Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[slowpoke]

Chop chop square is for the Philipinos and Pakistanis who do all the work in the country, but who are not "connected".

Yup. Where I work we hve a joint venture maintenance contract. The contractors are based in Australia and the Phillipines and as such we have a large Phillipino crew on board. They tell some real horror stories.

[SPman]

Like Singapore - scratch below the surface and things are not all as they seem.........

[terbang]

good on ya for taking the job, Saudi is a very strict country i got a few realitives that live there, i myself was born in Qatar. Have you thought about going Dubia instead or Qatar i reackon its a better place.

My company is a Saudi/American joint venture and I spend most of my time on the road. I work month on, month off and it is not uncommon to pickup or leave the aircraft anywhere in the world. For example I finish this rotation in Paris and will be flown back to my gateway which is in Auckland from there. Though Jeddah is my official base and I have a Saudi residence and work visa, I won't be spending too much time here. I have been here on my company induction and training course which has been interesting. Because people here have other important things in life, like their way of life, the business takes second place, so things happen like "Island time" which can be hard to understand for many westerners. A bunch of yanks here seem to be getting rather excited about this and the more rowdy they become, the slower things get. I've figured to just keep my phone on, enjoy the Red sea and they will call me, which they do. Works fine, I enjoy my time here and the work is exponentially more varied and interesting than my previous on the QF loco while the money continues to roll in.

[terbang]

I was just reading the local news paper, the english version, and there was a local ( Saudi) who took 3 others for a joyride and crashed during a drift, so they described, killing his passengers. He was sentenced to death! Good reason to drive carefull I guess.

[Meanie]

I was just reading the local news paper, the english version, and there was a local ( Saudi) who took 3 others for a joyride and crashed during a drift, so they described, killing his passengers. He was sentenced to death! Good reason to drive carefull I guess.

Thats one hell of a severe punishment

[Dave-]

wouldn't mind living in dubai

[Pixie]

good on ya for taking the job, Saudi is a very strict country i got a few realitives that live there, i myself was born in Qatar. Have you thought about going Dubia instead or Qatar i reackon its a better place.

Dubia = The state of being Dubious