RIA Saudi Airlines?
golden years in ME is over since long time,nowadays food,education and so on is very expensive and RUH is very expensive too.I used to pay around 70-80 usd for meat ,vegetables,bread,fruit and some jam
at carrefour ryiadh,nothing fancy.
The amount of savings for a family in the sandpit would be pretty much the same as in Europe if not lower,choosing to move or not would be pretty obvious then
but if you are young,single or married with no kids or just one then ME3 would be still good,ryiadh would be still pretty challenging but that's my 2 cents.
Surely they have changed over the years and is great but not as much as they are trying to advertise.Just read the newspapers...
safe flights
at carrefour ryiadh,nothing fancy.
The amount of savings for a family in the sandpit would be pretty much the same as in Europe if not lower,choosing to move or not would be pretty obvious then
but if you are young,single or married with no kids or just one then ME3 would be still good,ryiadh would be still pretty challenging but that's my 2 cents.
Surely they have changed over the years and is great but not as much as they are trying to advertise.Just read the newspapers...
safe flights
I´m here right now (in KSA). For most "foreigners" (slaves if you like!) that would like to consider themselves "expats", the changes that you´re referring to (and I´ve noticed them as well) are still lightyears away from what by western standards are considered anything normal. If you times 0 by 100 - you still only get 0. But, yes, things are getting "better" here - that is true (but that´s about it!).
Yes, the date is coming up in a few days, and immigration will soon turn even more interesting - in contradiction to the upcoming flying. I´m getting to old and comfortable, and I still like flying, to have to adjust myself on the flight deck and be accommodating. Time to leave.
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And don’t forget the new residence fee for family, I don’t know if RIA will be considered government or not, if not, then it’s something like 9,600 SAR per kid per year.
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Having been there for six years , in my opinion they will find very difficult to attract pilots if the contract remain something like 20:10 with no possibility to commute , as someone already said don’ t think you are going to Dubai or even Doha , spending an entire year on Riyadh waiting for the holiday off days, could be a very hard way of living in this region .
They should think to implement some commuting or reverse roster , but you know what ? They will not , is the long living ,take it or leave it .
They should think to implement some commuting or reverse roster , but you know what ? They will not , is the long living ,take it or leave it .
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Sounds like they're going all 787 initially so probably want the Boeing guys first.
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Got rejected, too.
ME flag carrier A330 wide body first officer with 3000 hours (2000 on widebody).
I guess they will go all Boeing for the time being.
Still weird because they sound and look so confident for a startup.
ME flag carrier A330 wide body first officer with 3000 hours (2000 on widebody).
I guess they will go all Boeing for the time being.
Still weird because they sound and look so confident for a startup.
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Have you ever lived in Saudi? They have had some amazing changes over the last 7 years.
Ten judges sentenced for being to lenient with activists.
Come on everybody!let’s pack and go immediately.
I can see already thousands of people coming from everywhere in the world queuing at the immigration waiting to start living the dream 7 years from now.Expat families,crowded beaches people wearing shorts while enjoying beers in the sun,women kitesurfing and wearing bikinis…pork
and liquor stores ,clubs ,brunches by the beach,ladies nights ,Schools celebrating the international day and so on,you will regret not to have applied before.
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Rocking the boat from the outside is a bad idea. It would take so little to push ISIS into power and we'd have large numbers of people executed.
In my opinion, Saudi Arabia has a very reasonable system given the region. It could certainly be a heck of a lot worse.
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I take an entirely different view. The middle East is a very volatile region and Saudi Arabia under the Monarchy has pretty well remained stable and maintained a relatively peaceful status quo despite Iran trying to surround them on 3 sides. They keep a pragmatic, peaceful relationship with Israel. Domestically, the vast majority of Saudi's are very happy with the system and live comfortably as part of a well educated middle class. Rapid, positive changes have been made with regard to Women's rights, so much so that young Saudi men complain that they can no longer get jobs easily as 75% of new jobs go to women.
Rocking the boat from the outside is a bad idea. It would take so little to push ISIS into power and we'd have large numbers of people executed.
In my opinion, Saudi Arabia has a very reasonable system given the region. It could certainly be a heck of a lot worse.
Rocking the boat from the outside is a bad idea. It would take so little to push ISIS into power and we'd have large numbers of people executed.
In my opinion, Saudi Arabia has a very reasonable system given the region. It could certainly be a heck of a lot worse.
It’s a tall ask, and it seems like there’s a few components of the package missing to be attractive to most.
short flights long nights
Having worked for EK for 8;years… ( the last 6 I regret)…. I would never consider going to Saudi Arabia. Perhaps for $ 100000 a month and then a month off, and based in New York.
