Dispatch
 

Does any one know the pay scale for Dispatch and operations within Air Arabia?

Hi all

Does anyone have any info on what the captain interview is like?

THX

Thanks WW. I have known Big Lou oh check that "little Lou" for several years. In fact the last time I saw him which seems like now only at OBAP conventions he did look much smaller.

I have been invited to an interview there at Air Arabia and was planning AUG but may do it sooner than that. If you get the chance drop me a pvt message as I have a couple of questions for you.

Thanks

A320PLT

One quick question, is there a bond? If so, how much?

Second question, for those who are willing to respond......EK or Air Arabia? Or did I just ask a ridiculous question?

Sorry if I did, still new to researching the Middle East Airlines and I have a lot to learn......


Thanks

Exit Strategy
 

WW et al -

What constitutes "currently on the A320"? Am a current TR 320 puke but may be embarking on a brief ME military tour of duty. If I'm outa cockpit for a bit...show stopper?

Also, must one relinquish one's seniority number from US Deathstar airlines upon date of hire? Just keeping my options open :O.

Great gouge here. Thanks for showing the love. :ok:

Dear felow pilots of Air Arabia,


Do you know how many acft will be leased before the order of the 49 Airbus(Dubai air Show 2007) starts to arrives in 2012?

I saw this old news bellow and i´d like to know if it´s a good idea for senior fo in the region type rated in the a320 but current flying the A330 to go to Air Arabia.

"Because Air Arabia will take delivery of the aircraft starting in 2012, meaning it will have to lease an average of four additional aircraft until it receives the new planes. " Gulf news - nov 2007


As far as i know they got 1 or two a320 from Vueling,so only two/three more until 2012,is that right?,If so i think the upgrades will slow down until mid 2011,please prove me wrong,i had enough of long haull and i need a change for the left seat faster than in my present employer who just change the rules and no more uogrades on the same fleet,so i have to move to A320 when my time comes,so i prefer to join Air Arabia,because i think the TTU is lower:ok:

Thank You,

KF

KF

sounds like u wanna leave ABU DHABI to go to Sharjah?

krugerflap , AA bought 3 planes from vueling and 1 is on lease and still at least 2 more aircrafts to be deliverd from TLS this year , untill the deliverys begin in 2012 , AA will recieve minimum 3 to 4 aircrafts per year if not more , so dont worry about being upgraded.. there will be pleanty of planes to fly ...

the last Vueling A/C came with 13 F/Os (Spanish+ French)so i guess no more F/Os until Sep, but they are still short of Captains which means fast track upgrade to accommodate the 4 to 6 A/C growth/year:ok:

Thanks for the insight!

C ya

Hey Oosik:

No sweat about the log books. As a retired Capt that is not a problem. You have to remember this part of the world is British:-( You have to “renew your instrument rating” under that British lock-step and you need to have your log book “signed.” Yea all that JAA crap! You know, 100 years of tradition unaffected by progress!

Well not to worry. Signing logbooks, like a 200 hour student pilot is truly insulting; but the British system seems to feel that it is “quite cheerie old boy.” So here is what you do. Contact you former CP (if he is still around.) If not get a fleet manager, director of operations or VP of Flight to sign your timesheets; you probably are friends with them or at least senior and they are happy to have you retire:-) Your sheets will have all the necessary info and you will only have to separate block time from pay time.

If that fails, bring any data showing you are retired and how many years you flew as a pilot. The world knows a pilot for a major US carrier averages about 400-600 block hours a year (not pay but block.) If you flew 25-30 years – well you do the math but suffice it to say you have a solid 5 figures of flight time.

You can bring your military log books and do a simple 1.15 conversion which most companies feel is fine. Bring a copy of your DD-214s as well and that will be sufficient.

Now for Airbus procedures – they are really funny. Most of the airlines over here are extremely different from what you are use to. They do not develop training the way you know it. As a result, they use manufacturer’s documents. FCOMS are a compilation of a ton of different books. Unlike in the USA where everything you need to know is in one volume, you may have to look in 4-5 books for data on one system. Then you still don’t know if you have everything. Also manufacturers write books as manufacturers, not airlines. They are written by lawyers for liability purposes and as such they are written intentionally vague and disjointed. Very disturbing for people who worked for major western airlines!

Having said that, a lot of the procedures used in training (chapter 18) of your pilot handbook (aka aircraft manual) are probably very similar to Airbus SOPs. Come on how many different ways can you do an engine failure? How many different ways can you read and do an ECAM memo? Aviate, navigate, and communicate works using any procedures on any plane; so just fly the plane and you’ll do fine!

To answer your question about giving it a shot, here is my opinion. JUST FLY THE PLANE! You will get a sim ride and who in the world cares what you say (throttle, thrust lever, power levers, go poles or motor sticks) just push them when you want to go and pull them back when you want to stop.

While what is called system knowledge will be an integral part, the ultimate need is for excellent pilots. Guys like you, who have experience that can not come out of a book. Guys who can fly the airplane: do that and you may do quite well.

Just remember, whether it is in the Gulf, India, or Asia, this is what they use. Even smaller airlines in Europe use the same thing so if you want to give it a shot anywhere then this part of the world is probably the best for you.

Good luck,

Burners and Out

Hey 320 Windrider:

Not to be argumentative, but I think your info is a little misleading to be fair. Osama (Quality Assurance), Mohammad Qassimi (delivery) and Ibrahim Mohammad (Engineering) have verified that no further planes were coming from TLS this year. One option is coming in late September and there may be another option to receive one from an airline that MAY not take delivery, but the second one is not our plane yet.

The 3-4 planes a year until 2012 is also pure conjecture. There is nothing on the books to suggest this.

Now having said that, in my 4 years here, nothing goes by the books. In 2004 we were supposed to have 6 planes by the end of 2009; today we have 15! If other opportunities, like Vueling, come up I am willing to bet the company will gobble them up. And while it is fully possible and probable that we could get another 2 planes this year and maybe 3-4 the next few years; no one has so indicated. Rumors and conjecture, but nothing official.


As for upgrades, well guys you know when we get planes, pilots also come in the door. Captains that is! I have been flying with F/Os that have completed their assessment and have been put on indefinite hold. Training is overloaded and the company needs to get the Captains on the line. Currently they are set with F/Os but Captains are unbelievably short. We all are flying max and while guys are making a whole lot of money, upgrades have all but come to a stop. The reason is simple. A current Captain on the 320, will only take a PT, PC and a few bounces in the plane to get on the line. 2 sim sessions! So the company can get 3-4 Captains on the line for the same amount of sim time to upgrade one F/O. Also the line time for a seasoned Captain will be but a fraction of the line time for a first time Captain.

It has been this way every summer since we started (and I’ve seen them all.) About October-November we should be caught up with Captains (assuming we don’t add frequency and new cities like we are currently doing.) At that time the F/O sim backlog jam should start clearing out like Emirates Road after midnight. But just like Emirates 311 it will be jammed again by April or May.


I don’t want to be argumentative, but I also want to present facts as best I know them.

B&O

Hi Wanax:

Sorry about your tour in the sand pit, but then again we fly around here everyday without combat pay:-)

Current means just the same as in the USA. You are current as a Captain for 6 months since your last PC, F/Os 12 months. So as long as it is less than 6 months since your last PC and you did not fly any other civil aircraft, then you are still current!

Please remember to specify TR. I understand what you mean but it does not mean the same here. There are a ton of Type Rated F/Os on small aircraft like the 320 with only a Commercial License (unlike the US airlines.) Even those with an ATP may have a TR but not left seat qualified. So be specific when you fill out your paperwork. You are an ATP with a P1 Type Rating on the A320 having xxxx hours in the left seat.


It hasn’t been the policy of ABY to require guys to give up their seniority number. The best example of that is the Canadians (who started the company). The vast majority (all except 2 – Warren Davey and Glen Burns) were furloughed Air Canada guys. They have all (save 1) gone back to Canada so as long as the company (ABY) does not upgrade you (therefore you signing a bond) that should not be a problem. However, from a decency standpoint you would want to spend at least a year or so to pay back the training time, visa moving medical and license costs etc from the company.

US Deathstar Airlines - love it?

B&O

Pay
 

toro11:

The new contract has been published and discussed ad-infinitum. Go back through the threads around the end of last year and you will find it all.

http://www.pprune.org/forums/middle-...merged-15.html

Then you can do your own math and get a good idea.:ugh:

You have the lead.

FlytoParis:

Yes there are a set number of minimum days off. It is set by the GCAA and basically it says you have to have 7 days off each month, with a 3 month average of 8 days per month. In other words you could have 7 days this month, 8 days next month but then you would need 9 days the 3rd month.

Also the definition of a day off means 2 local nights in base (which is important in ABY’s operation.)

There are other rules based upon days flying (7 consecutive days requires 2 consecutive days off) etc. but not to worry; just about every reg in the books will come into play.:zzz:

For example, I have 9 trips this month with 12 days leave,7 days off and 3 days that start just before midnight (23 hours off prior to flying on those days) or end just after midnight.

Yet this roster has 63 block hours, 82 duty hours and pays 90 hours in basically 9 days. It is an extremely hard schedule and I will have to spend a few days recouping but still!

So don’t worry about days off. You may have a weak month (a lot of low time flying in many days) here and there but more often than not you will run against some limitation that forces days off on top of your schedule.

As for KTM, it has had some big changes. Crews are no longer based there nor are we over-nighting there any more. It appears to have been a bust for even the cabin crew are now flying out of SHJ. I believe they only have 1 airplane still flying out of there and what the future holds in still up for grabs. You must realize, there are so many routes where we absolutely fill planes at any price that marginal 50, 60 or 70% load factors are unacceptable.

Burners & Out

Fuel price
 

Can any one tell me if recruiting will be effected because of the raising Fuel price?
Will ME airlines be intrseted on recruiting the 900+ pilots who are going to lose their jobs in the states and in europe?
Please PM.
Regards

Nibraska, pilots have been loosing their jobs in the states for 50 years. We use to say, the requirement for a pilot, of a major airline, to upgrade to Captain is that you were furloughed at least once and divorced at least twice.

Come on guys, this is nothing new! In 1969 (yes I was flying then and I know many of you were not even a gleam in your Daddy’s eye) a sign on I-5 outside Seattle said: “Would the last person leaving Seattle please turn out the lights.” Seattle (Boeing) were nearly out of business. Not only were the company engineers loosing jobs, the airlines were furloughing (laying off) like crazy. Then the first oil crunch in 1973 and the bigger one in 1978 saw thousands of pilots walking the streets (some forever.) The largest set back was under the Reagan administration when good old Ronnie boy fired all the Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO.) Not only did every airline in the nation lay off pilots but major airlines shut their doors forever. Braniff, old Continental, Western, National and eventually Pan Am. Sure some of the pilots got into other carriers and even parts of carriers were picked up by still others (United and Pan Am’s Pacific routes, while Delta bought Pan Am’s Europe operation) but large number of pilots never flew again – ask those airbus pilots at Pan Am:sad:

Please remember 900 pilots at UAL or 1000 at AMR or 2000 at Delta (while 10-15% of their pilot force) are not the final number. Recall AMR negotiated for nearly 2 years on its pilot contract and much of this is a negotiating ploy. Of course there is hardship for the carriers, but I have seen it before. A large percentage of these “jobs” will go through voluntary leave of absences and early retirements. The final number will be far less and while that is of little consequence to the guy out on the street; non-Americans must understand the USA is a complete seniority system. There are no direct entry Captains at major airlines and furloughs go from the bottom up. In the vast majority of cases that means the guy with the most flying left in his career is the guy out on the street.

Also it is highly unlikely that many of the pilots there will come to the ME. All the while the ME, India and Asia need pilots by the tens of thousands. So fear not about that highly trained F/O at American Airlines. He will probably use his engineering or computer science degree to get a job writing software for a few years until he is recalled.:)

Burners and Out!

WWeasel...The question remains! How do you think Air Arabia will fear in light of this escalating oil price. Do you think the hiring for F/O's will stop/continue. I start with them soon and I am also curious, after being laid off a few times!!

Dude W Weasel ,
Thanks a lot for the informative reply.
the only thing that i noticed people in this site agree on is:
there is a big demand on pilots.
my question is, why are the airlines acting diffrently?
list of requirments just to be considered to attaend the placment test!!!
not to mention flying hours, type of license, medical bla bla bla bla.
we all know that what will make you a good pilot is your training with the air line not the 12 month course you do to obtain you CPL.
Im really waiting on your comments on this.


Cyyya

Your Answers
 

Hey Guys:

The first time I came through the Middle East was in 1978 in the right seat of an L-1011 charter flight. We flew from SAN to LHR to DXB to KTM. Fuel and crew stops them all. You must remember there were no airlines here at that time. No EK or EY; no Jazerra or Omani; no Qatar or ABY – nothing but Saudi, Kuwait and Gulf Air with its VC-10s. Don’t get technical about Royal Jordanian, Iran Air, Syranian Air etc for they are not and never have been big players.

The point is the aviation business in this region has literally blown up the last decade. Even the powerhouse (EK) only really grew the last 6-7 years. As for low cost airlines ABY was the first some 4.5 years ago. Today you have SAMA, NAS, Jazerra, RAK, and Fly Dubai right here. If you exclude Indian Airlines, you have another dozen or so in India (Indigo, Deacon, Sahara, Indian Express etc.) All flying 737s or 320s and only 2 hours from the ME! Even the Indian big boys (Jet Airways and Kingfisher) with their A-330s, 340s and 777 have only come on scene the last few years (Kingfisher is getting A-380s.) Now throw in the Chinese (China Southern, Northern, Eastern etc.) and you have 50% of the planet’s population (along with 2 of the 3 fastest growing economies on the planet) within reach of a baby bus or turbo Hoover Boeing. Don’t forget the Russians George (Patton)!

So Nibraska you are right to say “there is a big demand [for] pilots.” But more so there is a big choice for pilots. So the question is why ABY?

In my case I can only say there are a ton of personal reasons: location, management, corporate vision, job satisfaction, equipment, maintenance growth, esprit-de-corp and a dozen other factors. Sure there is BS, but where isn’t it? You want to make good money and have a low cost of living go to Air Asia or Vietnam Air – Dubai and Sharjah are quite expensive. Nice planes and good money – but those pilots at ABY that flew there and left can tell you – did you ever work for a Vietnamese? Great layovers and walk right into a 340 or 777 – go to EK or EY – can you say arrogant management George? Nice planes and good location – Qatar or Bahrain – but expect to spend a fortune and wait months for a house or school.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Those that know me know I do not drink the Jonestown Kool-aid. But you want different flying; it exists all over the region. Beautiful countryside flying A-321s for Air Astana – can you say Borat? A-380s for Kingfisher – shake your head! Want a beer – don’t go to Jazerra! See a bikini at the beach – just say no to NAS! Big cash; pay your taxes at Jet Airways. Why do cows, with acres of grass to eat, always stick their heads between the wires on a fence to chew the grass on the other side of the fence?


While it is very expensive to live and work here at ABY, you have everything as well. With the falling dollar (the local currency AED is tied to the US dollar) inflation is running about 12-15%. However, the UAE (especially Dubai) is a fully Western nation/city. English is spoken everywhere including the local Emiratee population. The intellectual level of the local population (including the Bahrainis, Omani etc) is extremely high with advanced degrees from Europe and the USA. Western schools flourish and the education level is far above that of the USA’s best private schools. Services (internet, cell phones, movies, etc) as well as the infrastructure (roads, sewer – excluding drainage for rain – garbage collection) is the best in the world. The UAE does everything bigger and larger than anywhere in the world – it is custom.

Homes, my friends for those in the West, you have never seen such homes! 4000-5000 sq ft homes are a dime a dozen and they are considered “modest.” I have previously described my home and location, but size is something most of you in the West can not even dream about.

So I hope I have answered some of your concerns. For those of you who have PMed me I believe I have included your concerns and my beliefs and feelings. I will address the requirements mentioned a little more later, but I honestly feel I have done that already.

I’m out-a-here! You have the lead!

Jungle Man Check Six!
 

Did you Yo-Yo today, 'cause I know who you are – Chao anh! Your e-mail bounced so SEND ME A VALID ADDRESS: DI-DI MAU!

Yes I am Esajh from “Wolfpack 2” Triple Nickels (555 TFS) Ubon RTAFB 72. Post Blackman and Robin (11 Wild Weasels, 6 Linebacker 2s, 4 with you) – APO 96304. I know YR the Last of the Gunfighters out of DaNang, right (F8?) MAU!

Phantoms 4 Ever - Burners and Out

PS "Here Kitty Kitty" :D

W Weasel ,
Thanks Auncle for all the INFOOOOOOS.
im not trying to be negative, but infact realastic.
Im from the ME, so i have no chance what so ever to work for India or chaina as a S/o.
EK have a long list of requirments, others are trying to be though.
as per what i hear & see, you will be wasting not less than a year waiting for a reply.
so please advice on what im about to do is right...plz.
Im Planing to obtain my FAA CPL-ME-I 250 hours, then staright do my type rating on 320 or 737(Rezon: i might have a better chane of inrollment)do you think so?


CCYYAAA

Eject, Eject, Eject!
 

Hey Nibraska:

My friend I feel for your dilemma but I truly can not and am not qualified to give you such advice. You are asking about life determining decisions and I am but a keyboard punch on this abstract media called the Internet. Man I am sure you have far better and more qualified friends, family and leaders to give you much better advice.

Having said that I have never been averse to giving my OPINION! That is all it is my friend, a personal opinion based upon my desires and beliefs.

From the limited info I have you sound like a young man – under 40. That said you also have limited time and are looking to get into the industry. Please remember, ALL AIRLINE COMPANIES ARE BUSINESSES AND NOT SCHOOLS! Whether it is ABY or any other airlines their primary job is to take people from point A to point B and MAKE MONEY! You, as a pilot, are a tool just like an A-320 or B-737 and armed with that fact you must always remember the “prime directive.” The company does not exist if it does not make money for the stock holders and ultimate owners of the business.

So, as I explained before, my desires are to work for a company that treats me like a “personal” tool. There is some personal in the tool part and that exists at ABY. But they too must make money. They compete with everyone else in the region and MUST make money too, no matter how nice the Fleet Manager, Chief Pilot, Training Manager or Director of Ops is and how much they truly care about your health, feelings and family. They have to run a company and they get in trouble too with their bosses if they don’t make a profit – the stock holders.

So coming from the ME you have a blessing and a curse. You are cursed by who you can work for (based upon you citizenship and license) but a blessing because you are a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of. If you are an Emirate you can pick the company you want to work for – EK, EY, G9 etc. If you are a Bahraini you have Gulf Air. Omani – Oman Air; Qatari – Qatari; Saudi – NAS, Sama, Saudi; Kuwaiti – Jazerrra, Kuwaiti and so forth. From what I know every nation desires the maximum number of LOCAL pilots to fly for their airlines. If Dubai could get 2000 Emirate pilots to fly for EK there would be NO British, Australians, and South Africans etc working there. If ABY could get 300 Emirates there would be no Danes, Canadians, Irish, Russians or Americans working here. It is that simple – and every carrier has an Ab Initio program for their citizens.

I feel that flying is NOT for everyone. Some pilots have this career given to them far too easy and they really don’t appreciate it. That is a personal opinion, but I really feel that YOU MUST LOVE FLYING. You need to really try to make each and every landing a “squeaker.” You need to get a thrill out of doing it even when you did it 10,000 times before – that was then and today is now.

OK are you ready for this? This is going to be the speech from your father or an uncle you never liked. Pull your harness tight for this is going to be more violent than an RTO at 160 knots.

My personal feeling is too many guys have it far too easy in this part of the world. You want to fly you have to do as Tom Hanks said in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” EARN THIS! Earn it and that means a whole lot of work. 250 hours and a CPL should not even get your application past the secretary in HR. Heck 1500 hours and an ATP should not get you past the Chief Pilot’s secretary – but that is not the reality here.

You want to fly, EARN IT! Do whatever it takes. In my day (yah, yah, yah you old fart) guys did what was necessary. The military was the last place you wanted to go for you could die and never get that airline job. But if you were poor that was the only way to get there. You want to fly bad enough, then go to Africa or some God forsaken place and get the experience – should you live. Spend a couple years flying trash around the world and then ask for that job. 5 years, while sounding like a lot today to you, is nothing after decades in the business. Earn it and do what it takes if you want it enough.

You get that experience you can “write your own meal ticket.” DO NOT EXPECT ANY AIRLINE TO BRING YOU INTO THEIR OPERATION IF YOU CAN NOT PROVIDE FOR THEM IMMEDIATELY!

Let me give some ways guys did it in my time. Some of us went into the military (Vietnam was hot and heavy back then) and did it that way. Others flew crop dusters and fertilized farmer’s fields. Then again others became instructors and accumulated hours and got heavier ratings. Many guys went from those areas and flew in Bum – F--- Africa, Asia etc and got time. I know several guys that flew single engine airplanes across the Atlantic and Pacific. Planes full of fuel that they pumped from the passenger seats in the back to make it – many became fish food and never saw land again. EARN IT!

So never say “wasting a year.” My friends if a year is all you take you are getting off very well. This is not mom and dads grocery store. You will fly a $50+ million airplane with 150+ people’s lives in your hand. No policeman can pull you over and say what are you doing? The company will give you that airplane and those people’s lives and you MUST know what to do. NO ONE, no Chief Pilot or VP or CEO can do anything to “make it better” while you are at 390. You are IT and that is power and responsibility that companies do not give out lightly. Two people, that may not even like each other, have control of 50 million dollars worth of equipment and a couple hundred people’s lives. You have to earn that my friend and if you are not willing to do that – well do you really want to fly or do you want a great job that pays a lot of money and gives you prestige?

Don't be dejected, but simply go out and Earn It!

I hope this helps, but as Dennis Miller says: “Then again I could be wrong!”

B&O :ok:

Thank you,
but i think i could not explain my situation clearly.
You reply was faaar way track.
any ways thank you

Excellent !!
 

That was good Weasel. You couldn't have put it more appropriately.

Not PM
 

Hi Weasel many times I had been trying to send a PM to you but always I have same this answer:
W Weasel has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her.
By the way I had been in Sharjah for the last interview...Now I'm ansious to receive the result...I will have to rent a big house(preferently) or big apartament...If I pass.....Take care and good flights...Green1

I checked my allowances and it seems all ok. I have received numerous PMs. Heck I get tons a day and many of you know I am unable to answer them all timely, that's why sometimes I do answer publicly. Yet it is working.

Sorry

WW,

It says you dont take pvt messages. That's ok because you always answer back when time permits.

A320

Thanks WW for your reply!! And you are absolutely right with your little speech..:D

Cheers

Paris

air arabia
 

Hi

Needs a help regarding Air Arabia.

I have got an interview comming up next month.
Any info, what they ask, waht in the sim check, any tech qiz
Any help will be higly appreciated

Regards

air arabia
 

Hi

Needs a help regarding Air Arabia.

I have got an interview comming up next month.
Any info, what they ask, waht in the sim check, any tech qiz
Any help will be higly appreciated

Regards

air arabia
 

Hi

Needs a help regarding Air Arabia.

I have got an interview comming up this month.
Any info, what they ask, waht in the sim check, any tech qiz
Any help will be higly appreciated

Happy landings:ok:

Dear Weasel
 

I am senior ops guy living in Asia and need to move on. Word is place to go is ME. I am not a pilot but have managed pilots (and all ops) for a very progressive LCC. I just missed out on the new LCC in Emirates due to internal politics. Any suggestions???

Cheers,

Hi there,

I had question for those of you who are currently flying with Air Arabia. I was wondering if there were in fact some layover flights, in contradiction to what is mentioned under the careers section on their website - "NO LAYOVERS"......

I understand that VCBI (Colombo) is no longer a layover flight, and that the cockpit crew turn around at Colombo. Although Chittagong (VGEG), and Dhaka (VGZR) should ideally be a layover flight, as the flying time would be well over 4 hours, but then again I am not completely familiar with the UAE Air Law regarding FTL. Also, would the upcoming flight to Kiev (dont know the ICAO designator) be a layover flight as well ?

I would appreciate it greatly if someone, who is currently flying with the company, could shed some light on these queries.

Safe skies........:)

Hi,

1-
"LAYOVERS" Not Familiar With That Term.

2-
Kiev (dont know the ICAO designator).IS "UKBB" :ok:


c u soooon.

night stops
 

it seems there will be 2 night stops in winter, Colombo and Dhaka.
Kiev is a day flight, so it will be within FTL; this is according to the announced winter schedule.:ok:

Thanks much for the reply 320star.... though I wonder if Dhaka were a nightstop, shouldnt Chittagong be one even more so, since it is further than Dhaka, from Sharjah.

I guess I'll learn more as I go along, and once I start flying the line. Thanks once again, and see you on the line....... cheers !!

Where do the expat Air Arabia guys live? In Dubai or Sharjah? If Dubai, how long is the commute?

any new news???
 

Hello to AA pilots, it seems that AA is a hard working yet enjoyable outfit

to work for, i have been attending some roadshows in the U.S. but find

myself drawn to the Airarabia operation. I am typed on airbus family on

the right, but as my fellow asrpiring pilots out there am looking to join a

compnay that respects its pilots dedication and recongnizes his/hers goals.

My question, is how many planes does Airarabia have today?? and how

many will join i.e. next year and so on roughly??

And if someone like myself were to join how long to upgrade to capt?? is

the process of a nasa interview to be expected or is it professional some

what relaxed and straight to the point process??:ugh:

I have been reading the posts by W.W. which were great:ok: and it seems

Airarabia do respect their pilots. Yes i agree pilots do tend to complain but

so does everyone in any job. But REALISTICALLY speaking how is the

situation. I know about the flying and hard work and frankly it has it's pros

and cons as well as the money so any feedback would be appreciated

flysafe

lynazeina?
 

good luck to you on your interview any information would be great, i.e. questions atmosphere sim check anything.

The other carriers in the region are informative by their pilots as to what

goes on during the interview, However, i can't find much about Air Arabia:ugh:

Does anyone in Airarabia have any details