luckyone From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1656 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2357 times:
Quick question about crew scheduling. On airlines that fly to both Israel and countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, and I'm sure a few others, how do airlines keep track of crew scheduling? Do they mandate that their crews maintain multiple passports? Do they keep a separate roster for crews flying to Israel to ensure they do not get assigned another route? Any insight is appreciated!
LXA340 From Switzerland, joined Nov 2006, 2107 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2292 times:
Quoting luckyone (Thread starter): Quick question about crew scheduling. On airlines that fly to both Israel and countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, and I'm sure a few others, how do airlines keep track of crew scheduling? Do they mandate that their crews maintain multiple passports? Do they keep a separate roster for crews flying to Israel to ensure they do not get assigned another route? Any insight is appreciated!
On a general note, crews that fly to Israel also fly to arabic countries, at least that's the case with european airlines such as LH, LX, OS etc.
RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8787 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2181 times:
Quoting luckyone (Thread starter): Do they mandate that their crews maintain multiple passports?
Airline crew do not typically have passports stamped on each flight.
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daumueller From Germany, joined Nov 2003, 677 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2140 times:
Also, Israel has no Problem with arab stamps
Only Vice versa
To avoid probs on that end, Israel offers to stamp a separate sheet of paper to avoid 'marking' the passport
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15904 posts, RR: 66 Reply 5, posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1895 times:
Quoting luckyone (Reply 4): What about issues such as work visas? Don't flight attendants need work visas for the respective countries they fly to?
Depends on the country if you need a visa at all. However they would never need a work visa. You only need a work visa if your base is in the country and you are domiciled there. For example if I go to the US on a business trip for a week I do not need a work visa. A business visa is fine (or in my case no visa at all since I can use the visa waiver program).
I don't know how Israel handles this.
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luckyone From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1656 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1880 times:
On several of my flights the FAs stated they had to have a work visa. For example, on ATL-SVO, the New York-based FA stated she had a two year work visa that she had to pay for before getting reimbursed by Delta.
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15904 posts, RR: 66 Reply 7, posted (1 year 7 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 1862 times:
Quoting luckyone (Reply 6): On several of my flights the FAs stated they had to have a work visa. For example, on ATL-SVO, the New York-based FA stated she had a two year work visa that she had to pay for before getting reimbursed by Delta.
In the usual definition, a Business Visa gives you the right to visit the country and work for brief periods while not domiciled there. A Working Visa gives you the right to live and work in the country, typically in connection with a particular employer.
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Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15904 posts, RR: 66 Reply 9, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1788 times:
Quoting luckyone (Reply 8): Do the countries in question have a similar policy?
It depends entirely on the combination of destination and traveler's citizenship. Sometimes it also depends on the country of residence of the traveler.
For example US citizens visiting Israel on business do not need a visa for stays up to 90 days. On the other hand, US citizens visiting Syria or Saudi Arabia on business need a business visa. (Source: .)
Another example is that Swedes visiting the US for tourism or business do not need a visa. However Indonesian citizens do.
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bwaflyer From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 676 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1757 times:
as a UK based crew member, we travel everywhere on a General Declaration, a form listing all the crew which is stamped by the immigration officers on arrival, and handed back to the immigration officers as we leave. Passports rarely leave our crew bags, and only in a few central Asian countries get stamped. There are only 2 countries that UK crew members need visas for, the Russian Federation and the United States.
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