New Ghetto Style Housing
 

Heard on the grapevine that all new hires will be placed in a massive complex out by the Meydan. All those in company accommodation will also be shifted out there as their rental contracts expire, apparently there will be no renewal of your existing rental agreement in your complex and we'll all end up living in row housing out in the sand.

From what I hear...it isn't pretty. This isn't DSO.

Anyone else heard anything?

On the up side, it will surely get your wife on-board with your decision to resign so it might work in your favor...in a backward sort of way!

I guess they really don't want pilots to come here.

Discuss....

From what I have seen "ghetto" seems a bit strong.

The houses are town-houses, but therefore no different from the 84s, 164s and Wasl Square.

The new Silicon is nothing too flash either.

Admittedly the area is still a bit underdeveloped, but that will change in time.

At least they are new.

Think I'd rather live in the 84's in town than out in the sand plus living with your work mates 24/7....I don't think so.

At the 84's you still have other folks from differing walks of life around you and you are close to schools, shops and the like.

It has the mentality of labour camp from what I hear...maybe nicer than what the boys in blue get but the concept in the same....keep them all together and out of town...nice!

Any idea where the New Ghetto will be located...:confused:

Past it today, leaving Nad Al Shiba Vets.
Yes, a pretty horrible, crowded looking bunch of small town-houses.

HOWEVER- I'd venture that only about fifty where anywhere near completion, so the idea that everyone will be shifted there soon is at least premature.

They're literally behind the Meydan course. Coming from Jumeirah over Al Khail, go straight at the second roundabout and then first right. At the X-roads, turn left and go about 2km, they're on the left with a big sign with Emirates on it.

I believe they're 3 or 4 bed plus a maid room. Reasonable overall size, narrow and long with a postage size "garden". A couple of pools and mini parks similar to Silicon.

Not where I'd want to be :=

Sorry if I missed it guys, but what airline are you referring to? Couldn't find it in any of the posts above...

Read the post above yours again Vortac.

Thanks SOPS, totally missed it.

It does have great views of the high voltage power lines. I expect our recruitment people won't show them during the interview.

Pools and parks? Not for a long time and then will be crowded and no doubt dirty when they do come on line.

Been past it, agree with Wiz, not gonna happen straight away if at all, but even then we all remember the Mirdif fiasco?
I also remember all the howls when they opened up DSO etc etc etc as ever the drive to save 50 fils continues.
Do I care anymore? nope, it will only change when enough people not yet employed take a look at it and say no, pure market economics, I guess we will be getting more RYR bods from eastern european bases and pilots from defunct third world carriers.

The Ek guys regulary mistake the ME forum for the EK forum. The rest of the pilots manage to put QR, GF, FZ, etc, in the heading, but this is very difficult for some of the EK pilots.

Original plan announced in the news in 2010 ish said 500 townhouses for all of the new EK staff. I expect this development probably slowed a bit with the economic crisis.

I would think it's probably correct to assume all the current villas not owned by EK / Royal Family with not the have the contracts renewed due to rising rents with the private villa demand in Jumeirah.

184 of the first batch of villas were sold by Emaar under a big fanfare about 6 months ago. The demand was huge due to a massive shortage of villas in Dubai at the current time. I am not sure whether these were originally earmarked for EK.

However, even if the plan is to eventually have most of EK staff in these villas it won't happen for a long time as mentioned previously - only a few EK villas anywhere near completion.

Still, beats living in the new Al Furjan past Jebel Ali....?

Meydan City set to host Emirates gated community in three years | GulfNews.com

It's okay to post EK stuff without a formal notification as "they" are all cut from the same cloth around here and any shaft you might get is probably not original thought.

And why differentiate since the other majors simply copy everything EK does anyway.

The upside of the new Desert Camp will be no one wailing - for a while. Imagine peace and quiet!

And EK copy every mistake that Gf ever copied from East African Airways...probably get a similar result eventually.

Yeah, Ive noticed that. Didnt mean to start a p!ss!ng contest tho, just curious as to whose housing was being discussed.

Carry on...

Vortec,

Mana seems more interested in making smart remarks despite the many inferences to the city and company in question, let alone one post which clearly identified the corporate moniker.

Do you guys at EK have the option of getting paid the housing allowance or is it company accomodation or nothing? Us at FZ get the allowance and no company accomodation but can at least choose where in Dubai we live

Yes. We have the option...

Do you guys know if the current people at 84s,164s,Wasl Square will be affected as they are not owned by private landlords?