Dose anybody work for emirates as cabin crew ????

My sister does and my cousin is a Captain on the 777. Why?

My wife is considering a change in carrer when we move to Perth and has always wanted to work as cabin crew. We've had a look at the emirates site and it appears that you need to be based from Dubai. Is this true or could she be based in perth ? Any info would be great

Emirates have a highly centralised operation and Dubai is their only crew base. The only options for a Perth base would be one of the regional domestic operators.

Ahh flying!!!

Love flying, I am doing my PPL in the UK... After that I need to decide what to do with regards to my flying training...

Im doing a Law degree hence why I can't proceed with the flying, PPL level study is ok, now ATPL would be too much to study together with Law, would fry my brain ... So PPL for now will do...

I have a couple of friends who are Cabin Crew maybe they can help, but being based in Perth don't think there will be many opportunities (unless regional flying like HCJ mentioned)

Maybe Qantas long haul flying would be an option? This would probably involve some commuting around bases in OZ to Perth...

CPL before ATPL, surely. I'd stick with the law. Aviation = great job, shit career.

That is something I will have to consider, flying is great (depending which airline you fly for) although the industry is not what it use to be before.

Ideally would like try to combine Law with Flying although very difficult unless one does instruction at weekends purely for pleasure has there is hardly any money instructing.

The best would be to fly for a big name but then again competition is high, we'll see how it goes...

Why not mix aviation and law and work for one of the airlines at the corporate level?

That's the opposite of my experience. I was an instructor on the Hercules in the RAF and then went to a 'big name' where my experience counted for nothing and I was way down the seniority list. It was obvious there were too many old farts and bed blockers suckling at the corporate teat for me to get my command before about 15 years. I moved to a smaller operator, got my command rating quickly then moved back to one of the majors as a direct entry Captain.

Because lawyers cost more than pilots so the airlines want them doing law full time. There are management pilots that combine flying and 'work' in the office but I've never see or heard of anybody doing it as legal counsel.

Great advise HCJ! It's good to have advise for experienced pilots and who knows both sides of the coin.

That is another option to consider Dorothy, thank you.

Here is some pics I take sometimes when I go flying:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/Dsc00771.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...on/Holding.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Stapleford.jpg

And this one was taken by a captain friend of mine:

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I suggested it because when I was younger I couldn't decide if I wanted to do law or medicine. I saw that Dalhousie (Canada) has/had a law program where you could specialise in medical law. I always though it sounded like the perfect compromise. I wanted to work for one of the provincial medical licencing boards as a disciplinary action prosecutor but life intervened and I couldn't afford to do either. Oh well, que sera sera.

Emirates do not employ married cabin crew - they have to be single when taken on. If they get married once in the job that's ok.

All aircrew are Dubai based. They do not have any crew bases outside of Dubai, despite consistant recommendations to do otherwise.

What about the new Virgin low cost airline which is being set up down there, going to the US and Far East? I can't remember what it's called but it was on OZ Sky News a couple of weeks ago I think.

is it Jetstar?