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Old 4th Sep 2019, 21:10
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FlyingOW
 
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Originally Posted by NeverStopTrying
I'm considering making the move to the ME because I want to get a head start when I reach my 30s finance wise. I do have my life pretty wel set up here in Europe though. My colleagues claim that the Qatar bidding system is so good that you can easily spend 7 consecutive days at home a month.
Does anyone care to shed some light on this matter? Greatly appreciated!

I try to "commute" to UK (Capt T7). I spread out my annual leave in 5 blocks of 6 leave plus days off and take 1 block of 12 days (plus days off) for a family holiday.
But there are 9 flights per day to London (LHR&LGW) which makes it a lot easier. It cannot be easy to do so to a place with only 1 flight per day or if I was on a SH fleet. So you are covered for 6 months a year which suits me as can't do more than 90 in UK. The other 6 you are at the mercy of rostering giving you your requested 6 days off (only 4 are guaranteed) or using ULR rest patterns to sneak away for a few days.

Best of luck,

OW
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