Emirates

[rwelch]

Does anyone have any information on Emirates Airlines in Dubai?
Is it a good or bad place to work?

 

[wafu39]

A friend of mine lives in Dubai and says Emirates is great place to work . They are planning huge growth and benefits are good.
Flight crews are treated like royalty over their. For example, country clubs will have signs that say " members only or flight crew".

If you can make it through their application you deserve a job. They want every aircraft you've ever flown with hours in each and weight of each in Kilograms.

I guess just putting B757/767 doesn't provide them with enough information!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah. apparently all their F/As are either European or Australian and they all look like models, so it sounds like an awesome place to work.

Good luck.

 

[HA25]

has anyone been hired by just filing out aprox weights and skipping all of the bug smashers they've flown? Cause I don't wana go thru that ordeal!

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Country clubs say "Members only or Flight Crew"......

ok.....

where did ya hear THAT!!!

 

[airgator]

for info on emirates go to www.pprune.org. There is alot of stuff on emirates there. I have a friend that is a 777 sim instructor for them and makes over $US 200k a year. They are one of the only airlines I understand that can compete paywise, with the US majors. I guess it all depends on if you want to be based in Dubai. Understand 1 thing about going to fly in another country, their labor unions are almost non-existant as compared to ours.

 

[rwelch]

Thanks for the info.
The web page www.pprune.org is not working. Is it spelled correct?

 

[rwelch]

Spoke too soon.
It works.
Thanks again for the info

 

[DC10]

Yes, But.....

Sure, Emirates is a fine airline to work for, but it's not quite as exotic as some would have you believe. Starting pay is around $46,000 as a new hire FO and senior captain pay is around $120,000. The great thing about this is that it's a tax free salary. However, if you are a US citizen, the US govt taxes you on your citizenship rather than your residency. This means that anything you make over $70,000 a year in any country, you will have to pay US income tax on whether you live in the US or not.

You will be based in Dubai which is a pleasant enough city for that part of the world, however it will get pretty old pretty quickly. As a junior pilot, expect to do 6 day trips and have 8 days off a month. As a senior pilot, expect 11-13 days off a month if you are lucky. This is bearable (just) if you are single but how excited is your wife going to be spending up to 22 days a month in Dubai without you?

Admittedly, the prestige of being a flight crewmember in the Middle East is higher than in Europe or the US, but I have never seen a sign reading anything resembling:
"Members only or Flight Crew" anywhere in the world.

 

[bigsky]

We have some overnights in the same hotels as emirirates-- and for the record their FAs are not all models.... But I will admit that I have lusted over a few of them!

 

[Dieterly]

I have a friend that is a 777 sim instructor for them and makes over $US 200k a year. They are one of the only airlines I understand that can compete paywise, with the US majors.

You gotta love the internet!!!LOL