Anyone know, or hear of anything?
Thanks
Emirates recruitment drive
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Emirates recruitment drive
I know that Emirates is touring around some of the major city's in the US, but does anybody know, or have heard about a recruitment drive in Canada? I thought I read something about Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver but can't seem to find anything...
Anyone know, or hear of anything?
Thanks
Anyone know, or hear of anything?
Thanks
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TopperHarley
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I found this tidbit. I know it doesn't really help you, but if you can make it to the states, here are the dates and times:
Emirates Airline is a dynamic, multicultural organization with ambitious growth plans and a strong record of profitable growth. Due to our rapidly expanding fleet of Airbus A330/A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft, including orders of 58 Airbus A380s and 120 Airbus A350s, we are recruiting experienced and technically proficient First Officers to fly our extensive international route network and progress their careers to Captain.
Emirates will be conducting information sessions in various cities within the US from 4th – 12th December 2007. These sessions will provide more information on Emirates, our selection programme, the benefits of living and working in Dubai and details of our remuneration package. We will be able to review your experience and, if our criteria are met, an invitation to attend a simulator evaluation on-site in the US or a full selection programme in Dubai may be extended (travel fully funded).
Please note that the sessions will begin sharply at the respective times and spouses are welcome to attend.
4th December 2007
Chicago
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Rosemount
1.00pm – 4.30pm
5th December 2007
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Airport Marriott
2020 American Boulevard East
Bloomington
2.00pm – 5.30pm
6th December 2007
Los Angeles
Sheraton Gateway Hotel LA
6101 W. Century Boulevard
LA
2.00pm – 5.30pm
9th December 2007
Houston
Houston Airport Marriot at George Bush Intercontiantal 18700 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Houston
10.00am – 1.30pm
10th December 2007
Atlanta
Renaissance Concourse Hotel
One Hartsfield Centre
Parkway, Atlanta
1.00pm – 4.30pm
11th December 2007
Miami
Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel
3900 NW 21st Street
Miami
2.00pm – 5.30pm
12th December 2007
New York
Crowne Plaza Hotel
JFK Airport
151-20 Baisley Blvd
New York
3.00pm – 6.30pm
We ask you to bring the following items:
Copy of your online application (if available)
Original licence and medical certificate
Verification of flying hours (logbooks or certified statements)
To learn more about Emirates and to apply online, please visit http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com
Emirates Airline is a dynamic, multicultural organization with ambitious growth plans and a strong record of profitable growth. Due to our rapidly expanding fleet of Airbus A330/A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft, including orders of 58 Airbus A380s and 120 Airbus A350s, we are recruiting experienced and technically proficient First Officers to fly our extensive international route network and progress their careers to Captain.
Emirates will be conducting information sessions in various cities within the US from 4th – 12th December 2007. These sessions will provide more information on Emirates, our selection programme, the benefits of living and working in Dubai and details of our remuneration package. We will be able to review your experience and, if our criteria are met, an invitation to attend a simulator evaluation on-site in the US or a full selection programme in Dubai may be extended (travel fully funded).
Please note that the sessions will begin sharply at the respective times and spouses are welcome to attend.
4th December 2007
Chicago
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Rosemount
1.00pm – 4.30pm
5th December 2007
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Airport Marriott
2020 American Boulevard East
Bloomington
2.00pm – 5.30pm
6th December 2007
Los Angeles
Sheraton Gateway Hotel LA
6101 W. Century Boulevard
LA
2.00pm – 5.30pm
9th December 2007
Houston
Houston Airport Marriot at George Bush Intercontiantal 18700 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Houston
10.00am – 1.30pm
10th December 2007
Atlanta
Renaissance Concourse Hotel
One Hartsfield Centre
Parkway, Atlanta
1.00pm – 4.30pm
11th December 2007
Miami
Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel
3900 NW 21st Street
Miami
2.00pm – 5.30pm
12th December 2007
New York
Crowne Plaza Hotel
JFK Airport
151-20 Baisley Blvd
New York
3.00pm – 6.30pm
We ask you to bring the following items:
Copy of your online application (if available)
Original licence and medical certificate
Verification of flying hours (logbooks or certified statements)
To learn more about Emirates and to apply online, please visit http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com
"Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly." - Mother Theresa
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Scuba_Steve
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Not sure but if you go to there website, and look under careers, they list the requirements..
Try this..
http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/
Try this..
http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/
Requirements for Position of Direct Entry Captain
A minimum of 8,000 hours total flying time
A minimum of 3,000 hours in command of multi-crew, multi-engine jet aircraft in excess of 55 tonnes MTOW
4,000 hours flown in multi-crew, multi-engine jet or turbo prop aircraft with MTOW of 10 tonnes or more, as P1 or P2
Preference will be given to candidates with Boeing EFIS experience who will be eligible to undertake a short transition course
Must be a current Captain
First Officers, qualified as Cruise Captains, do not meet the Direct Entry Captain requirements
ICAO ATPL
English language fluency (written and verbal comprehension)
Requirements for Position of First Officer - A330/
Requirements for Position of First Officer - A330/A340 and B777
A minimum of 4,000 hours total flying time
A minimum of 2,000 hours multi-crew, multi-engined jet aircraft experience
ICAO ATPL
English language fluency (written and verbal comprehension)
Experience commensurate with age
Type rated would be advantageous
A minimum of 8,000 hours total flying time
A minimum of 3,000 hours in command of multi-crew, multi-engine jet aircraft in excess of 55 tonnes MTOW
4,000 hours flown in multi-crew, multi-engine jet or turbo prop aircraft with MTOW of 10 tonnes or more, as P1 or P2
Preference will be given to candidates with Boeing EFIS experience who will be eligible to undertake a short transition course
Must be a current Captain
First Officers, qualified as Cruise Captains, do not meet the Direct Entry Captain requirements
ICAO ATPL
English language fluency (written and verbal comprehension)
Requirements for Position of First Officer - A330/
Requirements for Position of First Officer - A330/A340 and B777
A minimum of 4,000 hours total flying time
A minimum of 2,000 hours multi-crew, multi-engined jet aircraft experience
ICAO ATPL
English language fluency (written and verbal comprehension)
Experience commensurate with age
Type rated would be advantageous
This was all taken from their website..
Short of our Minimum Hours Requirement?
Due to high levels of interest expressed by candidates who are close to our minimum hours requirements, we are pleased to announce that we will now accept and review applications from candidates for First Officer positions who do not yet meet our published minimum hours requirements.
Candidates who are up to 500 hours below total and/or multi-engine jet hours are invited to submit their applications and may be offered the opportunity to attend a selection programme in Dubai. Successful candidates must, however, meet published minimum hours requirements prior to joining.
Direct Entry Captain requirements remain unchanged.
Short of our Minimum Hours Requirement?
Due to high levels of interest expressed by candidates who are close to our minimum hours requirements, we are pleased to announce that we will now accept and review applications from candidates for First Officer positions who do not yet meet our published minimum hours requirements.
Candidates who are up to 500 hours below total and/or multi-engine jet hours are invited to submit their applications and may be offered the opportunity to attend a selection programme in Dubai. Successful candidates must, however, meet published minimum hours requirements prior to joining.
Direct Entry Captain requirements remain unchanged.
Emirates is a great deal IF you are single and without children. If I even float the idea of moving to Dubai (as progressive a city as it is) it will be shot down immediately by my better half!!
But if you're willing to relocate to Dubai it is a sweet deal. I believe Emirates pays for your housing and the government provides free education plus there may be some generous tax benefits on your income. And it is a modern diverse city too.
Now, where's my passport?!?!?!?!?
But if you're willing to relocate to Dubai it is a sweet deal. I believe Emirates pays for your housing and the government provides free education plus there may be some generous tax benefits on your income. And it is a modern diverse city too.
Now, where's my passport?!?!?!?!?
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hawker driver
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Here is something I found on another site.
It paints another picture of life in Dubai.
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The Top 20 Reasons Not to Move to Dubai (in no particular order!)
August 2007
Living in Dubai is not wonderful and glamorous, as many would have you believe. Forget about what you’ve read, seen, and heard; those shiny buildings and manmade islands are all just smoke and mirrors. There are so many things wrong with this place that I have decided to compile a list, a must read if you are considering a potential move to Dubai.
1. There is no standard address system making mail-to-the door delivery impossible. In fact, it makes anything nearly impossible. The taxi driver, here for only two days, and having learned English from old Beatles albums has no clue where your house is. He won’t tell you that of course, he’ll just keep calling and saying, “Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah.” When you purchase something that requires delivery they do not have an address line, but a box where you are expected to draw a map. Not able to draw a map? Explain like this: I live on the street after the airport road, but before the roundabout. Go past the mosque and make a U-turn.
2. The government blocks all web sites that it deems “offensive” to the “religious, moral, and cultural values” of the UAE. That’s hard to swallow for a freedom loving American, but I get it. I do not understand, however, why all VOIP access and related web sites are blocked. I guess the government also takes offense to people inexpensively contacting their families back home. You’re welcome to call using the analog service provided by the government-owned telephone monopoly, but it will cost you a whole lot more. So much so, in fact, your frequency of calls will be greatly diminished if you can afford them at all. The government says VOIP is blocked for security reasons, yet even the residents of communist China and North Korea have access to these inexpensive calls.
3. It is really hot outside. Not Florida in July hot; Hot as if you were locked in a car in Florida in July with sufficient humidity to make it feel as though you are drowning. Hot as in 120 degrees with nearly 100% humidity. Do not look to the wind for relief. This is the equivalent of pointing a hairdryer on full blast directly at your face. Pour fine moon dust-like sand over your head as you do this and you get the picture.
4. There are too few trees, plants, and grass – or living things aside from us crazy humans, for that matter. Ever see a bird pant? I have. In my opinion, human beings were not meant to live in such a place. If we were, there would be sufficient water and shade. The only greenery around are the roadside gardens planted by the government, who waters the hell out of them in the middle of the day. Thanks a lot! Didn’t you say we should cut down on our water consumption because you are unable to keep up with the demand? I have an idea: let’s all move someplace where it’s not 120 degrees outside.
5. This country prides itself so much on its glitz and glamour that it put a picture of its 7-star hotel on the license plate. Yet, the public toilets in the king-of-bling Gold Souk district are holes in the ground with no toilet paper or soap. Hoses to rinse your nether regions, however, are provided. This results in a mass of water on the floor that you must stand in to pee. Try squatting without touching anything and keeping your pants from touching anything either. Oh yeah. It’s 120 degrees in there too.
6. This country encourages businesses to hire people from other poor countries to come here and work. They have them sign contracts that are a decade long and then take their passports. Even though taking passports is supposedly illegal, the government knows it happens and does nothing to enforce the law. These poor people are promised a certain pay, but the companies neglect to tell them they will be deducting their cost of living from their paychecks, leaving them virtually penniless – that is, if they choose to pay them. Companies hold back paychecks for months at a time. When the workers strike as a result, they are jailed. Protesting is illegal, you see (apparently this law IS enforced).
These people will never make enough to buy a ticket home and even if they do, they do not have their passports. They live crammed in portables with tons of others, in highly unsanitary conditions. The kicker: they are building hotels that cost more to stay in for one night than they will make in an entire year. Things are so bad that a number of laborers are willing to throw themselves in front of cars because their death would bring their family affluence in the form of diya, blood money paid to the victim’s family as mandated by the government.
7. Things are not cheaper here. I’m sick of people saying that. I read the letters to the editor page of the paper and people say to those who complain about the cost of living rising here, “Well, it’s cheaper than your home country or you wouldn’t be here.” The only thing cheaper here is labor. Yes, you can have a maid – but a bag of washed lettuce will cost you almost $10.
8. There are traffic cameras everywhere. I consider this cheating. Where are the damn cops? I drove around this city for weeks before I ever even saw a cop. Trust me, they need traffic cops here. People drive like idiots. It’s perfectly okay to turn left from the far right lane, but speeding even just a couple of kilometers over will get you fined. These cameras are placed strategically as you come down hills, or just as the speed limit changes. Before you know it…BAM! Fined. Forget to pay the bill and your car will be impounded..
9. The clothing some of these women wear makes no sense to me. I understand that as part of your religion you are required to dress in a particular way, but a black robe over your jeans and turtleneck and cover your head when it is 120 degrees outside? In the gym some women wear five layers of clothing…sweatpants and t-shits over sweaters with headscarves. Yet the men’s clothing makes absolute sense: white, airy, and nothing underneath but their skivvies.
10. People stare at you. I am sick of being stared at. I’m stared at by men who have never seen a fair-skinned blue-eyed woman before, or who have and think we are all prostitutes so it’s okay to stare. They stare at me when I am fully covered or with my husband, and even follow me around. It’s beyond creepy and has brought me to tears on more than one occasion. The staring is not limited to men, either. I’m stared at angrily by female prostitutes who think I am running in on their territory by having a few drinks with my husband at the bar.
11. Prostitutes? Oh hell yes, there are prostitutes. Tons of them. So, let me get this straight, I can’t look at a naked picture of a person on the Internet in the privacy of my home, but it is okay to go out in public and buy a few for the night?
2. Alcohol can only be sold in hotels and a handful of private clubs. A person must own a liquor license to consume in the privacy of their own home. To obtain a liquor license you must get signed approval from your boss, prove a certain level of salary that determines how much you are allowed to buy, and then submit several mug shots (aka passport photos) for approval. Pay the fee and the additional 30% tax on every purchase and you may drink at home. Then again, you can just pick up a few bottles in the airport duty free on your way in to the country, but two is the max. Why not just drive out to Ajman where it’s a free-for-all and load up the SUV? It’s easy enough, but crossing the Emirates with alcohol is illegal – particularly in the dry emirate of Sharjah, which just happens to lie between Dubai and Ajman. Go figure.
13. Not only do you have to get your boss’s approval to obtain a liquor license, but you must also get the company’s approval to rent property, have a telephone, or get satellite TV.
14. Back to the craziness on the roads: If I see one more kid standing up and waving to me out the back window while flying down the road at 160 kph…whatever happened to seatbelts?
15. When is the weekend again? Let me get this straight: the weekend used to be Thursday and Friday, but no one took off all of Thursday, just a half day really. Now the government says Friday and Saturday are the weekend, but some people only take off Friday, others still take a half day on Thursday, but some might just take a half day on Saturday instead. Anyway you slice it, Sundays are workdays and little business can be accomplished Thursday through Saturday.
16. There are few satellite television operators:. The movie channels play movies that are old and outdated. Many of them went straight to video back in the States. Every sitcom that failed in the US has been purchased and is played here. Old episodes of Knight Rider are advertised like it is the coolest thing since sliced bread. The TV commercials are repeated so often that I am determined NOT to buy anything I see advertised on television here just for thee principle of it. When I say repeated often, I mean every commercial break - sometimes more than once.
17. The roads are horribly designed. Driving ten minutes out of the way to make a U-turn is not uncommon. People are not able to give directions most of the time (remember reason #1), and the maps are little help because most have few road names on them, if any. Where is interchange four? You just have to hope you got on the freeway in the right place and start counting because they are not numbered. Miss it and you’ll likely end up on the other side of town before you are able to turn around and go back.
18. Taxi drivers are dangerous and smell. Taxi drivers work very hard here to earn a living because travel by taxi is still relatively inexpensive, even though the cost of living is not (see reason #7). Because of this you may have a driver who has had little sleep or the opportunity to shower for several days. Many of these drivers have just as much difficulty finding their way around as you do, but add to this a third-world country driving style and extreme exhaustion and, well, remember to buckle up for safety.
19. Speeding is an Emirati sport and Emirates Road is just an extension of the Dubai Autodrome. I know I keep mentioning the roads, but really, much of this city’s issues are encompassed by the erratic and irrational behavior displayed on its streets. Visions of flashing lights on even flashier, limo-tinted SUVs haunt me as I merge on to the highway. Local nationals are somehow able to get the sun-protecting dark window tint denied to us lowly expats and use it to hide their faces as they tailgate you incessantly at unbelievably high speeds, their lights flickering on and off and horn blaring repeatedly. It doesn’t matter that you can’t get over, or if doing so would be particularly dangerous, they will run you off the road to get in front of you. Don’t even think about giving someone the finger; the offense could land you in jail. Tailgating is, unbelievably, legal.
20. Dubai is far from environmentally friendly. Ever wonder how much damage those manmade islands are doing to the delicate ocean ecosystem? Coral reefs, sea grasses, and oyster beds that were once part of protected marine lands lie choked under a barrage of dredged up sea sand. Consider the waste that occurs from erecting buildings on top of these sand monsters and from the people that occupy them coupled with the lack of an effective recycling program and you have an environmental disaster on your hands. Add to this more gas guzzling SUVs than fuel-efficient cars on the road and the need for 24-hour powerful air-conditioning and its evident that the environment is not high on the priority list of the UAE.
So while I’m sure there are benefits to living in Dubai, tax breaks, multi-cultural environments, and beautiful buildings aside, reconsider your plans to move here if any of the above mentioned reasons strikes a chord within you. Dubai is a city caught in an identity crisis. Struggling somewhere between its desire to be a playground for the rich and its adherence to traditional Islamic roots, rests a city that lacks sufficient infrastructure to support its delusions of grandeur. Visit if you must, but leave quickly before you are sucked into its calamitous void.
It paints another picture of life in Dubai.
-------------------------------------------------------------
The Top 20 Reasons Not to Move to Dubai (in no particular order!)
August 2007
Living in Dubai is not wonderful and glamorous, as many would have you believe. Forget about what you’ve read, seen, and heard; those shiny buildings and manmade islands are all just smoke and mirrors. There are so many things wrong with this place that I have decided to compile a list, a must read if you are considering a potential move to Dubai.
1. There is no standard address system making mail-to-the door delivery impossible. In fact, it makes anything nearly impossible. The taxi driver, here for only two days, and having learned English from old Beatles albums has no clue where your house is. He won’t tell you that of course, he’ll just keep calling and saying, “Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah.” When you purchase something that requires delivery they do not have an address line, but a box where you are expected to draw a map. Not able to draw a map? Explain like this: I live on the street after the airport road, but before the roundabout. Go past the mosque and make a U-turn.
2. The government blocks all web sites that it deems “offensive” to the “religious, moral, and cultural values” of the UAE. That’s hard to swallow for a freedom loving American, but I get it. I do not understand, however, why all VOIP access and related web sites are blocked. I guess the government also takes offense to people inexpensively contacting their families back home. You’re welcome to call using the analog service provided by the government-owned telephone monopoly, but it will cost you a whole lot more. So much so, in fact, your frequency of calls will be greatly diminished if you can afford them at all. The government says VOIP is blocked for security reasons, yet even the residents of communist China and North Korea have access to these inexpensive calls.
3. It is really hot outside. Not Florida in July hot; Hot as if you were locked in a car in Florida in July with sufficient humidity to make it feel as though you are drowning. Hot as in 120 degrees with nearly 100% humidity. Do not look to the wind for relief. This is the equivalent of pointing a hairdryer on full blast directly at your face. Pour fine moon dust-like sand over your head as you do this and you get the picture.
4. There are too few trees, plants, and grass – or living things aside from us crazy humans, for that matter. Ever see a bird pant? I have. In my opinion, human beings were not meant to live in such a place. If we were, there would be sufficient water and shade. The only greenery around are the roadside gardens planted by the government, who waters the hell out of them in the middle of the day. Thanks a lot! Didn’t you say we should cut down on our water consumption because you are unable to keep up with the demand? I have an idea: let’s all move someplace where it’s not 120 degrees outside.
5. This country prides itself so much on its glitz and glamour that it put a picture of its 7-star hotel on the license plate. Yet, the public toilets in the king-of-bling Gold Souk district are holes in the ground with no toilet paper or soap. Hoses to rinse your nether regions, however, are provided. This results in a mass of water on the floor that you must stand in to pee. Try squatting without touching anything and keeping your pants from touching anything either. Oh yeah. It’s 120 degrees in there too.
6. This country encourages businesses to hire people from other poor countries to come here and work. They have them sign contracts that are a decade long and then take their passports. Even though taking passports is supposedly illegal, the government knows it happens and does nothing to enforce the law. These poor people are promised a certain pay, but the companies neglect to tell them they will be deducting their cost of living from their paychecks, leaving them virtually penniless – that is, if they choose to pay them. Companies hold back paychecks for months at a time. When the workers strike as a result, they are jailed. Protesting is illegal, you see (apparently this law IS enforced).
These people will never make enough to buy a ticket home and even if they do, they do not have their passports. They live crammed in portables with tons of others, in highly unsanitary conditions. The kicker: they are building hotels that cost more to stay in for one night than they will make in an entire year. Things are so bad that a number of laborers are willing to throw themselves in front of cars because their death would bring their family affluence in the form of diya, blood money paid to the victim’s family as mandated by the government.
7. Things are not cheaper here. I’m sick of people saying that. I read the letters to the editor page of the paper and people say to those who complain about the cost of living rising here, “Well, it’s cheaper than your home country or you wouldn’t be here.” The only thing cheaper here is labor. Yes, you can have a maid – but a bag of washed lettuce will cost you almost $10.
8. There are traffic cameras everywhere. I consider this cheating. Where are the damn cops? I drove around this city for weeks before I ever even saw a cop. Trust me, they need traffic cops here. People drive like idiots. It’s perfectly okay to turn left from the far right lane, but speeding even just a couple of kilometers over will get you fined. These cameras are placed strategically as you come down hills, or just as the speed limit changes. Before you know it…BAM! Fined. Forget to pay the bill and your car will be impounded..
9. The clothing some of these women wear makes no sense to me. I understand that as part of your religion you are required to dress in a particular way, but a black robe over your jeans and turtleneck and cover your head when it is 120 degrees outside? In the gym some women wear five layers of clothing…sweatpants and t-shits over sweaters with headscarves. Yet the men’s clothing makes absolute sense: white, airy, and nothing underneath but their skivvies.
10. People stare at you. I am sick of being stared at. I’m stared at by men who have never seen a fair-skinned blue-eyed woman before, or who have and think we are all prostitutes so it’s okay to stare. They stare at me when I am fully covered or with my husband, and even follow me around. It’s beyond creepy and has brought me to tears on more than one occasion. The staring is not limited to men, either. I’m stared at angrily by female prostitutes who think I am running in on their territory by having a few drinks with my husband at the bar.
11. Prostitutes? Oh hell yes, there are prostitutes. Tons of them. So, let me get this straight, I can’t look at a naked picture of a person on the Internet in the privacy of my home, but it is okay to go out in public and buy a few for the night?
2. Alcohol can only be sold in hotels and a handful of private clubs. A person must own a liquor license to consume in the privacy of their own home. To obtain a liquor license you must get signed approval from your boss, prove a certain level of salary that determines how much you are allowed to buy, and then submit several mug shots (aka passport photos) for approval. Pay the fee and the additional 30% tax on every purchase and you may drink at home. Then again, you can just pick up a few bottles in the airport duty free on your way in to the country, but two is the max. Why not just drive out to Ajman where it’s a free-for-all and load up the SUV? It’s easy enough, but crossing the Emirates with alcohol is illegal – particularly in the dry emirate of Sharjah, which just happens to lie between Dubai and Ajman. Go figure.
13. Not only do you have to get your boss’s approval to obtain a liquor license, but you must also get the company’s approval to rent property, have a telephone, or get satellite TV.
14. Back to the craziness on the roads: If I see one more kid standing up and waving to me out the back window while flying down the road at 160 kph…whatever happened to seatbelts?
15. When is the weekend again? Let me get this straight: the weekend used to be Thursday and Friday, but no one took off all of Thursday, just a half day really. Now the government says Friday and Saturday are the weekend, but some people only take off Friday, others still take a half day on Thursday, but some might just take a half day on Saturday instead. Anyway you slice it, Sundays are workdays and little business can be accomplished Thursday through Saturday.
16. There are few satellite television operators:. The movie channels play movies that are old and outdated. Many of them went straight to video back in the States. Every sitcom that failed in the US has been purchased and is played here. Old episodes of Knight Rider are advertised like it is the coolest thing since sliced bread. The TV commercials are repeated so often that I am determined NOT to buy anything I see advertised on television here just for thee principle of it. When I say repeated often, I mean every commercial break - sometimes more than once.
17. The roads are horribly designed. Driving ten minutes out of the way to make a U-turn is not uncommon. People are not able to give directions most of the time (remember reason #1), and the maps are little help because most have few road names on them, if any. Where is interchange four? You just have to hope you got on the freeway in the right place and start counting because they are not numbered. Miss it and you’ll likely end up on the other side of town before you are able to turn around and go back.
18. Taxi drivers are dangerous and smell. Taxi drivers work very hard here to earn a living because travel by taxi is still relatively inexpensive, even though the cost of living is not (see reason #7). Because of this you may have a driver who has had little sleep or the opportunity to shower for several days. Many of these drivers have just as much difficulty finding their way around as you do, but add to this a third-world country driving style and extreme exhaustion and, well, remember to buckle up for safety.
19. Speeding is an Emirati sport and Emirates Road is just an extension of the Dubai Autodrome. I know I keep mentioning the roads, but really, much of this city’s issues are encompassed by the erratic and irrational behavior displayed on its streets. Visions of flashing lights on even flashier, limo-tinted SUVs haunt me as I merge on to the highway. Local nationals are somehow able to get the sun-protecting dark window tint denied to us lowly expats and use it to hide their faces as they tailgate you incessantly at unbelievably high speeds, their lights flickering on and off and horn blaring repeatedly. It doesn’t matter that you can’t get over, or if doing so would be particularly dangerous, they will run you off the road to get in front of you. Don’t even think about giving someone the finger; the offense could land you in jail. Tailgating is, unbelievably, legal.
20. Dubai is far from environmentally friendly. Ever wonder how much damage those manmade islands are doing to the delicate ocean ecosystem? Coral reefs, sea grasses, and oyster beds that were once part of protected marine lands lie choked under a barrage of dredged up sea sand. Consider the waste that occurs from erecting buildings on top of these sand monsters and from the people that occupy them coupled with the lack of an effective recycling program and you have an environmental disaster on your hands. Add to this more gas guzzling SUVs than fuel-efficient cars on the road and the need for 24-hour powerful air-conditioning and its evident that the environment is not high on the priority list of the UAE.
So while I’m sure there are benefits to living in Dubai, tax breaks, multi-cultural environments, and beautiful buildings aside, reconsider your plans to move here if any of the above mentioned reasons strikes a chord within you. Dubai is a city caught in an identity crisis. Struggling somewhere between its desire to be a playground for the rich and its adherence to traditional Islamic roots, rests a city that lacks sufficient infrastructure to support its delusions of grandeur. Visit if you must, but leave quickly before you are sucked into its calamitous void.
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sprucemonkey
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Regarding the top 20 reasons not to live in Dubai. It sounds like the author had never been out of the USA before. The "problems" that she lists are not unique to Dubai and anyone that would have researched the country, culture and expectations would not have been surprised at anything mentioned. No sympathy for the ignorant.
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hawker driver
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Is this woman serious about those reasons...
If you really read what she is saying she sounds like a moron.
1 - I have to pick up my mail
2 - I can't surf porn
3 - It's hot
4 - There aren't enough plants and then... They waste water on plants.
5 - Public toilets are shitty.
6 - Immigrant labourers are treated poorly.
7 - Things aren't cheaper.
8 - I got a photo radar ticket.
9 - I don't get the way they dress.
10- People think I look like a whore.
11- There are whores.
12- Booze is regulated. (That does suck... but my buddy who was in Dubai last month didn't see this)
13- Red tape.
14- Drivers suck.
15- I have to work on Sunday.
16- Not enough TV variety.
17- I get lost.
18- Taxi drivers smell.
19- Drivers suck.
20- They drive SUVs, and don't care about the enviroment...
What a loser... Why did she spend 15 years there if it was so bad? Pretty petty when you break it down and problems that are shared by most of the world...
If you really read what she is saying she sounds like a moron.
1 - I have to pick up my mail
2 - I can't surf porn
3 - It's hot
4 - There aren't enough plants and then... They waste water on plants.
5 - Public toilets are shitty.
6 - Immigrant labourers are treated poorly.
7 - Things aren't cheaper.
8 - I got a photo radar ticket.
9 - I don't get the way they dress.
10- People think I look like a whore.
11- There are whores.
12- Booze is regulated. (That does suck... but my buddy who was in Dubai last month didn't see this)
13- Red tape.
14- Drivers suck.
15- I have to work on Sunday.
16- Not enough TV variety.
17- I get lost.
18- Taxi drivers smell.
19- Drivers suck.
20- They drive SUVs, and don't care about the enviroment...
What a loser... Why did she spend 15 years there if it was so bad? Pretty petty when you break it down and problems that are shared by most of the world...
That's the best summary ever!!!
Really, I can make a complaint list twice as long for a Canadian city such as Toronto.
It's all about perspective. If you don't like your surroundings, start packing.
One thing I would be concerned about is the present high inflation in Dubai. When local inflation creates a hole in my pocket, it gets my attention.
Really, I can make a complaint list twice as long for a Canadian city such as Toronto.
It's all about perspective. If you don't like your surroundings, start packing.
One thing I would be concerned about is the present high inflation in Dubai. When local inflation creates a hole in my pocket, it gets my attention.
No wonder Avcanada's forums are quite often filled with useless information. Someone like Hawker Driver tries to post a few helpful pieces about the conditions in Dubai and everyone starts blasting her instead of thanking her for her advice. It's just her opinion so if you don't like it, don't listen to it.
Sorry 1900guy but I'm in agreement with the majority on this one. As the summery points out, which I got a good laugh at, most of the complaints listed are very petty and things that anyone in the world could complain about if they are inclined. Also this is written by a woman. What a surpise a woman didn't enjoy living in an islamic state!! Alot of places in the middle-east and asia treat woman like dogs and most reasonable females would want nothing to do with such a place.
However, I would also agree that dubai is certainly no paradise and it would take a certain person to be able to head over there and fit in and enjoy themselves. With massive inflation, totalitarian rule, pollution, endless construction, unstable real estate market, and vast polarization between rich and poor, makes dubai a place less then disired. Unless your looking for quick cash. To answer ei ei owe: the figures that I have are 8k/month for an F/O and around 13k/month for captians US dollars and tax-free. Disclaimer - these figures are from second-hand source and does not take into account actual values in todays dollars and possible inflation and exchange rates and all that economist mumbo-jumbo.
However, I would also agree that dubai is certainly no paradise and it would take a certain person to be able to head over there and fit in and enjoy themselves. With massive inflation, totalitarian rule, pollution, endless construction, unstable real estate market, and vast polarization between rich and poor, makes dubai a place less then disired. Unless your looking for quick cash. To answer ei ei owe: the figures that I have are 8k/month for an F/O and around 13k/month for captians US dollars and tax-free. Disclaimer - these figures are from second-hand source and does not take into account actual values in todays dollars and possible inflation and exchange rates and all that economist mumbo-jumbo.
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First of all I am not a woman.
Second, I did not write the list.
Third, I have never been to Dubai.
Fourth, I have no reason to want to go there or stop anyone from going there.
Fifth, I thought that it was interesting to read about someone's opposite point of view about life in Dubai.
Sixth, The only way you can form an objective opinion on a subject is to get as much information as you can from all points of view.
Most people on this site are here to get information or give information relating to aviation. I have received lots of information from this web site which I would not have been able to find anywhere else and I would encourage others to keep posting regardless of the view of a few.
Second, I did not write the list.
Third, I have never been to Dubai.
Fourth, I have no reason to want to go there or stop anyone from going there.
Fifth, I thought that it was interesting to read about someone's opposite point of view about life in Dubai.
Sixth, The only way you can form an objective opinion on a subject is to get as much information as you can from all points of view.
Most people on this site are here to get information or give information relating to aviation. I have received lots of information from this web site which I would not have been able to find anywhere else and I would encourage others to keep posting regardless of the view of a few.
The best thing about Dubai....
(people that have been there second me)
The "Rattle Snake" bar and grill on the Shiek Zaied Road (sp?)
If you have been t here,,,, you know what Im talking about.
This is the bar right beside the Skybar in the Metropolitain Hotel....
I have pictures if you like.......
(people that have been there second me)
The "Rattle Snake" bar and grill on the Shiek Zaied Road (sp?)
If you have been t here,,,, you know what Im talking about.
This is the bar right beside the Skybar in the Metropolitain Hotel....
I have pictures if you like.......
That piece was probably written long ago.
The Gulf is an easy place to live. Lots of Canadian's living there and flying there. We did it for three years. It was great. My kids miss it more than they missed Canada. We had a house boy. Got my car hand washed twice a week for $27 a month. We had a pool surrounded by palm trees and flowers.
I don't think they are shoveling snow this week.
The Gulf is an easy place to live. Lots of Canadian's living there and flying there. We did it for three years. It was great. My kids miss it more than they missed Canada. We had a house boy. Got my car hand washed twice a week for $27 a month. We had a pool surrounded by palm trees and flowers.
I don't think they are shoveling snow this week.
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