Dubai’s Emirates to hire 3,800 new cabin crew

Rosette Tuesday, 20 March 2012 10:44 AM - Uganda

emirates is a really good airline but how come countries in Africa are not recruited in like Uganda

john a. Wednesday, 14 March 2012 8:21 PM - philippines

I hope its not that hard to apply online again... and will just receive a reply that you are not qualified... good luck to everybody..

Non-Muslim Wednesday, 14 March 2012 5:52 PM - Non-Gulf

OK, 3,800 is the given figure.

Does EK give a breakdown of how many of these 3,800 are replacing those leaving (for wahtever reason), and how many of these 3,800 are actually additional cabin crew positions to fulfil the requirements for the fleet enlargement resp. network enlargement?

SAM Wednesday, 14 March 2012 1:57 PM - UAE

Emirates is a proftable world class organization that has been extremely successful in the past and will continue to do so, due to a seasoned management team; obviously they have been doing something right! The addition of more routes and the hiring of 3,800 new cabin crew is a great achievement, given the status of the world economy and in one way or another, this will give a boost to the economy of the UAE. As to hiring of locals, I have faith that management will handle this issue just fine.

jojo mijala Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:58 AM - Saudi Arabia

Emiratis should be proud of Emirates Airlines. It is not humiliating to work in any kind of work when you do work honestly. They should change their work attitudes. They complain of not enough job opening for the locals but when you give them these kind of opportunities they complain. What sort of work to they want. If you want to reach the top of any job, you should start from the bottom. Even if one has a PhD, or Master's degree it would not be humiliating to start work from the bottom. You cannot flaunt your diploma or certificate to any body and say hey I got this PhD or Master's degree certificate and I expect to be given a top managerial position. Theory is different from practice. Learn from the expats that are working in your country.

emad Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:16 AM - U.A.E

Greetings all,

Not all Emaraties are the same and looking for only a management position as in all countries you will find this and that, plus any Emarati given a chance to work on board the Emirates airlines would be an honour to do so.
the main reason is that the salaries for the Locals are way much higher than their colleges of other nationalities, and that's one of the main reasons in my opinion why they do not accept them in the first place, As if you offer this job to any expatriate for example monthly total salary for 10 k then the Emaraties would expect to paid 20k min and that would not fit in the airlines budget , I mean as a business.

Sam Friday, 16 March 2012 11:41 PM - UAE

thats not true emad !
Emirates Airlines have an allowance called a *UAE National Allowance* as part of the locals salary. This always ensures that the locals get the better salary.

Grant Holt Tuesday, 13 March 2012 9:51 PM - UAE

Surely all these jobs should go to the unemployed locals who complain of no jobs suitable jobs.

The most famous of local enterprises, where hard work an aptitude can ensure promotion.

Why bring in expats? Groom the stars of the future from within the country.

Mirror Wednesday, 14 March 2012 12:58 PM - UAE

I agreed with David. The pay scale in Emirates is far behind local work force expectations and who would want to work in odd hours (I mean not usual hours like managerial time).

leo50 Wednesday, 14 March 2012 10:28 AM - uae

ROFL..

David Wednesday, 14 March 2012 7:57 AM - UAE

Locals want management positions only, this job is considered too menial for them. Besides that, their salary expectations are ten times what Emirates will pay.

Dave Tuesday, 13 March 2012 2:47 PM - UAE

Major problem with staff retention?? How much does it cost to keep recruiting in those numbers, especially with regards to training etc?

Anonymous Tuesday, 13 March 2012 6:18 PM - Dubai

Does Emirates offer maternity leave yet? My wife was with Emirates for 10 years but left 4 years ago when we started a family. She was a Purser...Emirates lost her experience because of not offering a 21st century benefit.

I fly with Emirates regularly and the service is not the same as 5+ years ago. I would say staff retention is a major issue.