Accomodation
 

Hey
Can anyone tell me about Hassain Nasar Ahmed building in Dubai? I have been allocated temp accomodation there and cant find any information on it?

Thanks

Probably hasn't been built yet! Just a hole in the sand... Good luck!

You may also be surprised at the company definition of 'temporary'.

Temporary : anything less than a year

Do yourself a favor and opt out

Totally agree with am not sure!

Opt out, as the less you have to do with the accommodation dept the better. They are singularly the most incompetent department in the company !

Oh, I don't know........EGIT may give them a good run for their money for that title!

Harry

What's the latest?
 

Can you still opt out? Stories circulating about some that have had that request denied, others appear to have no problem....Costs the company a fortune compared to the Kibbutz's Meydan way....:}

Allowance??
 

In light of recent events, Can someone please state the allowance for Captains if

you opt out of company accommodation? Went looking in staff manual but no

joy. :ugh:

170 K as far as I remember

Anothet question would be if opt out is still an option. Meydan is due to delivery and they want to fill it. It's a lot cheaper for them.

Captains get 192,900 per year.

Can anyone tell me about Hassain Nasar Ahmed building in Dubai?
 

Haven't heard of it but is sounds dodgy.


Opt out. Accommodation standards are going to the dogs, and rents are coming down.

Certainly is a lot of negativity on this forum. Have already opted out of staff accommodation but have temp accommodation while Im looking. Only wanted to know if anyone knew where the building was, cant find it on google and sometimes these things are known by other names. Thanks anyway

Hi kat,

As a matter of interest, if one opts out of the staff accommodation, how long are you able to stay in temp accommodation that is offered? Is the temp accommodation paid for by the company or is it for your account?

Be careful whose advice you listen to. Moving out on day one is a silly plan as, firstly, you have no idea about the building on offer. Move in and see it for yourself. Secondly, in the long term, taking the allowance is fraught with opportunities to go wrong. Anything can happen in this part of the world; it's not stable. Tying yourself to a rental (or mortgage) debt on the basis of a promise from the company to pay has a lot of risk. That it has worked well for a lot of the guys the last ten years or so is no indication of what is ahead in terms of both company policy and regional conditions.

Wev been told initially a month to six weeks while we find a place but they said its not a problem if it needs to be extended but we would have to pay beyond the 6 weeks. Wait and see I guess. Accommodation allowance is pretty generous and there seems to be a lot of property available.

The allowance is only generous if you don't consider the water and electricity bills you will have to pay. In summer months you'll find yourself paying a lot for utilities. Opting out from day one isn't a good idea especially since the predictions are for rents to stabilise and increase as 2020 looms (Expo).

What's allowance for F/O's if they opt out?

I just got the letter to move out of my company villa. I heard that about 400 other pilots should have got the same letter. There is a few options available other than Maydan South, but I guess they want all of us there within a few years anyway. Had a look there yesterday..... just so depressing. it will take years before it will have any sense of acceptable environment to live there. :sad:

Which villa complex denbi?
 

Denbi,
Sorry to read about another colleague receiving "the" letter, especially just before Christmas.

Can you state which complex you are in?
I presume more than one pilot received the letter,

Try to have a merry Christmas

I don't really think it matters which set of villas it is- within the next few years all the company villas will be in Meydan. Moving anywhere else now will only mean moving again in a couple of years. Or possibly months.

At least this is one aspect of the company messing with our lives we have some control over. We can't do anything about 100 hour rosters and four day blocks of forced leave in February but we can still take the allowance and choose where to live. You won't get a four bedroom palace in Jumeirah for the money but you can do better than Meydan. You may need to top up the allowance a little bit but what price being free of the less than accommodating accommodation department? Or buy somewhere- after 20 years (if you stay that long) the company has bought you a house. Has to be a better bet than the provident fund even in the Dubai property market.