is not better employment.

Has anybody seen Transport Jock ?????? Has he transcybered into AIMGHIGH123 or F2L ? By the way readers the people that reply about new recruitment opportunities are actually in the flydubai recruitment team. Maybe they can tell you that most of the recruitment team is actually leaving FZ themselves. At this present time flydubai have suspended exit interviews as so many are leaving. Mainly for Emirates. The new recruits are only replacing the droves of people actually leaving.

papa_petje

Hi every one,

Just checking if someone has had the same response from FZ recruitment team. I completed my HireVue interview 2 weeks ago and after submitting straightaway I got this email:
"We have successfully received your interview for First Officer - Direct Entry. There is no further action on your part for this interview.
A representative from flydubai will contact you about next steps.
Best regards,
flydubai"

Like 8 minutes later, I got another one stating more or less the same:

"We have received your interview for the position of First Officer - Direct Entry-21000238. There is no further action on your part for this interview.
Thank you for your interest in flydubai.
Best regards,
flydubai Recruitment Team"

I haven't heard from then since so now I am wondering if some how this 2nd email is like a rejection from them. Especially seeing that part "Thank you for your interest in flydubai".

Anybody got the same?

A320251N

Swimming here... Patiently waitting !

midnight cruiser

I've met two people at work who have done the interview, but are not willing to fund an expensive trip to Dubai for the sim (and the medical?) out of their own pockets (stark contrast to the other ME majors) ... So they could very easily fix the input side of their crewing problem.

flyTheBigFatLady

Never forget it is an honor to be threaded like s…..t in the ME

Desertboki

You would want to be insane to join flydubai at the moment. No fixed rosters. Nearly all night flying,no bidding system, rubbish staff travel and late rosters.TBH I do not think anyone would last long enough in this company to benefit from a provident fund. I left when Ken Gile left. Jim Vial told pilots it was a seniority based airline. The American model. The longer you are there the better your annual leave bids and trips were rewarded.The current SVP with his chequered past has ruined what was once an OK airline to work for. I am not sure of flydubai blocking people going to Emirates yet, but it would not surprise me. They have a no hire flydubai pilot agreement with Etihad for years. So you really limit yourself taking a job with flydubai. It will haunt your career progression in the future. If you really need a job in the Middle East all other carriers apart from Oman air are better options. Any South Africans thinking about going to the Middle East have any question feel free to pm me.

flyTheBigFatLady

Might be irrelevant but usually the truth releases such comments like yours
been there and happy not be anymore better life is far away from ME

ssietbunny

Hi, attending sim this Aug for DEC. Is there any limit on BMI in medicals as for my large stature am over 30 bmi, i.e, 31. what extra tests can i expect ?

Mrmorreti

Very difficult to get a straight answer on this. Almost everyone who's been for assessment recently states 30, this is the EK requirement but is based on their medical insurance and not GCAA licensing requirements.

GCAA state anything under 35 doesn't flag issues unless there are additional underlying health conditions. I think they want some lipid tests done.

Company won't give a straight answer.

Some of the older pilots state that under 35 is fine.

Let me know if you can get a straight answer on this!!

bankangurl

Informed about the holding pool as well and waiting. Any idea how long it could be?

mrflightlvl

Hi,

Result : Failure

Here is my story, i was asked come to DXB after successfully passing Interview, i did my sim check, im not type rated on 737, i passed sim next day went to FZ campus, did all process, they were so promising, after i returned back to home, almost 2 mons later they said im not successful .

I am not blaming them for anything, but no reason or any assessment given to me.

My understanding,
If you are not 737 rated, or if u have no jet experience, don't even try, looks like they have so many application, they should be luck to get many applicants, but should treat others properly. When i passed my sim i felt very confident and had high hopes, this really disappointed.

Shrike200

If you are over 30 by a small margin the doctor who does the entry test (more basic than the full medical) will probably advise you to lose weight, but it shouldn't affect your success. I don't know at what point it starts to become a problem for entry, but a friend laughed at me when telling me this, as he knew of some 'heavy' people who were already in, and it seemed that the implication was once you're in, it's a lot more lenient. I'm not sure what the GCA (? the UAE CAA, don't know the actual abbreviation) actually want, but I was told that BMI is a factor in their medical, and it must be 30 or under (again, it seemed like there were people there passing regularly who were over that, I don't know for sure, I'm not there). I was told that Emirates want a BMI of 29 or under on their online submission (second stage) as you have to enter your height and weight, and they explicitly state on the online form that it must be 29 or under. If you don't qualify, they email you to explain why, and that you must resubmit when you are within those limits.

All second hand information from friends, sorry.

Hublot

How are you guys applying ? When I press the apply now link it just takes me to the listed jobs, and there are no pilot positions open. It’s been like that for months.

Shrike200

From a friend: "We learned via the grapevine that we could email a person in HR directly - this person specifically asked that we do this, thus giving us permission to email them, it wasn't just out of the blue. That person then told them to apply for ANY job on the Flydubai website, and they then manually changed it to the appropriate application (FO or DEC). The application then proceeded from there with the online tests, interviews, and setting up sim dates."

ssietbunny

Applied last October

Shrike200

Update: If you're over a BMI of 30 when you do the interview medical screening, they will email you and tell you to get a signed report from a doctor stating that you're at 30 or under when you are able to. Your application will not proceed unless this is done, but will remain on file for six months. This is directly from a person I know who had it happen to them.

A3X0

Hello everyone

i had the simulator , psychometric and psychological test 2 weeks ago and still no results from fly dubai assessment. Do you know if it is taking long time, does it mean it is a failure? I heard they inform the successful candidate in a couple of days and for the unsuccessful candidate it takes few weeks. Any one has some information about this? Thank you