Well there are no ATR 72's in Oman Air..........and as for the Embraer's...........that rumour has been around for a while.....and dare I say will continue on for quite a while!:ok:

That's funny because Peter Hill (Oman Air's CEO) said they have 2 ATR-500 last week during the Aviation Outlook summit in Abu Dhabi... maybe you should inform him :bored:

ok, I'll say it again..............there are no ATR72's in Oman Air..........they do have ATR 42-500'S! and I dare say the CEO is aware of that!

Sorry, I've read you too fast... :uhoh:

Thanks for posting the package Scube.

It seems that an Oman Air B737 Captain is on less money than
a FlyDubai FO.

1 OMR = 9.55484 AED

Oman Air B737 CA: 4,425 OMR = 42,280 AED

FlyDubai B737 CA: 57,000 AED
FlyDubai B737 FO: 43,000 AED

Oman is a better place to live than Dubai and the career upside at Oman Air is better (A330 and B787). But the money doesn’t stack up very well.

COS
 

What's the cash like, monthly for skippers and any idea on the tax situation in Oman...for 330 drivers???

Well at this stage it seems there is going to be no difference in the pay scale, as to wether you're on the widebody or narrowbody.
so basically for skippers it stacks up like this :
basic : OMR 2422
supplementary : OMR 959
pilot allowance : OMR 182
utilities : OMR 50

And then there are your duty allowances :

hrs 1-50 : OMR 1 per hour
hrs 51 -100 : OMR 4 per hour
hrs 101 - 120 : OMR 9 per hour
hrs 121 - 140 : OMR 14 per hour
hrs above 141 : OMR 18 per hour


And you can bank on an average of 100 hrs duty per month. However, having seen the summer schedule beginning the 29th of March, it seems like there is going to be plenty of flying, so that average may well be above 100hrs duty per month!!

Housing allowance at the moment is OMR 575, which is under review at the moment...........and 75% of school fees paid for by Oman Air, on production of school receipts.

Annual leave of 46 days taken in two blocks of 23......however with a swap of leave you can actually take the full 46 days, if you're lucky enough to get a swap. Then there is the usual 7-9 days of public holidays that you end up getting aswell.

Hope that clarifies the situation somewhat for most of you!!!

Any idea of why they have such high ATR time requirements ? Is there really no negotiation room ? Who would be the person in charge to discuss this topic with ?
Thank you

The reason for the high ATR time requirements, is due to the fact that the ATR's are predominantly used exclusively for the Occidental Group. As this is the case they have their own requirements as to the experience of the crew flying their workforce around the desert. The ATR does do one domestic flight, up to the northern part of Mussandam, to a place called Khasab, i believe 3 or 4 times a week, the remainder of the flights are into the desert strips for Occidental.

FlyDubai make more money? If what you are interested is in wealth hear this:


Is not how much money you make on your paycheck but how much can you afford with your paycheck....and Dubai is soooo much more expensive compare to Muscat...

In my opinion, an Oman Air CAPTAIN should be able to afford the same or a better lifestyle and save more money...

Scube.

Well in my humble opinion an Oman Air Captain CAN (not should) afford a better lifestyle and believe you me CAN save more money!!!!!:p:ok:

Hear , hear !!
The only crippler here is the school fees , otherwise life is very good.

By the way , if Omanair DO go down the Embraer route , there are already quite a few crew here ( currently on NG ) who have extensive experience on them .
If you like a home-life with few nightstops , then it will be the fleet to be on .

Great informatiion, thanks.

A couple of question:

How much would you spend on education for an 8 year old?

What can you rent for 575RO and how far from airport, do you need the car toget to the office or you get piked up?

how about medical insurance

thanks

For an 8 year old at the British School you're looking at term fees of OMR 1100 per term for the 2008/09 academic year (3 terms). Oman Air will pay you 75% of the fees, or should i say reimburse you 75%, upto a maximum of OMR 2500 per child per year. so you can do the math!! The ABA not too sure about, but the private schools are pretty much similar in their school fees. Oh, and expect to pay a one-off non-refundable entry fee of OMR 1250 per child, which will NOT be reimbursed!:{
OMR 575 will get you a decent apartment, or a half decent villa near the airport side, but to come nearer into town and in a good location, expect to pay upwards of OMR 800 per month for a decent villa.
Transport is your own responsibility. However while you are in the hotel, as they sort out accomodation for you, you can expect to be picked up and dropped of, but when you get your own place, you're on your own!:(

Web Application
 

Having difficulty completing application on their website. Can you please provide contact there where I could send CV directly, ie CP or Recruitment Mgr?

Thanks.

Borrow a copy of Flight International. All details in there. Ad from March 3rd.

Oman Air Fligt Operations
 

Send ur CV to:

/*/Michelle Pereira/*/

/*/Oman/*//*/ Air - Flight Operations/*/

/*/P.O.Box/*//*/ 58/*//*/, P.C 111/*/

/*/C.P.O, Seeb/*/

/*/Sultanate of Oman/*/

/*/Tel: 00968 24518187/*/

/*/Fax: 00968 24522243/*/

/*/Email:/*/ [email protected] /*/

Good Luck and God Speed :ok:

Dear Wunwinghi - and all others,

Would you be able to tell me where (areas near-ish) the airport you would be able to find decet accommodation for around OR 600?
I don't nead a palace, but a small villa or large apartment would be nice.
I have looked on the web, and the few real estate agencies I could find have nothing (anywhere) for below OR 1000. That seems rather steep!

So, any ideas where to look? Names, numbers websites of agents or other contacts?
Google maps (from what is recognizable) shows an area called Heil/Hail that seems decent... Your thoughts?

Also, from what I understand it seems to be the custom in Oman to pay A WHOLE YEAR'S rent IN ADVANCE? How is tis handled? Do people really have 10, 12 thousand Rials just sitting there to pay up????

Any info would be very welcome.

Thank you, all

Trans-Gulf, you can get accomodation near the airport and decent accomodation at that for around OMR 600. the area you mentioned was Al-Hail and you also have Mawahla and Seeb. The best bet it seems at the moment is to actually drive around the areas and ring the numbers that the landlords have outside the vacant buildings. A lot of the landlords seem to shun the letting agencies, and rent themselves.
As for the yearly rental, Oman Air only pay 6 months in advance, however they do take out a yearly contract. And judging by the way its going at the moment the landlords seem happy with that, simply because they know that the rental is coming from a company and not an individual.
I dare say if you were to take the housing allowance off Oman Air and rent yourself, you would probably have to fork out a year's advance!

Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated!

no revisions..........as was posted earlier, still stands!

hostymosty

investigative ??

And how about you're ??

Also forbearance ??

Hope you were a better trolley-dolly than you are a journalist! http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m...2637784011.jpg

Hi
By the way: Do you get a good highspeed internet connection in Oman?
(And how long did it take from application until it was set up)
Thanks

Mompi - you cannot be serious .........
internet speeds are reasonable not cutting edge...

330 F/O.

Does anyone know if they would consider a rated and current pilot with less than 1000 hours on type? Say around the 600-700 hour range or are their requirements set in stone?

Total time is almost 5000 with over half being greater than 12500.

Honey 737,

The pay here depends on the total duty hours you do and not the block flight time,so on average you would be doing close to 100-120 duty hours a month,
last time i checked the duty pay was as follows:
0 - 50hrs--1ro/hr
50 - 100 hrs-- 4 ro/hr
100-120 hrs--9 ro/hr
120-140hrs--14ro/hr
140--above--18ro/hr
dont know what f/o salary is but capts:

Basic 2442 ro
supp 959 ro
housing 575 ro
utilities 80 ro
plus education 75% reimbursed or up 2500ro maximum,depending on childrens age and grade of education.
Hope the figures help.

DP.

Datepalm
 

Thank you very much for information it does help.

Don't want to sound stupid, but. Fly pay as you put it, let say you did 110 duty time, you get for first 50*1ro, next 50*4, and 10*9 =340ro or you take whatever rate is for that time is like 110*9=990ro?
Does make a big difference. And is it on top of what you put in:

Basic 2442 ro
supp 959 ro
housing 575 ro
utilities 80 ro

Now we will sit and wait for them to call me for screening.

Any infor on what you can expect during interview any tips.

Thanks

Guys,

I am looking very closely at Oman Air and quite like the look of what I see. The answers various people have provided have been most useful in getting this far.

I have several specific questions and if people can make time to answer one or more I would be most grateful.

1 - Is the holiday entitlement 42 or 46 days...plus approx 8 public holidays (or are these 8 built in to the 40 odd).

2 - Is there full health insurance for you and your dependants (some provide 100% for you and partial cover for your family).

3 - Any idea about the waiting times for secondary schools.

4 - Is there any higher education allowance (college) for 16 to 18 year olds.

5 - What would be a typical monthly cost for utilities (Air conditioning / water etc).

6 - Are the fees for higher education similar to those already quoted for junior schools.

7 - Someone mentioned a "decent" villa for 800 OMR....is this a four bed villa ..any links which might give me a better idea of what to expect.

8 - Any idea about the interview process?

9 - What are the bonding arrangements for type rated guys and girls?

10 - Is there a law in Oman similar to UAE where, when you eventually leave, you are get 21 days pay for every year you work for the company?

Thanks in advance.

Honey 737,
yep flight pay calculated in stages as per your first calculations and not the second.
Interview process differs,depending on who you get,but sim is pretty standard from experience,visual circuts,S/E airwork and ILS,intercepting radials and normally all the things covered in a standard base check.
all the best...

Did anyone get a call?

The website to apply doesnt work correctly,well i couldnt get it to work?? I have sent emails with the cv to the address listed on this forum but heard nothing.I only have just over a thousand on the Ng so maybe plenty more experienced guys have applied.Good luck to all though fingers crossed this financial crisis will leave as quick as it arrived and the airlines once again will be trying to poach pilots from each other!!:ok:

Hey Guys, It won't be a call, if successful (initial screening) you should have an e-mail next week. You will have to fill in a form and return it pronto as Oman Air need drivers to replace those on upgrade courses. BTW it is weekend here today...so next week starts on Saturday 21 (you will have to get used to that).

Would really appreciate any info on which areas expat staff with kids in school live? The school's seem mainly to be in the MQ or Qurm areas. Do staff tend to gravitate towards those areas?

Sim Assesment Location?
 

Miss Creant, Hiya, any idea where the sim evals will be held? Any chance of getting one here in Dubai?
Funny thing, seems that after I completed the Oman Air online aplication a few months ago, I have been contacted in the last couple of days by a couple of different recruiting agencies, 1 of which just guranteed me a screening slot in Gatwick as long as I agree to pay them $6,000. Do these guys have access to the Oman Air online app database?
Curious as to what's up with this? :confused:

1-4 April Simulator in DXB
 

I've just got an email directly from Oman Air.
Don't pay anybody for the interview/sim, I'm sure it's a fraud.

UHT sky

BBJGuy,

You can`t be real...

Dear Wunwinghi,

Your information given to date is very useful. Would you be able to advise how much one would expect to pay rent per month in an area closeby the foreign schools such as MQ? Or whether there are any other areas popular with families with kids in the 10-12 year age range and where rents are reasonable?

Is it possible to live in Oman on less than OMR 1968.00 per month? That includes all living expenses i.e. Rent(Nice 3 bed Villa or Apartment), Utilities, Food, Insurance, Vehicle, Entertainment etc?.

Anyone interviewing in April?

School Fees
 

Aba school fees 1035 OMR per term for an 8 year old 3 terms a year. going up by5% in September.

Oman Air reimburse 75% upto a limit of 2200 OMR(not 2500) Per Child Per year upto grade 5. Ther is also an unrefundable buildings fee on starting of 1500 OMR non refundable Oman Air says it will refund registration feesm As the school call the Buildings fee a buildings fee they will not refund it!!! you have to pay the school fees yourself and then the company will refund you, so every few months (3) you have to find the cash to pay the fees not always easy.