…….……captain

Yes a captains salary in FZ is the same as and first officers salary in Etihad or Emirates such is the cost of living in the Middle East. I would consider all other carriers in both seats even if you have to swap to the right seat which so many have done in flydubai. This will have huge implications when you come to leave/retire as your end of service benefits is based on your basic salary. Basic salary looks to be a reduced package to the current one.So you will be doing the same work as your co works for a lot less money.

Man, first of all, neither Etihad or Emirates will hire again in the next years. Second, for most of us who lost the job for this stupid pandemic, we just need to get back in the air, we have to pay bills and feed our family. Things will improve in the next few years, for the time being we cannot afford to be picky. Now I dont care if my collegue get more paid than me. If I was rich, I would considere to go fishing to Maldives, but because its not the case, I just need an opportunity to get back in line, and Flydubai is a really good one. More will come. Please think twice before writting! Cheers and good luck

No one has any updates in a few weeks now then? For either TR/NTR FO/CPT.

I didn't know that EK and EY FO get paid over 50k/month. This is a brand new info for me.

They don’t.
https://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/pilots/

30358 assuming 85hrs (plus 12176 if you buy somewhere there.)

Don’t shoot the messenger here ….. however .. News from a “friend of a friend” said Captain recruitment was specifically aimed at specific people they wanted to hire ! Fo recruitment as normal

The plan is to review other Captain applicants for a February start and to be on line by May

As I said don’t shoot the messenger ….So if you applied as a Capt you won’t hear for a few months

Well a February start for some employed Captains would mean those on 3 months notice would have to hand there notice in sometime in November!

Etihad 35200 aed Emirates 36320 flydubai 25250 all basic starting salaries for captains. Even air Arabia basic salary is closer to 40,000 a month. First officer in Emirates makes 25450 aed a month. EY and EK will be hiring very soon.

Tailstrik

If you don’t care about the salary and need a job that bad. Flydubai is now recruiting cabin crew maybe apply there as you look at the company as a stepping stone. All airlines in the ME will be hiring in the next few months.

transport jock

So when you ask a bank for a mortgage, loan etc what do they ask you? Do they factor in allowances and flight hours ? No they don’t! When you get your end of service benefit under UAE law it is based on your BASIC. This school allowance you talk of does not make sense. If you are collecting that then you will not save a dirham on housing as you have a family. When I was there most guys had to add to the housing allowance from their BASIC salary. I believe housing for a skipper is 155k a year now. Try pay for a villa, dewa, internet in the UAE on that. Do you take it out of the schooling allowance of a kid ? Thought that was for education.

I suggest that we clear the video interview and get called for the sims before saving or spending our unearned futuristic salaries … 🙄

Rumours are that at least until January they will only call Type Rated.
I am not so that means that I have to wait at least until February or even later 😩
Honestly I consider Flydubai an excellent option. They have some kind of balanced rosters, mix of turnaround and layovers. The money is quite good at least for me. My son is now on his own and me and my wife won’t mind to come back to Dubai till retirement.
But, again, we all are different.

Someone here mentioned FlyDubai has layovers... Any info on how many layovers can one expect per month and what destinations have layovers?
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Thank you very much for response!

transport jock

Yes the money and package is amazing in flydubai. Everyone should join flydubai because there is a large diaspora of people with kids aged 19-21 who can claim an education allowance. Emirates don’t pay that! You really are clutching at straws. They did not even pay the BASIC salaries or allowances to loads of pilots/engineers or cabin crew the last year while still operating, You are far from ever giving a balanced narrative.

Ok now I know you’re talking rubbish. My mate lives in Dubai, moved last year and he has a 4 bed villa with pool and he paid 140k AED. He is not a pilot.
Company he works for pays him a basic and he gets a bonus on top of this.
When he got his car they asked him his salary and told them his basic and bonus. All they needed to see was last 6 months salaries with the bonus and they took an average.
So yes everything you are saying is BS.

*Claps hands.

Well said

AIMINGHIGH123

It is not, do your homework. Pilots don’t earn bonuses per year. They have a variable income from flight pay and allowances. It will not be used to get mortgages or loans. So you have been ill informed. Your mate got a villa in the pandemic for 140k a year. Well that price is way off . As I said 155 is given. And 140 paid. Then you have 2200-2700 Aed bill for DEWA each month alone on a villa.155-140 or 155-180 with bills is a huge saving to some on this forum. Ask past or present pilots.

transport jock

How many past pilots or present agree with you? Lots of wannabe joiners or people with friends that rent villas that get bonuses that do not work in aviation. The friends I made there are happier they left. They went back to the USA Europe and Indian. They have control over their lives with bidding, trip trades, swaps and no night flights. They earn less money the Fz,have less bills and more money in their pocket at the end of the month. Free healthcare in some countries. Along with happiness