Emirates lowers requirments & interviewing in London???
 

CAN ANYONE HELP??

Just had an email from a close friend who tells me that EK have invited him for an interview in LONDON(!) in May. He still has a frozen ATPL and about 2000hrs on the B737, however EK have told him this is fine. Does anyone know anything about this?:hmm:

I've looked on the EK site but found nothing about it - but was told to contact them directly at [email protected].

Any info on this would be helpful.

Thanks!:)

PRT,

Nice little free advert there! Is that the latest cost saving idea?

Do you want me to apply?


SC

I don't know anything about the minimum requirements in EK, but remember that it was possible in the past to go to the assessement even if you didn't have the hours yet. You just have to wait a while until you have your needed hours.

Dani

Anyone know what will be "Assessed" on the day?

They will asses your ability to search and look at the Emirates threads on PPrune for buckets load of info on it already :ok:

ok lets put it another way zerotohero.
What areas of the rather expansive interview processes will they be going through in the one day in London.

Indeed, will this be a slimmed down selection process or is it the full 3 day affair, with the only change being that its not being held in the UAE?

Equally is this only for the low houred guys, as a hold pool before the full selection process once the required hours are met.

Finally, is this all a rouse anyway, as I have heard nothing regarding UK selection for DEP.

I have been invited, days are 23-25 May at LHR. Got my confirmation email this morning. Choose any one day, syco test, compass and interview. If successful final interview will be held in Dubai.
Just for the record I am B737 rated with 3000+ hrs on type.

Desperation setting in here in the desert! I'm sniffing a bigger pilot shortage than predicted. "Keep Discovering"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worth going, at least to see what it looks like :ok:

I smell a rat! Is that an EMRAT?
 

hmm.... :
I did my interview just over 3 weeks ago and thankfully passed. What feed back would you like? I can rattle on here about every minor detail but I'm sure you know a lot already so any area in particular you're looking for? :ok:

With regards to the other comments - caution with any move is wise - but EK on PPRuNe can draw out the moaners, like many other companies. :ugh:

The above is a previous post from our thread starter PRT2010 on the 9th Mar 2011. Must be cooling his heels in recruiting before he starts his course.
The world supply of pilots willing to move to the sand and be FOs forever on a forever changing contract seems to be waning, hence this new advertising approach.
Hope it works.:D

The Don

Pick a new name next time fella. Ozzie HR lady will not be happy you got found out!

Yes Don, I see what you mean.....:E

What's the point, it is so obvious when you look at his posting history. My guess is he/she will make a new identity and get on here to defend or detract from the original post.

It is kind off funny though.

NOT EK guys, similar line of work though to the recruitment team.

EGGW

EGGW, he is EK. A new joiner who was not as competitive with others on his join date for the transition course. So is cooling his heels in Recruiting till a slot comes along.
I just hope he is aware that his seniority number means nothing when it comes time for a command and he will not have the hours. Only 40 new Boeings to be delivered, so hope he doesn't fall for the old "why don't you stay here in recruiting and delay starting course until next month" routine, that the Ozzie primary school teacher...oops...I mean ozzie HR lady will tell fresh meat. :hmm:
Welcome aboard PRT2010, I hope the sandpit is kind to you.

The Don

There seems to be a lot of inside information floating around here...

Have to agree with Don and co, sadly PRT is fresh meat as described. Lets hope he managed to avoid becoming another "notch" for the Ozzie. Either way, must try harder next time team!

Is life up 'norf that bad that you are ALREADY looking for an exit? !

Quite possibly.

As an aside any bets on how low they are willing to go with the "requirements" and watering down the recruitment process? :ok:

Just attended a roadshow (may 4th).

You need an ATPL!
2000 hrs JAR25 (pref > 30 tonnes) for the interview etc. but to start you still need 2500 hrs...

Pref >30T..... Has something changed? This was a hard rule, is it now only Pref...?

2500 hrs on JAR 25?

There web site is still showing 2500 multi crew/engine JET.

does anyone know if they consider LHS turbo prop guys?

WOW!! All this over a small Q on EK?
 

WOW! - You disappear for a few days and the moaners & theorists break loose!

Just briefly: The Don & Witberg: Thanks for your note and thanks for your comments. Are you sure of your 'facts'? Unfortunate to say, but EGGW is correct.:D

Thank you DirectCF & Jaydubya, for answering the original post. Resolved some questions. I wish you all the best. Hope you have better luck than I had. :ok:

I will bite..what is JAR 25??

It's a design standard, I don't know the exact defining criteria but I suspect over 5700kg MTOW. Should be on one of the EASA documents somewhere, good luck trying to find it!

If you're waiting on a DEC position then don't hold your breath. Ain't gonna happen anytime soon. Historically DEC failure rate at selection is around 80%. Be careful what you wish for!

Because of poor performance by DEC's is the reason LCT was introduced.The ones that BS'd their way in ( knew the right people ) failed their first recurrent which was after the probation period. Do some spot checking after 3 months and you can get rid of them ( which did happen ). Could be some of the nay sayers on this forum
DEC is always a possiblity but don't think its in the cards for a while.

DEC's
 

fatbus, anyone can manage to BS his way around any interview (F/O or DEC), especially if he/she is a sweet talker and has the 'right' answer to any question. As you rightly wrote, what he is really worth is then shown online.

Whether DEC's will be recruited depends on the laws of supply and demand. At the moment EK seems to be finding the numbers by lowering the requirements. However, will the numbers be available in the near future?

Emirates Interview
 

Anybody have any idea that the interview sessions that will be held in UK would cover most of what they cover in dubai except the sim check. Any idea on what are the numbers that they are looking at and what the interview process is like!

So of the guys invited to London for pre-selection, who has has their day confirmed?

I sent the form back, but nothing confirmed yet.

Lovejoy,

Presumably your talking about the 'pre selection' snapshot form?? If so, then that came with the confirmation email. So if you received and sent the form then you already have the confirmation of the date on that email.:confused:

Erm... now I'm confused. They gave me a choice of 3 days! I cant go on all three. Unless I bugger it up the first time I guess :ok:

Guys,

I am getting quite a few PMs asking for advice re the EK interview/SIM process 935 to date), based on my 1st post to this thread. To clarify, I copied and pasted a previous post from PRT2010, so it was not I that had just been hired and was offering advice, it was PRT2010. Although I am only too keen to help, its been over a decade since I jumped through those hoops, so I would think info would be more up to date if you were to contact him, or some other new joiner.
Good luck fellas,

The Don

So has anyone been to the pre-selection day at the end of May in London? If so, can you share any feedback?
Cheers...

Has anyone heard back from them yet after last week? My status changed from 'under review' to 'shortlisted' a couple of days ago, but nothing else:confused:

Ignore the above....just got the call:ok::E:ok:

So as you were there, can you tell us a bit about it?