Thinking of joining AAI? Think long and hard. Unless you come from the 'rock' in the North Atlantic with all the volcanoes and your name ends in ...sson then you will be treated like a second class citizen. You will get a contract from Airborne in the UK who act as agents for AAI (supposedly independantly) which allows them to send you home at a moments notice on 'unpaid leave' if the work becomes scarce, you will get $45 per diem per day while your fellow crews from the 'rock' get about $250! You will be working in Jeddah - this has its own drawbacks and accommodation will be in a compound miles from anywhere in a small tin villa, although there is talk of a move to another compound where you will share a 2 bed apartment with whoever they choose. Think long and very hard before you decide on AAI and I would suggest a pm to Nippon1 for more information.
