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Flydubai management need to come clean.
According to UAE labor law the 3 year ban is illegalll. My husband and I moved to dxb because we believed FD was an honest and reasonable company, but they prove time and time again that they are not. We didn't even consider EK but these unannounced and underhanded tricks are pushing us to leave the UAE altogether. I hear so many stories that are not even on this forum, and it makes us only wonder what other things will they do?
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Alaska 737,
Thank you for sharing your concerns and feelings. Sounds like FD has not treated you to your expectations. That situation for you is unfortunate and this type of message is clearly not resonating with a lot of job seekers on this forum. Contract law does not exist in the Middle East. Simple as that...
People coming to the ME to find their "dream jobs" should come with their eyes WIDE OPEN. Pilots are considered commodities.
Thank you for sharing your concerns and feelings. Sounds like FD has not treated you to your expectations. That situation for you is unfortunate and this type of message is clearly not resonating with a lot of job seekers on this forum. Contract law does not exist in the Middle East. Simple as that...
People coming to the ME to find their "dream jobs" should come with their eyes WIDE OPEN. Pilots are considered commodities.
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UAE labor law
There are labor laws in UAE, but you are correct that only the unscrupulous companies choose to ignore them.
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The bigger they are the harder they fall! Eventually this stuff will bite them in the a*s!
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The bigger they are the harder they fall! Eventually this stuff will bite them in the a*s!
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Just to add to the mix.....
New destinations being looked at are rumoured to be Baghdad and somewhere in Somalia, probably Mogadishu.
Try tech stopping there.....
New destinations being looked at are rumoured to be Baghdad and somewhere in Somalia, probably Mogadishu.
Try tech stopping there.....
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There's quite a difference between BGW and MGQ (don't need to spell that out here).
If these were both being 'looked into' at the same time, and only BGW has materialised, then one would expect it is because the safety department have had the good sense to reject the latter for obvious reasons!
I live in hope...
If these were both being 'looked into' at the same time, and only BGW has materialised, then one would expect it is because the safety department have had the good sense to reject the latter for obvious reasons!
I live in hope...
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@ Ali - Bagdad and Mogadishu is/was not looked at, at the same time. Mogadishu is up for review now. The top 3 is Moadishu, Bagdad and Kabul as #3. The issue is that commercial dep and safety dep is looking into going there, if no one shouts out they will soon introduce the flight, and then what. Do we start the fight then, or should we make our self heard now ?
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Unfortunately, I agree with Ali.
If the Company believes a route is profitable and meets their safety criteria, they will operate there regardless of your concerns. If you tell them you don't want to go there, they will invite you politely to shut up or find another job - what else can they do? Well, actually, they could offer those that are less concerned for their physical safety or without a family to support a financial incentive to operate flights into unstable countries/war zones, but that is a Pandora's Box they cannot afford to open.
Some people have already voted with their feet over the current destinations. The Company was 'sorry to lose them' - but evidently not that sorry...
If the Company believes a route is profitable and meets their safety criteria, they will operate there regardless of your concerns. If you tell them you don't want to go there, they will invite you politely to shut up or find another job - what else can they do? Well, actually, they could offer those that are less concerned for their physical safety or without a family to support a financial incentive to operate flights into unstable countries/war zones, but that is a Pandora's Box they cannot afford to open.
Some people have already voted with their feet over the current destinations. The Company was 'sorry to lose them' - but evidently not that sorry...
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I donīt know about you guys, but I would rather loose my job than my life.
This article is form August 2011..
LIZABETH JACKSON: By almost every index that exists the Somali capital Mogadishu rates as the most dangerous place on earth.
It is also in the grip of famine and every day scores of people are dying not only from violence but also from hunger caused by a man-made famine.
For aid workers trying to get aid into the city, security is one of their main concerns.
Africa correspondent Ginny Stein flew into Mogadishu this week but before she left she filed this report.
GINNY STEIN: Over a fine Indian meal in one of Nairobi's back street restaurants the security arrangements were laid out.
"You will have four to six guys within a five to ten metre radius, armed with concealed pistols around you at all times, I was told. Fifty metres away, there will be 30 to 40 men all armed with AK-47s or light machine guns. And from there, out of sight, but in the district there will be at least 100 to 200 heavily armed men. This is a standard three tier security arrangement."
I must admit, I'd stopped taking notes at about tier one, stunned by what I was hearing. I had to ask for it to be repeated to ensure I could accurately relay the information back to the ABC.
This, I am told is what it takes to operate safely in Mogadishu, but even then there are no guarantees.
And for the first time in my life, I am told there will be a price on my head; as a hostage I am worth about $4 million. Of course I am no-one special, I am just another potential revenue raising hostage.
The person laying all of this out was Australian aid worker and Somali veteran Tony Burns.
He's the operations manager for SAACID, the largest local aid agency working in Mogadishu. For 14 years he's worked with them in delivering relief aid.
We first meet the day news breaks of Al Shabab's retreat from the city.
For four years the Al Qaeda inspired militants have waged war in the battle torn streets of Mogadishu. Now they've pulled back claiming it represents a change in battle tactics. From now the plan is to wage guerrilla war.
I ask Tony what impact that will have on security in the city.
TONY BURNS: It definitely will get worse because previously there was a defined front line and that's not going to change. So essentially the whole city will become a front line. You'll have covert teams of Al Shabab moving about the city, doing hit and run attacks on military and political targets, you'll have freelance militias popping up throughout the city and doing the same and criminal militias doing the same.
So for the next two or three months, in transition to whatever comes, it's going to be much more dangerous.
!!!!And it goes on like that !!!!
This is Ginny Stein, now in Mogadishu, reporting for Correspondents Report.
This article is form August 2011..
LIZABETH JACKSON: By almost every index that exists the Somali capital Mogadishu rates as the most dangerous place on earth.
It is also in the grip of famine and every day scores of people are dying not only from violence but also from hunger caused by a man-made famine.
For aid workers trying to get aid into the city, security is one of their main concerns.
Africa correspondent Ginny Stein flew into Mogadishu this week but before she left she filed this report.
GINNY STEIN: Over a fine Indian meal in one of Nairobi's back street restaurants the security arrangements were laid out.
"You will have four to six guys within a five to ten metre radius, armed with concealed pistols around you at all times, I was told. Fifty metres away, there will be 30 to 40 men all armed with AK-47s or light machine guns. And from there, out of sight, but in the district there will be at least 100 to 200 heavily armed men. This is a standard three tier security arrangement."
I must admit, I'd stopped taking notes at about tier one, stunned by what I was hearing. I had to ask for it to be repeated to ensure I could accurately relay the information back to the ABC.
This, I am told is what it takes to operate safely in Mogadishu, but even then there are no guarantees.
And for the first time in my life, I am told there will be a price on my head; as a hostage I am worth about $4 million. Of course I am no-one special, I am just another potential revenue raising hostage.
The person laying all of this out was Australian aid worker and Somali veteran Tony Burns.
He's the operations manager for SAACID, the largest local aid agency working in Mogadishu. For 14 years he's worked with them in delivering relief aid.
We first meet the day news breaks of Al Shabab's retreat from the city.
For four years the Al Qaeda inspired militants have waged war in the battle torn streets of Mogadishu. Now they've pulled back claiming it represents a change in battle tactics. From now the plan is to wage guerrilla war.
I ask Tony what impact that will have on security in the city.
TONY BURNS: It definitely will get worse because previously there was a defined front line and that's not going to change. So essentially the whole city will become a front line. You'll have covert teams of Al Shabab moving about the city, doing hit and run attacks on military and political targets, you'll have freelance militias popping up throughout the city and doing the same and criminal militias doing the same.
So for the next two or three months, in transition to whatever comes, it's going to be much more dangerous.
!!!!And it goes on like that !!!!
This is Ginny Stein, now in Mogadishu, reporting for Correspondents Report.
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Flipper,
you seem to be ranting on about something that doesn't exist!!!
I haven't heard FZ add Mogadishu as a destination.
Might as well talk about 787's, moving to Jebel Ali, setting up another base, car parking, 5 different payscales, DEC's, roster's the list goes on. I understand its a rumour website but nickers in a twist over nothing, more pressing issues to deal with. Such as some pilots/crew not being entitled to the full employment benefits due spouse - but not all!!! why not rant about all on a level playing feild, married or not!!
you seem to be ranting on about something that doesn't exist!!!
I haven't heard FZ add Mogadishu as a destination.
Might as well talk about 787's, moving to Jebel Ali, setting up another base, car parking, 5 different payscales, DEC's, roster's the list goes on. I understand its a rumour website but nickers in a twist over nothing, more pressing issues to deal with. Such as some pilots/crew not being entitled to the full employment benefits due spouse - but not all!!! why not rant about all on a level playing feild, married or not!!
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flydubai assessment
Greetings to all!
I received an email invite to select a date for the assessment with CTC in the UK. However, I read on flydubai's website that you can choose to come to a pilot selection program instead of going to CTC. According to the website, the next pilot select is in Dubai, March 2012.
Question how would I go about choosing to go directly to Dubai for the pilot selection program instead of going to CTC?
Can someone who has recently went throu the assessment process please send me a PM please!
Thanks in advance!
Captkirk
I received an email invite to select a date for the assessment with CTC in the UK. However, I read on flydubai's website that you can choose to come to a pilot selection program instead of going to CTC. According to the website, the next pilot select is in Dubai, March 2012.
Question how would I go about choosing to go directly to Dubai for the pilot selection program instead of going to CTC?
Can someone who has recently went throu the assessment process please send me a PM please!
Thanks in advance!
Captkirk