O le General Command of the Armed Forces, o loʻo avea ma sui o le National Service and Reserve Authority (NRSA), ua sainia se Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ma Etihad Airways.

O le sauniga i le Etihad Airways 'Ofisa Tutotonu i Abu Dhabi na aofia ai foi ma le maimoaga a le kamupani vaʻalele's Medical Center lea ua faʻamaonia e faʻatautaia le tautua a le National Service ma suʻesuʻega.

O le MOU na sainia e Lana Afioga Mamalu Lautele o pailate, o Sheikh Ahmed Bin Tahnoon, o le Taitaifono o le Auaunaga a le Atunuʻu ma le Pulega o Faʻasao, ma Lana Afioga Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, o le taitaifono o Etihad Airways. Lana afioga Hamad Al Shamsi, Etihad Airways Sui Taitaifono, ma Lana Mamalu o Mohamed Hamad Al Mehairi, sui o le komiti faafoe a Etihad Airways, na auai foi, faatasi ai ma James Hogan, Etihad Airways 'Peresetene ma Ofisa Sili o Pulega.

UAE tagatanuu mai le salafa o Etihad Airways sa faia toleniga tautua a le atunuu talu mai le faaiuga o le 2014 ma sili atu e faamoemoe e auai i le polokalama i le aluga o le tausaga.

I lalo o le MOU, o le Etihad Airways Medical Center o le a faia suʻesuʻega mo le aufaigaluega a le kamupani vaʻalele ua valaʻaulia mo le tautua a le atunuʻu. O le kamupani vaʻalele o le a tausisi i maliega faʻatonutonuina ma lipoti atu iuga i le National Auaunaga ma Faʻasao Pulega.

O le Etihad Airways na patipatia e Lana Afioga Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon mo ana taumafaiga e faʻaalia ai le naunautaʻi ma le agavaʻa o le kamupani vaʻalele i le faʻalauiloaina o le polokalame tautua a le atunuʻu.

Fai mai a ia: "O le MOU o le a mautinoa ai le vavalalata o le galulue faatasi ma le faamaopoopoga i le va o itu uma, aemaise lava i le itu o suesuega faafomai, lea o le a faia i le lalolagi vasega Etihad Airways Medical Center."

O le Etihad Airways na faalauiloa i le vaiaso ua tuanaʻi na latou mauaina le faʻatagaga mai le UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) e faʻagaioia ai le uluaʻi Aeromedical Center (AeMC) a le atunuʻu, faʻatagaina le Medical Center e faʻatino galuega mo le GCAA.

O lana afioga i le aliʻi taʻitaʻifono o Etihad Airways, na saunoa lana afioga i le aliʻi taʻitaʻi o Etihad Airways, e faʻapea: 6 o le 2014, faʻasalalau e Lana Afioga Sili Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Peresetene o le UAE.

"Matou te mitamita i le matafaioi a le UAE o loʻo faʻatinoina e le atunuʻu i le kamupani vaʻalele ma le taua tele o le a latou faia o se vaega o le tautua a le atunuʻu."

Fai mai James Hogan: "I le avea ai o le atunuʻu vaʻalele o le UAE, Etihad Airways o loʻo naunau e tuputupu aʻe ma atiaʻe se maualuga agavaʻa cadre o UAE tagatanuu ma faʻamalosia latou e faia se sili atu tele matafaioi i le kamupani vaʻalele-vasega lalolagi pisinisi.

"Talu mai le faalauiloaina o le tatou UAE atinae fuafuaga faataatitia i le 2007 le tuufaatasiga o le tatou aufaigaluega a le atunuu UAE ua faateleina mai le fa i le 23 pasene, ma o loo matou faafaigaluegaina nei sili atu i le 2,200 UAE tagatanuu i le fusi o alaleo o a tatou gaioiga."

Na taua e Mr Hogan e faapea o Emiratis ua avea nei ma numera tasi o tagatanuu i Etihad Airways faapea foi ma le numera tasi o tagatanuu vaega i le pule ma maualuga pulega tulaga.

I le taimi nei e ova atu ma le 150 UAE atunuʻu o loʻo galulue i tofiga i ofisa o vaʻalele ma malae vaʻalele i itu uma o Sasaʻe tutotonu, Europa, Asia, Ausetalia ma Amerika.

Ole toʻatele o latou na tofiaina e tofia iai kamupani vaalele a le Etihad Airways i le lalolagi atoa. Sili atu i le 6,000 UAE atunuʻu ua sauni e auai i le kamupani vaʻalele i le 2020.

Na faaopoopo mai Mr Hogan: "O le Etihad Airways o le a faʻaauau pea ona faʻaaogaina ni metotia galulue faatasi ma le lautele o pulega a le malo o UAE, aʻoaʻoga ma pulega faʻapitoa, e aofia ai le Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council, Higher Colleges of Technology, Ministry of Higher Education, ma Abu Dhabi University."

Ua iai foʻi le avanoa i le atunuʻu o le UAE e auai ai i le 21 Graduate Development Programs lea ua faʻamaonia e le Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Nei eria aofia ai cadet pailate aʻoaʻoga, inisinia faʻapitoa, faʻamatalaga tekonolosi, tupe, faʻatau, malae vaʻalele faʻagaioiga ma tagata faigaluega.

O polokalame ua fuafuaina e faʻafetaui manaʻoga o le kamupani vaʻalele ma avanoa faigaluega mo le aufaigaluega a le atunuʻu.

I le maeʻa Faʻauʻuina Faʻatonu Pule faʻapea foi ona maua se faʻailoga IATA faʻalagolago i la latou filifiliga faʻapitoa.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

“As the national carrier of the UAE, Etihad Airways is committed to growing and developing a highly qualified cadre of UAE nationals and empowering them to play an even greater role in the airline's world-class business.
“We are proud of the role that UAE nationals play in the national airline and the crucial role they'll play as part of the national service program.
“Since the launch of our UAE national development strategy in 2007 the composition of our UAE national workforce has increased from four to 23 per cent, and we now employ more than 2,200 UAE nationals across the spectrum of our operations.