I'm still at the hotel waiting for our 3.05am wake up call, we're getting picked up at 4am so still got abit of time to rest. The flight over here went pretty qick, we had our pre flight briefing as usual, it was great seeing Katie there who me ad Adam had met a few before at a brunch, she's lovely to be around. After the first service we got to go to the crew rest compartment for 4 hours sleep, it's quite nice there's beds and tv's, went straight to sleep :) Woke up, brushed my teeth, reapplyed my make up and did my hair again, looked quite fresh, surprised myself!! We then answered call bells and chatted to passengers that came to the galley. The other half of the crew had rest and we then did the last service. I'm getting quicker at doing the bar now :)
We arrived in Sydney around 22.30, Katie asked me if fancied going out with her and her friends that she knows from here so I quickly got changed into jeans and pumps, very casual, if I would have known where we were going I would have brought a dress for the occasion!! Her friends picked us up and we went to a birthday party in a private venue where the security guard looked us 4 up and down like we were dirt or something, anyway got a vodka red bull, then we drove to the Ivy Lounge which is the most pretentious place I have ever been to in all my life!!! Members pay over $110000 per year to be able to get in, apparently one of Katie's friends knew someone having another birthday in the penthouse, it's impossible to get in if you don't know someone or if you're not wearing Chanel! The security wasn't keen to let us in, Steward called his friend inside and he let the 2 guys in and his girlfriend didn't want me and Katie to get in!! haha Snobby tart lol We got in eventually, I felt slightly out of place wearing jeans and pumps but it was ok. We sat at the bar for over half an hour and the barman was blatanly ignoring us, he then sat on the coach with no drink and about an hour later the barman came and said that he wanted to apologise for ignoring us as he though we were randoms that had managed to get through security so he had been told not to serve us!!! Prentious Assshole.
After that we went to one ofthe girls mum and dads houses in the most exopensive area of Sydney, they own a $17 million dollar mansion, it was like something from Gossip Girl haha We sat outside and chatted, the views were amazing, we could see the Harbour Bridge from their kitchen balcony! Wish Adam could have been there to see it. Chatted to the rich girls who were all snorting cocaine, classy...not!
They seeemd so unhappy it was so sad to hear, they told me about how their mum and dads were divorced because of affairs, one girl got pregnant after 1 month of dating someone and she was treating him likke shit the whole night and if me and Katie chatted to him, she would stare over at us as if she was worried something might happen. We stayed there and had some wine until the sun came up around 6.30am, headed back to the hotel and Katie stayed out. Woke up at 4pm and watched Sex and the City on tv :) Me ad Katie went for a lovely walk around the Harbour bridge, it reminded me of when I was here 4 years ago, things have changed so much, feel happy to have found someone to love and to love me back and I really wish I could show Adam all these amazing places too.
We went to McDonalds and I had Fish burger the apple pie and ice cream yum..
Feeling very sad right now, gets very lonely on layovers, wish I could see one of my friends or family here. The flight back will be long, 15 hours, not looking forward to it but I am looking forward to sleeing in my own bed.
It's 2.09am here and I feel ok, had quite a bit of sleep before so will start to get ready soon. Called Adam earlier for 6 minutes and it cost me $78!! Which is about 30 quid, thieves!!! Won't do that again lol Can see myself being cabin crew for my 3 year contract then I have decided to be a nurse, lov caring for people, think i would be good at looking after poorly people. Will start looking into degrees in Dubai. I'm back in Sydney in a few weeks so I'm going to see the Blue Mountains, Adam went there when he was here and said it was beautiful.
Have to start getting ready now, wonder if anything interesting will happen on the flight back?
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
My first layover in Frankfurt...
It's been a few days since I got back and a lot has happened since but I can remember how nice it was nice to stand in the cold and the trees!! Those who live in Dubai will understand and the rest of you will probably think I've gone crazy.
The day always starts by checking in our bags at the airport, we go to the briefing room, meet the crew, we have to answer a safe talk question ( if you get it wrong they ask you another one, if get that one wrong, you are offloaded and not allowed to fly!! ), the questions can be about anything...for example first aid or safety. On my first ever flight to Pakistan, I got my question completely wrong!! They asked me what medication I would administer for someone suffering from hyperglycaemia ( which is a condition diabetic people suffer from ), I answered Epipen which is an injection used to cure a severe allergic reaction!! haha what a retard!!They let me off and asked me another one which I got right, I was so nervous.
The flight wasn't very busy, it was great to be able to speak German again, I managed to ask the passengers what they would like to drink and eat :) I probably would have struggled in there was an emergency though!
The crew were lovely, I met a really nice girl called Krysta from Canada, she helped me during the flight when I didn't know where something was or how to do something. She loves photography too so hopefully we will fly together again and have a photography day. The service of drinks and food is different to how we learn it in training college, they teach us to build rapport with passengers and take time to chat, it is so difficult to do that on flights. The crew always tell me to hurry up with the service but it annoys me because I believe a few words exchanged with a passenger will probably make them choose Emirates again rather than just treating them like a number. So, when possible, I always to take time to have a little chat with a few passengers, normally the older ones as they are always so happy to be spoken too :)
We arrived in Frankfurt in the evening and I was amazed at the hotel, it was gorgeous! My room was so cosy, comfortable with a massive TV :) I slept for a few hours then showered and met Kristina ( Swedish ) and Peter ( Australian ) for dinner, I had a nice pint of German beer and a pizza. They had Schnitzel. I have decided to be vegetarian by the way, I have never been a keen meat eater and I just feel so sorry for the animals over here, they are treated so badly and it makes me feel bad eating them. I feel so much healthier in myself since no more animal fat is clogging my arteries, I respect anyone who chooses to eat meat though, don't get me wrong. Adam ( my boyfriend ) loves a massive burger :)
I still eat fish though.
The next day, I got up early and met some of the crew for breakfast, it was all you can eat buffet :) had a cooked breakfast, pancakes, fruit, tea and juice ( greedy I know! ). Then I went for a long walk to the shops through a lovely park, bought some chocolate and wine. It was so lovely to be out in the fresh air, in Dubai, because of all the construction, it's very dusty and everywhere is air conditioned, so being in Europe was lovely.
The plane was full on the way back, I had a nice man in my cabin, he was a skywards member ( frequent flyer ) so I made an effort to find out his name and anticipate his needs etc...I gave him a feedback form to fill in ( we have to give out 3 per flight ) and this is what he wrote....'Today i had a great flight I was in Economy but was treated like in business thanks to crew member Rebecca. She was always very helpful and prompt, and her dedication to good service made the flight extremely good for me. Thanks to Emirates and their choice of excellent staff' How good is that!!
So happy, it's great that our cabin crew manager will get a copy of it too :)
The service went well, enjoyed the flight back, exchanged numbers with Krysta.It's a shame that I didn't have a camera on this layover.
Air plane food is so addictive!! I ate about 5 meals on the way back!! I was chatted to some of the crew who told me that they'd put on over 5 kilos in their fist year of flying!! So, the next day after my layover I went to the gym, then went for a massive walk. All in all, I really enjoyed my first layover, wish I would have gone sightseeing but didn't have a camera and it was raining really heavily, I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to go again sometime :)
The day always starts by checking in our bags at the airport, we go to the briefing room, meet the crew, we have to answer a safe talk question ( if you get it wrong they ask you another one, if get that one wrong, you are offloaded and not allowed to fly!! ), the questions can be about anything...for example first aid or safety. On my first ever flight to Pakistan, I got my question completely wrong!! They asked me what medication I would administer for someone suffering from hyperglycaemia ( which is a condition diabetic people suffer from ), I answered Epipen which is an injection used to cure a severe allergic reaction!! haha what a retard!!They let me off and asked me another one which I got right, I was so nervous.
The flight wasn't very busy, it was great to be able to speak German again, I managed to ask the passengers what they would like to drink and eat :) I probably would have struggled in there was an emergency though!
The crew were lovely, I met a really nice girl called Krysta from Canada, she helped me during the flight when I didn't know where something was or how to do something. She loves photography too so hopefully we will fly together again and have a photography day. The service of drinks and food is different to how we learn it in training college, they teach us to build rapport with passengers and take time to chat, it is so difficult to do that on flights. The crew always tell me to hurry up with the service but it annoys me because I believe a few words exchanged with a passenger will probably make them choose Emirates again rather than just treating them like a number. So, when possible, I always to take time to have a little chat with a few passengers, normally the older ones as they are always so happy to be spoken too :)
We arrived in Frankfurt in the evening and I was amazed at the hotel, it was gorgeous! My room was so cosy, comfortable with a massive TV :) I slept for a few hours then showered and met Kristina ( Swedish ) and Peter ( Australian ) for dinner, I had a nice pint of German beer and a pizza. They had Schnitzel. I have decided to be vegetarian by the way, I have never been a keen meat eater and I just feel so sorry for the animals over here, they are treated so badly and it makes me feel bad eating them. I feel so much healthier in myself since no more animal fat is clogging my arteries, I respect anyone who chooses to eat meat though, don't get me wrong. Adam ( my boyfriend ) loves a massive burger :)
I still eat fish though.
The next day, I got up early and met some of the crew for breakfast, it was all you can eat buffet :) had a cooked breakfast, pancakes, fruit, tea and juice ( greedy I know! ). Then I went for a long walk to the shops through a lovely park, bought some chocolate and wine. It was so lovely to be out in the fresh air, in Dubai, because of all the construction, it's very dusty and everywhere is air conditioned, so being in Europe was lovely.
The plane was full on the way back, I had a nice man in my cabin, he was a skywards member ( frequent flyer ) so I made an effort to find out his name and anticipate his needs etc...I gave him a feedback form to fill in ( we have to give out 3 per flight ) and this is what he wrote....'Today i had a great flight I was in Economy but was treated like in business thanks to crew member Rebecca. She was always very helpful and prompt, and her dedication to good service made the flight extremely good for me. Thanks to Emirates and their choice of excellent staff' How good is that!!
So happy, it's great that our cabin crew manager will get a copy of it too :)
The service went well, enjoyed the flight back, exchanged numbers with Krysta.It's a shame that I didn't have a camera on this layover.
Air plane food is so addictive!! I ate about 5 meals on the way back!! I was chatted to some of the crew who told me that they'd put on over 5 kilos in their fist year of flying!! So, the next day after my layover I went to the gym, then went for a massive walk. All in all, I really enjoyed my first layover, wish I would have gone sightseeing but didn't have a camera and it was raining really heavily, I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to go again sometime :)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
I got the job!!!!!!!!!!!
I know that I've missed quite of few of the important events out, like the assessment day and the interview but this is the most important part....about a week ago, I got a phone call telling me that I had been successful!!!!!!!!! I cried and found it hard to breathe for a few minutes cause of the excitment, I've calmed down now! So I leave the UK on March 22nd, which is exactly 6 months after I applied for the job, long process! I will write all about the assessment day tomorrow......
Got lots to tell! xxxx
Got lots to tell! xxxx
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I have received my invite!!!!!!
I can't believe it!!! I'm so happy!! It's on Feb 9th at the Holiday Inn in Kensington, got lots more reading about Emirates to do!!!
I will prob stay at the hotel the night before so I'm nice and fresh in the morning and not rushing to get there on time. Looks lovely :)
If I'm successful at the assessment day, the interviews are held on the 10th and 11th, hope it all goes well! Will keep you updated!! xx
I will prob stay at the hotel the night before so I'm nice and fresh in the morning and not rushing to get there on time. Looks lovely :)
If I'm successful at the assessment day, the interviews are held on the 10th and 11th, hope it all goes well! Will keep you updated!! xx
Saturday, January 2, 2010
It must be fate.......
It's been approx 12 days since I sent off my online application, no reply yet :(
However, something happened which I though was very strange seeing that I'm travelling around around Australia and have been for 12 months....
I went shopping the other day and reached into my purse to find a $1 coin, I saw a silver coin in there which is wierd cause australia money is gold, looked at it and ther was a shiny UNITED ARAB EMIRATES silver money coin!!!!!!!!
My boyfriend didn't put it in there, no idea how I got it!! So, I'm thinking it muxt be fate and the stars are trying to reassure me that I will get an invitation to the next assessment day :)I'm deff keeping the coin as my lucky charm!
I've been tryig to take extra care of myself over the last 2 weeks ( even if I have eaten way too much chocolate and drank too much beer at Christmas!! ), I've heavily invested in my career ( that's just an excuse to buy lots of beauty products! ),
bought New Glo to whiten my teeth, new L'Oreal lipstick, Sheer Cover for my wrinkles, a manicure set, vitamins and some lovely fresh perfume, Calvin Klein Euphoria. I really need to go the hairdressers too, after being in the sun for the last 12 months, my hair is lopking more like Worzel Gummage than a groomed Emirtaes air hostess!!!!!
There are lots of one day courses in London which cost approx $150, they give you an insight to role plays, interviews, the cabin crew job and what to expect, aircraft info, information about the different airlines, think it would be really useful especially the interview stuff, I'm dreading the question...what are your weaknesses?
Of course I have lots but don't really want to go into my weak points in an interview like I'm moody if I don't get enough sleep and I am sometimes impatient! So, I've been trying to think of a negative that I can turn round into a positive in an interview situation. Could do with some interview advice I think!
I'm also a little worried about the fact that I have no airline experience and seeing that Emirates receive 15,000 applications per month, they can be picky.
So, maybe one of these courses will be an advantage in their eyes?
I've got 3 days left in sunny Broome Australia then flying back to Perth for 6 days, when I get to Perth I'm going to Camera House to get some professional photos done just in case I get the interview, they need 6 passport pics and full length shots in business attire so going to make the most of having a tan and get them done here!
Fingers crossed for the invitation.....
Love xxx
However, something happened which I though was very strange seeing that I'm travelling around around Australia and have been for 12 months....
I went shopping the other day and reached into my purse to find a $1 coin, I saw a silver coin in there which is wierd cause australia money is gold, looked at it and ther was a shiny UNITED ARAB EMIRATES silver money coin!!!!!!!!
My boyfriend didn't put it in there, no idea how I got it!! So, I'm thinking it muxt be fate and the stars are trying to reassure me that I will get an invitation to the next assessment day :)I'm deff keeping the coin as my lucky charm!
I've been tryig to take extra care of myself over the last 2 weeks ( even if I have eaten way too much chocolate and drank too much beer at Christmas!! ), I've heavily invested in my career ( that's just an excuse to buy lots of beauty products! ),
bought New Glo to whiten my teeth, new L'Oreal lipstick, Sheer Cover for my wrinkles, a manicure set, vitamins and some lovely fresh perfume, Calvin Klein Euphoria. I really need to go the hairdressers too, after being in the sun for the last 12 months, my hair is lopking more like Worzel Gummage than a groomed Emirtaes air hostess!!!!!
There are lots of one day courses in London which cost approx $150, they give you an insight to role plays, interviews, the cabin crew job and what to expect, aircraft info, information about the different airlines, think it would be really useful especially the interview stuff, I'm dreading the question...what are your weaknesses?
Of course I have lots but don't really want to go into my weak points in an interview like I'm moody if I don't get enough sleep and I am sometimes impatient! So, I've been trying to think of a negative that I can turn round into a positive in an interview situation. Could do with some interview advice I think!
I'm also a little worried about the fact that I have no airline experience and seeing that Emirates receive 15,000 applications per month, they can be picky.
So, maybe one of these courses will be an advantage in their eyes?
I've got 3 days left in sunny Broome Australia then flying back to Perth for 6 days, when I get to Perth I'm going to Camera House to get some professional photos done just in case I get the interview, they need 6 passport pics and full length shots in business attire so going to make the most of having a tan and get them done here!
Fingers crossed for the invitation.....
Love xxx
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Emirates Inteview Questions
I applied to work as cabin crew for Emirates a week or so ago and have been doing lots of research about the recruitment process.
The next step for me hopefully is to receive an invitation to an assessment day in the UK next year, either Jan or Feb, that's if I pass the initial screening ( they screen all 15,000 applications they receive per month!! ), they can be picky as they receive so many applications for all over the world.
The assessment day is normally conducted in a posh hotel close to your home town, mine will be probably London. The day starts around 9am, the days consists of group exercises, maths and English tests. Apparently, if you are successful at this stage you are invited back for an interview the next day. The questions are something like following :
1. Tell us about yourself
2. Why do you want to join us?
3. What would you like to do in five years' time?
4. Do you prefer working with others or alone?
5. What are your biggest accomplishments?
6. What are your favorite subjects?
7. Why should we hire you?
8. What are your hobbies?
9. What is the worst feedback you have ever got?
10. What is the most difficult situation you have faced?
11. How do you measure talent?
12. How do/would you optimize performance and lift standards in a team?
13. Have you ever dealt with a customer making an unrealistic demand?
14. How would you respond if you were offered the job?
15. Tell me about something recently that really annoyed you.
16. What will you bring to the job/company if we employ you?
17. Tell me about the culture at your last company/employer.
18. Tell me about your life at College or University (or even your time in your previous job).
19. What do you want to be doing in 2/5/10 years time? Or: Where do you want to be in 2/5/10 years time?
20. What is your ideal job?
21. What did you achieve in your last job?
22. What are your strengths?
23. What are your weaknesses?
I hope this will help anyone applying for Emirates too!
Fingers crossed, an invitation will be in my inbox soon!
The next step for me hopefully is to receive an invitation to an assessment day in the UK next year, either Jan or Feb, that's if I pass the initial screening ( they screen all 15,000 applications they receive per month!! ), they can be picky as they receive so many applications for all over the world.
The assessment day is normally conducted in a posh hotel close to your home town, mine will be probably London. The day starts around 9am, the days consists of group exercises, maths and English tests. Apparently, if you are successful at this stage you are invited back for an interview the next day. The questions are something like following :
1. Tell us about yourself
2. Why do you want to join us?
3. What would you like to do in five years' time?
4. Do you prefer working with others or alone?
5. What are your biggest accomplishments?
6. What are your favorite subjects?
7. Why should we hire you?
8. What are your hobbies?
9. What is the worst feedback you have ever got?
10. What is the most difficult situation you have faced?
11. How do you measure talent?
12. How do/would you optimize performance and lift standards in a team?
13. Have you ever dealt with a customer making an unrealistic demand?
14. How would you respond if you were offered the job?
15. Tell me about something recently that really annoyed you.
16. What will you bring to the job/company if we employ you?
17. Tell me about the culture at your last company/employer.
18. Tell me about your life at College or University (or even your time in your previous job).
19. What do you want to be doing in 2/5/10 years time? Or: Where do you want to be in 2/5/10 years time?
20. What is your ideal job?
21. What did you achieve in your last job?
22. What are your strengths?
23. What are your weaknesses?
I hope this will help anyone applying for Emirates too!
Fingers crossed, an invitation will be in my inbox soon!
I've applied!!
I started my application online on http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/ on September 22nd 2009, after alot of research and debating with myself whether this is a career I want to pursue now or in a few years ( I can never make up my mind as to where or what to do with my life as you'll notice! ), the writing began.........it took me approx 2 months to finish my application! Not that I'm at lazy, it's just I wanted everything to sound professional and word perfect and of course didn't want to come across as desperate for the job ( although I am :). The pics were quite hard to get right too, they asked for a head an shoulders shot and a full length one, not easy getting a full face full of make up to stay on whilst trying to take decent pictures in 42 degrees heat!! ( Travelling round Australia by the way ).
The questions were quite tricky and do demand a fair bit of research on Emirates, the first question was 'why work for us?', well in my head my answer was.....live in year round sunshine in Dubai, live a glamorous life with no rent and feel like a celebrity whilst weearing the famous uniform and of course travel to lots of amazing destiantions for free!! Of course, I didn't write that, I talked about how I'd travelled with emirates on several occasions and admired the servie they offered, also talked about how Emirates is an award winning airline with over 400 Inernational awards, spoke about my ability to speak fluent French and German and most of all, wrote about my natural ability to deliver exceptional service even after being on my feet for 15 hours! The other questions were quite straight forward, experience, education, references...
Anyway, I've sent off my application ( both paper and online ) about 1 week ago, on http://www.cabincrew.com/, many of Emirates previous applicants have said it can take up to 3 months to hear back. I did receive a letter back from them saying that they had received my application and the status had changed on their careers website from 'submitted' to 'application under review' so it's all a waiting game now.......
The questions were quite tricky and do demand a fair bit of research on Emirates, the first question was 'why work for us?', well in my head my answer was.....live in year round sunshine in Dubai, live a glamorous life with no rent and feel like a celebrity whilst weearing the famous uniform and of course travel to lots of amazing destiantions for free!! Of course, I didn't write that, I talked about how I'd travelled with emirates on several occasions and admired the servie they offered, also talked about how Emirates is an award winning airline with over 400 Inernational awards, spoke about my ability to speak fluent French and German and most of all, wrote about my natural ability to deliver exceptional service even after being on my feet for 15 hours! The other questions were quite straight forward, experience, education, references...
Anyway, I've sent off my application ( both paper and online ) about 1 week ago, on http://www.cabincrew.com/, many of Emirates previous applicants have said it can take up to 3 months to hear back. I did receive a letter back from them saying that they had received my application and the status had changed on their careers website from 'submitted' to 'application under review' so it's all a waiting game now.......
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