As we have said before, they do upgrade expats, but its in line with your seniority and company requirements, latest group to get assessed have almost 10 years of service!

Saudia recruitment
 

Hey guys,

How can I apply to Saudia? I try through the web but I get ERROR after finishing the application.. Any email useful?
Thanks on advance.

2000 h
 

dabo with roughly 1800h ijet time (and only 737) I really doubt that saudia will offer u a T7 position. Bunch og guys with 3-4000 h on the NG are on the line. Furthermore Saudia now is hiring FOs for the 320 as well. I wish u all the best for the T7 but i would keep my horses if I were you.

Hours reqs
 

Alloha,
What are the mins hrs required for 777 ?

2500 Total
(Min 1500 Glass jet on Narrow Body or 1000 Glass Jet on Wide Body or 750 on Type)

Narrow body = above 35,000 kgs

thanks
 

mutt, aloha, n1limit thanks for your comments, will just prepare for the interview then take things as they come.

Thanks Mutt. I got 1500 on these....


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I currently undertaking my 190 series Embraer type rating Left Seat, and would like to work in Middle East. I do have about 10,000 hours have turbo prop Q400 the rest Avro RJ and Embraer 145. How marketable am I for left seat in Saudi or Oman Air.

pic time
 

I think u need minimum 2000h pic but u can check their website

Oman air just started to look for B737/Ejets skippers. 2 days ago.
Mins are 4000TT 500 PIC on type and something like 1500 PIC on 27T Airplane or something else similar to that.
Go ahead and have a look to the website

What's the story with US Medical insurance, gone for good or ??

8 billion dollars spent by Saudia on Airbuses today at the Paris Airshow-60 aircraft.

Expansion plans?
 

What exactly is the nature of the expansion at Saudia? Is it true that percentage growth over the next few years could be from 50 to 100 percent?

argentina21:

There was a press conference last month which explained that the Saudi government and King would like the company to double in size over the next 5 years. The company is currently around 130 aircraft excluding the lease aircraft.

It was clarified that those wishes of the government were simply an impossibility. Despite significant Pilot recruitment efforts over the last 3 years, there just is not enough quality and experience available particularly for the long haul fleets.

They addressed the actual expansion which they believe is possible and listed types and numbers of aircraft they could achieve by 2025. That total is around 195, it includes 70 A320's.The remainder will be wide bodies roughly a split of 777/787 and A330. I would guess that these numbers include the 60 aircraft ordered in Paris.

saudia pAS15 ordes
 

the company announced orders for 20 A330 regional and 30 A320. The regional A330 has a max range of 3000 NM and it will be used in high density medium and short routes (Cairo Dubai India Pakistan and of course the domestic routes). So the company will utilise the T7 mainly in LR routes. Deliveries to be started by 2017

Hey Hey

One quick question. The medical results ( done in Cairo ) should arrive within 10 days. For those who did the interview, is it correct ? Also, did you get the sim result right away ? We have been told that we would receive an email the next day, but so far, none of us received anything. I then assume we will receive a " global " email with the green light when the medical arrives from Cairo.
Do you have any infos ?

fireball:

This is something really bad about the HR department and the selection at the moment. It reflects badly on an otherwise good company.

You will not hear anything until they have the results of the medical back, I believe these results are a government decision and regarding the issuance of the residence permit. The results take 2 weeks to come out and the HR take another week to get positive results out to individuals. Negative results will probably never arrive. if you are really enthusiastic to know your result then wait 2 weeks and then telephone the HR department; forget e-mail..it won't work.

Polax, thank you very much for the quick reply. That's what I thought. I'm quite confident but it is still an uncomfortable situation !

@fireball23. I m a bit surprised that they didn't tell you anything about your sim session. Must be a new procedure because until May they used to say . If 15-20 days pass without any update polax is wright. Your possibilities of having an answer in an email are thin though it is happening sometimes. Dont forget that the ramadan starts tomorrow and things will change. So be patient

polax52,

Thank you for your succinct reply. It clears up much of the confusion regarding future expansion plans at Saudia.

Is there a link to an article outlining what was said at the press conference?