Originally Posted by
krismiler
QATAR Airways used to be one of the worst jobs in the Middle East until they saw the light and improved things for the pilots, now it’s still not perfect but a huge improvement over what it was 10 years ago.
Emirates used to be one of the best jobs until they let it slide.
I'm sorry - i'm not the happiest EK pilot out there but the friends I have at Qatar are absolutely miserable. It is 100 times worse, and 100 times more covered up. At least we can actually express our discontent publicly. The worst part is my friends are struggling to get out - the hoops they have to jump through are ridiculous and they're seriously close to breaking point. I'd rather be tied to EK forever (which I'm not) than spend a second at Qatar from what I've heard.
As much as EK is a bit of a mess at times, I know there are some good people trying to change things. And more colleagues can only help so I encourage people to give it a go if they're unhappy elsewhere.