10,000th cabin crew graduates from Emirates Aviation College
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Through an intensive training course, 10,000 cabin crew have graduated from Emirates Aviation College in Dubai, says a press release.
Mohana Chonayah, the 10,000th graduate, arrived in Dubai six weeks ago from her native Malaysia, where she was recruited after impressing Emirates' recruitment officers during their careful selection process.
She was one of the 61 new cabin crew at the last week's graduation ceremony who has spent the last six weeks undergoing intensive training and assessment at the world class Emirates Aviation College.
The graduates are trained in state-of-the art facilities, including emergency training simulators and full-scale aircraft mock-ups, along with medical training accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh to ensure that Emirates' passengers benefit from being in the best qualified hands in the industry.
"I am so proud to be the 10,000th person to fly for Emirates," said Mohana, who is due to receive her first roster in the coming days. "I am really excited to find out what cities I will be going in my first month. My batch-mates and I have all worked so hard throughout our training and we can't wait to put everything we learned into practice."
Senior Flight Purser Khalid Al Alem, from Jordan, joined Emirates in September 1985, a month before its first flight even departed Dubai International Airport for the two destinations it served back then, Karachi and Mumbai.
Today Emirates serves more than 100 destinations on six continents with a fleet comprising 111 passenger planes and 10 freighters.
Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President (Service Delivery) Terry Daly paid tribute to the 10,000-strong team of Emirates cabin crew. "Our cabin crew occupy a special place in the Emirates family. They are the public image of our great airline. It is their grace and professionalism that helps keep customers coming back to fly Emirates," he said.
Mohana Chonayah, the 10,000th graduate, arrived in Dubai six weeks ago from her native Malaysia, where she was recruited after impressing Emirates' recruitment officers during their careful selection process.
She was one of the 61 new cabin crew at the last week's graduation ceremony who has spent the last six weeks undergoing intensive training and assessment at the world class Emirates Aviation College.
The graduates are trained in state-of-the art facilities, including emergency training simulators and full-scale aircraft mock-ups, along with medical training accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh to ensure that Emirates' passengers benefit from being in the best qualified hands in the industry.
"I am so proud to be the 10,000th person to fly for Emirates," said Mohana, who is due to receive her first roster in the coming days. "I am really excited to find out what cities I will be going in my first month. My batch-mates and I have all worked so hard throughout our training and we can't wait to put everything we learned into practice."
Senior Flight Purser Khalid Al Alem, from Jordan, joined Emirates in September 1985, a month before its first flight even departed Dubai International Airport for the two destinations it served back then, Karachi and Mumbai.
Today Emirates serves more than 100 destinations on six continents with a fleet comprising 111 passenger planes and 10 freighters.
Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President (Service Delivery) Terry Daly paid tribute to the 10,000-strong team of Emirates cabin crew. "Our cabin crew occupy a special place in the Emirates family. They are the public image of our great airline. It is their grace and professionalism that helps keep customers coming back to fly Emirates," he said.