Net Jets Middle East - all you need to know about it (threads merged)
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Typical! Unqualified individuals running around posing as airline management!
When will the integrity of our industry return?
Great opportunities wasted again! potential potential potential.
When will the integrity of our industry return?
Great opportunities wasted again! potential potential potential.
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Net Jets Middle East Interview
I'd like to hear about the NJME interview process.
I believe it's held in Dubai.
Questions asked, style of interview, and the simulator ride?
A few hours, or 2 days?
Thanks in advance for any information.
SiG
I believe it's held in Dubai.
Questions asked, style of interview, and the simulator ride?
A few hours, or 2 days?
Thanks in advance for any information.
SiG
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NJME
Did one in Farnbourgh in 2007, took 12 hours, all one day. Simulator ride with someone you do not know, ours was a Beech jet. Theoretical questions about what if. What if your flight attendant is sexually harrased by a very good client, where do you see your self in 5 years, etc, etc. The rules to follow, the compound in Jeddah, blah blah blah. There were people there from all over theplace, couple of guys had shagged them selves getting there, I remember one bloke from OZ, he showed up late, changed in the bathroom and was one of the last to get interviewed, wow, what a day.
I did not get hired, do not know who did and who did not, kind of a funny group. I was working in the ME at the time, or just previously, and had been asked by a few NJME crew to apply, guess I was not the right kind of guy for them.
Good luck
I did not get hired, do not know who did and who did not, kind of a funny group. I was working in the ME at the time, or just previously, and had been asked by a few NJME crew to apply, guess I was not the right kind of guy for them.
Good luck
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NJME Interview
Hiring has now stopped for a while. Dont expect anymore interviews until Mid Year. Interview consists of a panel, what if questions, personal attributes, a few technical questions and a pretty thorough sim evaluation. If you fit in after all that you may get an offer. Paperwork, visas, police checks, indoc, type rating if needed etc takes 3 months. Pays good. 35/31 Roster. Fly you home at the end of your rotation to any gateway worldwide of your choice. But, most intakes these days are now referrals from within, and hiring has stopped as mentioned above.. Flying has slowed down everywhere in the middle east
Hope this helps
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what is the direction?
Can anyone tell me if there is any chance of NAS surviving the present crises? I have heard that more than half of the employees have not been given their pays...is that true? if so where is NAS heading?
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potential potential potential
a lot of potential is being lost in aviation in KSA, not only in NAS, unfortunately looks like it will not change. The place could have the best aviation industry in the middle east, left to be used to boost another airlines from the region. regards to all.
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Nas Air adding new routes.
Nas Air adding new routes this year
Saudi Arabian budget airline Nas Air said it hopes to more than double the number of passengers this year with new services and better utilisation of its aircraft fleet.
The company has been operating its planes below capacity as the routes did not grow in line with aircraft acquisitions, officials told Gulf News.
It is leasing two of its Embraer 190s to an airline based in Ukraine as the new planes are not required for the operations this year.
Nas Air's current fleet comprises seven Airbus 320s and four Embraer jets.
No new plane deliveries are scheduled next year, but the fleet will grow to have 14 Airbus 320s and 17 Embraers in 2012, while two years later there will be 13 more Airbus planes, according to chief commercial officer Maria Angelika Hanne.
"In 2009 we have made a five-year plan and based on that we will grow passengers by 100 per cent this year. We need only 11 planes to achieve this," she said.
The airline carried about 900,000 passengers last year and has been recording a seat load factor of 65 per cent this year, according to Walter Prenzler, chief executive officer of commercial airlines at National Air Services (Nas) group.
The company, which started in February 2007, has adjusted its expansion plans to face the growth slowdown in the current depressed world economic conditions.
It had ordered 15 short-haul planes from Brazilian planemaker Embraer in 2007 and they were to be delivered over a period of five years.
Hanne said the company now has a clearer strategy of its requirements and that is why two planes being delivered this year will be leased to the airline in Ukraine.
"Our fleet utilisation has been very low at six and a half hours per day (per plane). This year it will increase to nine hours and next year to ten hours," she said.
The company had expected a stronger growth in routes when it started but the travel sector has been hit by the global economic downturn.
"Airline passenger traffic was growing 15-18 per cent but the growth has declined to single digits now," Prenzler. But he takes heart from the fact that the Middle East is still the only region where passenger numbers are rising.
He said despite the pace of growth going down, the company is adding routes. At present it serves 13 domestic and seven international destinations.
Domestic traffic accounts for two-thirds of the carrier's total passengers.
This month Nas Air will add Latakia to its network and increase frequencies to Damascus and Kuwait. Services to Sharm Al Shaikh, Assiut and Sanaa will begin on July 1.
Gulfnews: Nas Air adding new routes this year
Saudi Arabian budget airline Nas Air said it hopes to more than double the number of passengers this year with new services and better utilisation of its aircraft fleet.
The company has been operating its planes below capacity as the routes did not grow in line with aircraft acquisitions, officials told Gulf News.
It is leasing two of its Embraer 190s to an airline based in Ukraine as the new planes are not required for the operations this year.
Nas Air's current fleet comprises seven Airbus 320s and four Embraer jets.
No new plane deliveries are scheduled next year, but the fleet will grow to have 14 Airbus 320s and 17 Embraers in 2012, while two years later there will be 13 more Airbus planes, according to chief commercial officer Maria Angelika Hanne.
"In 2009 we have made a five-year plan and based on that we will grow passengers by 100 per cent this year. We need only 11 planes to achieve this," she said.
The airline carried about 900,000 passengers last year and has been recording a seat load factor of 65 per cent this year, according to Walter Prenzler, chief executive officer of commercial airlines at National Air Services (Nas) group.
The company, which started in February 2007, has adjusted its expansion plans to face the growth slowdown in the current depressed world economic conditions.
It had ordered 15 short-haul planes from Brazilian planemaker Embraer in 2007 and they were to be delivered over a period of five years.
Hanne said the company now has a clearer strategy of its requirements and that is why two planes being delivered this year will be leased to the airline in Ukraine.
"Our fleet utilisation has been very low at six and a half hours per day (per plane). This year it will increase to nine hours and next year to ten hours," she said.
The company had expected a stronger growth in routes when it started but the travel sector has been hit by the global economic downturn.
"Airline passenger traffic was growing 15-18 per cent but the growth has declined to single digits now," Prenzler. But he takes heart from the fact that the Middle East is still the only region where passenger numbers are rising.
He said despite the pace of growth going down, the company is adding routes. At present it serves 13 domestic and seven international destinations.
Domestic traffic accounts for two-thirds of the carrier's total passengers.
This month Nas Air will add Latakia to its network and increase frequencies to Damascus and Kuwait. Services to Sharm Al Shaikh, Assiut and Sanaa will begin on July 1.
Gulfnews: Nas Air adding new routes this year
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njme? How is it going over there in the sand?
Is there any chance of layoffs? Do you guys still like it over there? Do you think there will be hiring anytime this year?
This is my dream job. We still have to dream thats what keeps us going.
This is my dream job. We still have to dream thats what keeps us going.
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17004, honestly why don't you read the threads that are being posted right here right now!!!
Do you really have to ask the question "do you still like it over there?"
Don't believe that flying in the ME is a dream job. Maybe it was a decade ago but now we are being screwed!!!!!
Think long and hard before you want to even dream about coming here.
Oz
Do you really have to ask the question "do you still like it over there?"
Don't believe that flying in the ME is a dream job. Maybe it was a decade ago but now we are being screwed!!!!!
Think long and hard before you want to even dream about coming here.
Oz
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Sad to report that termination letters were sent out to people in the last few days, I truthfully dont know if they are just downsizing 1 fleet or is this more wide spread.
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17004,
If you read the EK website you might think that this could be your "dream job".
Unfortunately, the reality is that this company has single handedly turned life into nothing short of a nightmare for it's pilots and their families.
I would strongly urge you, and anyone else considering the move to apply for any other job than Emirates. This airline, and it's management have absolutely zero regard for it's employees, or their families.
Think long and hard.
If you read the EK website you might think that this could be your "dream job".
Unfortunately, the reality is that this company has single handedly turned life into nothing short of a nightmare for it's pilots and their families.
I would strongly urge you, and anyone else considering the move to apply for any other job than Emirates. This airline, and it's management have absolutely zero regard for it's employees, or their families.
Think long and hard.
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Before you decide on where your dream job would be, consider carefully, your prospective employers, national history.
Let me refresh your memory before you get bogged down in research. Ask yourself this question.
Who "assisted" to Africans to make it to North America? Old habits die hard. Before you scream racism, the people in question are masters.
Let me refresh your memory before you get bogged down in research. Ask yourself this question.
Who "assisted" to Africans to make it to North America? Old habits die hard. Before you scream racism, the people in question are masters.
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NJME Latest Terminations
We are very aware that a certain amount of belt-tightening is required in the current climate. Colleagues are being 'asked' to resign for dubious reasons. The rare entitlement to Business Class air travel that was occasionally warranted on certain long repositions is now withdrawn, and the contractual rotation cycle is under review. Now the latest NJME terminations can be revealed:
Yes friends, it's official. Cake and Vegetables have been terminated from the new crew menu without being given their 30 days notice. The loss of all desserts is tolerable; there may even be long term savings in fuel burn resulting from a reduced overall crew weight. But many crews particularly enjoy working with Carrots and Cauliflower and their loss is regrettable.
FG
Yes friends, it's official. Cake and Vegetables have been terminated from the new crew menu without being given their 30 days notice. The loss of all desserts is tolerable; there may even be long term savings in fuel burn resulting from a reduced overall crew weight. But many crews particularly enjoy working with Carrots and Cauliflower and their loss is regrettable.
FG