Australia 2
Don't , whatever you do, leave a job to come to the Middle East as an F/O unless it is Emirates.
Qatar and Gulf are suffering large turnover of pilots due very poor conditions- pay and housing.
PM me for an honest appraisal.
On promotion-lies damn lies. Do not trust your career on the Middle East except Emirates!
The CEO of Gulf Air and the other Managers enticed a lot of pilots to Gulf Air on the basis of NO Direct Entry Commands.
Have a look at the website. You will never be promoted in Gulf Air sadly. That is why I left after discovering I had been professionally lied to.
Colleagues still at Gulf have told me that most F/O's have woken up and in the process of arranging other employment.
Management revealed Direct Entry Commands but said in a memo that these pilots on 12 month contracts only. Those contract pilots have been told a job for as long as they want!!!