When you fly, there are the usual questions that we cabin crew ask each other every. single. flight.
Where do you live?
What group are you in?
What does your roster look like?
Question #1: Where do I live.
All cabin crew for my airline live in Dubai.
It’s just the question of where, since we have so many buildings around the city.
Sarab is where I live.
Well, technically the location is around the Nad al Sheba area, just outside of Dubai.
Sarab is just the accommodation building’s name.
But not a lot of people know where that is exactly.
(I mean, to explain to taxi’s where it is, you need to use landmarks close by Sarab to get them to figure out where you are trying to go)
But other cabin crew definitely know of Sarab.
Its infamous for being in the middle of no where.
30 minute drive from anywhere.
((And for some other reasons which I won’t get into!))
The pro’s to living in Sarab?
It’s quiet
It’s a nice small community of fellow cabin crew.
We are the only accommodation that is provided a shuttle to the mall.
Con’s?
It’s quiet.
You can’t avoid seeing some cabin crew you wish you could avoid seeing.
{I mean, there are 5 buildings, housing up to 500 people in each building. That’s a lot of cabin crew.}
To go anywhere you rely on bus schedules. Unless you have a car. Or pay for a taxi.
But I have a roommate I love, friends are just a 30 second elevator ride away.
So ya, it’s good.
My building.
dolphee 