flydubai begins drive for pilot recruitment through CTC

With 41 aircraft scheduled to arrive in the next five to six years and an ever-expanding route
network, flydubai has a requirement to recruit 140 pilots annually over the next three years.
CTC was selected as the perfect partner to support this target and the recruitment activity
has begun
CTC has worked extensively with low cost and legacy carriers around the globe for the past
20 years. From its Crew Training Centres in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, as well as
local client locations, the company handles aircrew training and selection at all levels to
provide airlines and aviation clients with innovative solutions to their wide-ranging
requirements.
CTC uses its own bespoke technology - “Electronic Mass Application” (eMA) - to manage pilot
applications, which is ideally suited to flydubai; Dubai’s first low cost airline stated the need
for proven technology to manage the volume of applicants expected and to streamline the
process, aiding the airline’s expansion and also significantly improving the candidate
experience. Developed internally by CTC and combining the skills of both CTC’s Information
Technology and Selection teams, eMA is already successfully used by several airlines to
support their aircrew recruitment activity.
Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai, said: “In partnering with CTC we not only gain access to
many years of aviation selection experience, but also to a tailored, advanced and proven
applicant management system that will assist us significantly in enhancing the candidate
experience as we increase our search for talent world-wide.”
Potential candidates will continue to apply online via a dedicated careers section of
www.flydubai.com before CTC’s specialist aircrew selection team takes over, overseeing the
process and conducting the initial stages of assessment according to flydubai’s specific
requirements. Candidates who are successful through these early phases will then be
recommended to flydubai whose own in-house team will complete the process by arranging
for short-listed applicants to attend a final interview and meet the flydubai team on-site in
Dubai.
CTC’s Group Chairman, Chris Clarke said: “We’re very pleased to partner with a flourishing
airline like flydubai. The business is gearing up for a period of phenomenal growth and we
are excited to be given the opportunity to work together with such a forward-thinking
organisation and assist with this expansion.”
The first assessment days started during November and successful pilots will enter
training from January 2011.