Documents to prepare for your departure

 

This list of documents is diff erent from airline to airline, but most will include the following:

 

• Your highest education diploma in original and copies

 

• Copy of your birth certificate

 

• Copies of the birth certificates of your siblings (the mother and father name should be mentioned on it).

• Passport copies for all your immediate family (parents, siblings, spouse, children, as applicable).

• The original medical forms, reports and X-rays

• Passport photographs (the number and specifications for each airline are diff erent, you will receive the details in your successful candidate email). They will be used for Civil

 

Aviation Authority, Immigration Department, your staff ID, etc.

 

All the documents will be placed in your HR file.

 

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Chapter 3 - Off you go!

 

Family and friends

 

Telling your family and friends that you will be relocating to another country is one of the toughest things you have to do. You are about to embark on exploring unknown territory. You will always have people supporting you and people who will not agree with your choice.

 

There will be goodbye parties, tears and promises to keep in touch and come back home whenever you can or have friends visiting you as soon as possible.

 

I met a girl who was successful on her interview, but her boyfriend was against the move. She wanted to save the relationship and declined the job. She regretted every day her decision and eventually the relationship ended and she had to restart the entire process of becoming a flight attendant.

 

You will have friends you will lose contact with. This is a normal part of the process, but not the easiest. Being present on a daily basis and being able to participate in each other's life events is important.

 

You will also find new friends where you go - you will share your new apartment with somebody else, have batch-mates and meet with new people on flights every day.

 

The people who truly love you, will respect your decision and support you all the way.

 

Create a Skype account and make a commitment to keep in touch with your loved ones.

 

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What to pack

 

You will be given 60kg joining cargo allowance. It sounds a lot, but it really isn't. Women tend to have more problems than men to pack realistically. Bellow you will find a sample list of stuff to pack. Bear in mind that you are not going on a deserted island and there will be shops to buy your daily essentials from. Do not pack shampoo, soap or food. Also, do not pack your winter clothes. You are going to extreme heat.

 

Let's start first with what you will be provided by the airline in your new apartment:

 

✓ furniture

✓ bed-sheets, pillows and duvet

 

✓ fully equipped kitchen, including utensils, pots and pans ✓ TV set

 

✓ washing machine and dryer

 

The list below covers the minimum items. You will need outfits to go through the first weeks of training until you receive your uniform. Think business attire, similar to the outfit you wore for your final interview.

 

Before you start packing, be reminded that you are going to a Muslim country. You are expected to dress conservatively. Do not take with you revealing clothing such as very short dresses or skirts, see-through items or deep cleavage tops.

 

• 1 suit in a dark color

 

• 5 shirts

 

• 1 dark shoes (closed pattern)

• 1 jeans

 

• 1 linen pants or other easy fabric

 

• 5-10 tops

• 1 casual jacket

 

 

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• 1 casual shoes

 

• 1 sandals or flip flops

 

• 1 elegant outfit (for going out)

 

• undergarments

 

• socks/pantyhose

 

• gym clothes

 

• swimming suit

 

• PJs

 

• 1-2 towels

 

• hair accessories (hair dryer, brush, comb, clips and pins)

 

• skin accessories (shaver, creams, make-up)

 

• mobile phone (make sure that it is not blocked to work only on the network in your home country)

 

• laptop, ipod and other electronics

 

• chargers

 

• dictionary (english-your language. You will thank me during the training)

 

***Some airlines are specific about what they want you to wear during

 

training:

 

Ladies

 

Black skirt suit with white shirt, skin colored pantyhose and black

 

shoes.

 

Men

 

Black suit with white shirt and black tie, black shoes.

 

 

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New place called home

 

When traveling to your new base, you might be given a chance to fly with the airline which hired you. You will observe the crew and be blown away by the amazing product that is available for the customers. You will soon be delivering the same fantastic service. Tell the crew that you are a new-joiner. They will be very happy to welcome you and already give you some tips about the city, accommodation or training.

 

Once you arrive, you will have to clear the immigration and pick up your luggage. An airline representative will be waiting for you with a welcome package. You will get all the information about what will happen in the next days, when your training will start and when you will get the first meeting with the rest of your colleagues. You will also receive a sim card with a number that you can start using right away.

 

You will be driven to your accommodation. This may be a hotel, a temporary accommodation or the accommodation where you will live permanently.

 

There will be a lot to take in, but if you still have the energy, take a tour and explore your new neighborhood.

 

The next few days will be hectic. You will go through the medical examination, uniform fitting, paperwork filling, meeting your colleagues and trying to figure out what is happening. It will get better soon.: )

 

 

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The training

 

Once you cleared the medical examination which takes place in the first day at the training academy, you will start the AB-Initio Training (Airline Basics Initiation Training)

 

This training is designed for the fleet you were assigned to. It will consist of familiarization with the safety and security procedures of the airline, first aid and service training.

 

You will be participating in this training together with 10-12 other new cabin crew. Together you will have a batch number, and refer to each other as batch-mates.

 

The training is similar in all middle eastern airlines. The safety training is in compliance with the national Civil Aviation Authority and specially designed for each airline and each aircraft.

Here are some of the modules that you will go through:

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