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Hi there all!

I've just come back from vacation in South Africa on Saudi Arabian Airlines, or Saudia. Great Airline. Great Pilots and on the whole, Great Cabin and Ground Crew. Very accommodating and gracious to a person of another origin speaking their home language (I got a bit sick of them asking why, how and where my family was from though).


Also, the pilots aboard were amazing, although it's quite funny, since most actually don't speak Arabic (4 Australians, 2 South African's, 4 Iranian's and 2 Europeans - interestingly, they seem to fly in country pairs), so the flight attendants do all the announcements (wish we could do that, it took me forever to learn the official language for my airline to do announcements, very embarrassing the first few times I did it), and all  were happy for me to come to the flight deck (although didn't ask on one leg). Also, they don't seem to be concerned to much with regulations - on two of the 777 flights, we were going above 600mph - nearly hitting 660 (can't remember the mach but was quite high), I know if I go above a certain speed, it's paperwork gloure.

But, as someone who's trying to learn Arabic to get out of DHC flying, I'm struggling to recall the line that is read out thirty minutes before and then with a message on the lines of 'We have now passed over the XXXX line. Allah, peace be upon him, has accepted all of our good deeds', does anyone know what line is? I believe it's like any entry line to Saudi Arabia? Does, peace be upon him, Allah always accept the Good Deads of passengers?

Apologies in the advance for my ignorance, and I highly recommend Saudia to future travelers, as long as your not concerned about Buses, have status on SkyTeam and don't care for alcohol aboard (I don't drink).

 


 

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