Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has recruited the third group of six Bahraini female cabin crew to its network.

The new Bahraini recruits began an intensive 13-week training course that includes both class room and on-board training covering a range of disciplines including safety, food and beverage and customer care.

After the successful completion of the training they will become full-fledged flight crew and begin their flying career with Gulf Air.

Gulf Air chief executive officer Samer Majali welcomed the candidates and wished them a successful career with the national carrier.

The recruitment and training of Bahraini female cabin crew is a joint-initiative run by the airline and Tamkeen, an independent government authority that aims at improving Bahraini employability, job creation and social support, to encourage more Bahrainis, particularly females, to join the national carrier in key customer-facing positions such as flight crew by offering flexible scheduling benefits.

Gulf Air has developed new flexible scheduling benefits for Bahraini females joining as flight attendants; they can opt to fly only turn-around flights that do not require overnight stays outside their homes. However, they can also choose to fly the airline’s entire network if they like to, a statement said.

Gulf Air is the first airline in the GCC to offer such a scheme, reinforcing the airline’s commitment to the local community and its role as the ‘flying ambassador’ of Bahrain, it added. – TradeArabia News Service