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Old 29th Apr 2016, 03:05
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Just closed my Nbd account a year after leaving. And they had all cash on hand as I requested. Couple a kilos worth of thousand dirhams bills! I then walked to exchange to transfer it all back to the home bank. Only thing I needed to show was my passport. Someone had mentioned requiring a copy of your old UAE visa... Which I had made and ready to offer but they never asked for it.

It was definitely much easier to close the account than I thought... And in hindsight, it sure seemed a lot easier and more pleasant leaving than joining so many years ago.

So glad to be gone from the slave ship mentality

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Old 30th Apr 2016, 12:27
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Great thread,

on my way out as well
Just resign also last week......once I start the process I will come back with all the
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 12:39
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Slight thread drift (sorry people), but is EK aware of how much experience is walking out the door?
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 12:42
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Just one correction/ question to Ron. I know it was a year ago, but when I wanted to close my HSBC account I was told I had to do it at the head office in Deria. Perhaps things have changed.
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 12:46
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Yes.

Some comment has been heard to the effect that maybe we could reduce the number of lost cellphones being special-delivered to Brisbane under pillows if we had just a few more mature commanders.

Retention measures have been proposed from our level to very high floors. If we hear anything at all from that it would likely be in early June.
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 13:19
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Lost phones under pillows ....that's cryptic.
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 13:27
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Lost phones under pillows ....that's cryptic.
Not cryptic. It made the news.
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 14:16
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Really? Where?
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 14:22
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Really? Where?
Here we go

Passengers Seen Crying and Vomiting as Flight Makes Emergency Landing | TravelPulse
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Old 30th Apr 2016, 14:35
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SOPS,

I have been here for some time -standard letter (Good luck) from the chief pilot also the same for some other pilots that I know.

I didnt get the impression that they care.

Anyway move on keep the tips coming in everybody-great thread

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Old 30th Apr 2016, 17:41
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Hi SOPS,

The HSBC process I was told about did seem easier than expected, but I confirmed it again today with the call center. Even if you have a balance remaining in your account, you can withdraw it from an ATM (or transfer it all out before) and close the account from any customer service center.
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Old 1st May 2016, 03:31
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Clearance/pre-paid phones/roaming

As part of your leaving process you will be required to clear any guarantees showing on HR Direct. If you have a guarantee related to your Etisalat GSM phone the easiest way of doing that is to change the phone from postpaid to pre-paid.

Can anyone comment if the phone still works for international roaming after that change to pre-paid is done? Perhaps it requires some minimum credit to be maintained in order for roaming to be possible?
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Old 1st May 2016, 06:05
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I have been using prepaid since I arrived here. I am able to make and take calls in any country that I have tried. I have never been asked or seen anything relating to a minimum balance.
I vaguely remember talking to Etisalat about international roaming. Maybe just give customer support a call and tell them you want it.

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Old 5th May 2016, 13:03
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Is there any chance to get a " kind of " Check list from Day 1 : how to resign ? with further steps ?
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Old 5th May 2016, 14:41
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Am going through the process at the moment and
until now everything seems much easier than joining and actually great help from the leaving coordinator.

Good luck everybody
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Old 5th May 2016, 14:45
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It's nice to know that things finally start rolling and getting easy once you hand over your resignation.
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Old 5th May 2016, 15:00
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Cargo Allowance

Anyone know where to find the Cargo allowance for shipping your house home from DXB? If so how much do the company cover?
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Old 5th May 2016, 18:21
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staff manual from the portal-according to years of service
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Old 6th May 2016, 02:37
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Based also on distance to shipping destination, i.e. Oz and Americas get more than Europe.
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Old 6th May 2016, 02:41
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Dropp, international roaming works fine with prepaid - they don't care about it because you can only use whatever credit you've prepaid anyway. The big deposit is only required on postpaid accounts in case you run up a big roaming bill.
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