My little ones are all grown up!

Well my first official group of trainees have graduated and I could not be any prouder if I tried... and I'm also a wee bit chuffed with myself and Holley my co-instructor!

Andre, Azusa, Candice, Cheah, Elaine, Ewa, Fatimah, Kaamini, Karly, Kavita, Kevork, Panida, Sarinluck and Yumi were our first guinea pigs (representing 11 nationalities) and they exceeded our expectations and have set a very high standard for my next group starting tomorrow.

Sorry for the constant blog delays - I wake up at 5.30 every day and get home around 5.30-6 which is much a like a normal person, however it's VERY unusual for a cabin crew. Seeing my friends and housemates go to parties and getting texts to come along but knowing you have to be awake for fourteen pairs of eyes the next morning is tough, but as Shakespeare so eloquently said when he wrote True Lies "Someone's got to do it!"

Here are some photos of my first group on Graduation Day- a very proud moment for them and for me...



The day before graduation (Wednesday) we gave them a cake to say thankyou and tell them they were our first batch of trainees. It was a fantastic and emotional moment :)


After receiving their certificates at the graduation they were so happy!

Wanted: Spare Time

I'm really sorry for the constant delays in writing on here. My new life as a proper trainer is full on to say the very least and it leaves me with very little time to have a life let alone write about it on the blog! So I will bring you a wrap-up of the first two weeks as soon as they are done on Thursday.

In the meantime I somehow manage to fit Facebook into my life and it has more immediate details of my comings and goings. I recommend joining if you haven't already :)

Yours in EXTREME BUSYNESS,

Cap'n Dan

About to wet my pants!

Well tomorrow it all begins for real! I'm very nervous even writing this and last night I had my first proper dream that I was in front of all these new faces with nothing to say!

I have been in training to be a trainer for the last five weeks and in the morning at 8am I come face to face with my first official batch of cabin crew - Ab-Initio 1049 as they are collectively known. I was Ab-Initio 809 18 months ago, and now I'm standing at the front not sitting at the back.

I have been through the journey of the last few weeks with Holley (my co-instructor), Belinda and Jeevan and we have all learned a lot from each other and are ready for this new challenge. They have paired us up to teach together rather than putting us with more experienced trainers. I guess it's the sink-or-swim mentality...

Anyway, here are some pictures from my last few weeks being one of 'The Others' :-)


Holley and Jeevan preparing 'Emotional Intelligence' and 'Customer First'

One of our training officers, Kiran, whose job it was to stop us every two minutes to change words, correct mistakes and make us REPEAT!

Daniel had had enough towards the end of the 5 weeks, and this is where we eat lunch every day (though I plan to kiss my lunch breaks goodbye as of tomorrow)

Forty white roses will do the trick!

Franck and I emptied our wallets and filled up Marcos' car the other day with a trip to Ikea, and what an adventure it was! I will take more photos as we complete our apartment makeover with a paint job next week, but so far there is AMBIENCE GALORE!


The roses were a present from Marcos and they were such an awesome surprise :-)

Daniel DOES have a life!

If you look up Emirates Training College in the dictionary you might find the definition: completely negates the social life of anyone who dares to work there! So with the last five weeks being purely devoted to work and study, I have found few opportunities to mingle like the social butterfly I usually am! To prove to you and to myself that life is not all hard work, I'm posting a few of my favourite photos of the last few weeks.


My friend Miranda popped in from Saudi Arabia for dinner a couple of weeks back. I was so excited to see her, she is ex-Emirates now working for private charter in Jeddah. And my first favourite photo of Marcos and I :)

The Daniel and Nicole Show is going strong, 18 months on! Tune in daily!