Dee,
I know a few girls flying for Gulf Air here in Bahrain, and their attitudes are as one would expect widely different. Life in the ME suits some, others not.
Your friend will get free accomodation, probably in a shared 2 bedroom apartment. Nothing posh, but not bad either. Pay is around 500-700 BHD monthly, which is a surviveable salary but not much else. Certainly not enough dosh to buy a flashy convertible. However, GF hosties do enjoy discounts all over the island - including taxis. Your friend will be flying both short and longhaul on A320/330/340, unless it's a position with Traveller in which case it's mainly runs to the subcontinent on eco-class only 767s. I've been led to belive that a basing in Bahrain is considered more attractive than Abu Dhabi.
The girls I know are all very friendly and good fun to be around, but there sure are some very snotty individuals around. I suppose always being pampered by and sought after by a large number of single guys have gotten to their heads. GF employes hosties from something approaching 50 different nationalities, and with that spread there's bound to be widely different personalites. Eastern Bloc / Asian / OZ / AUS girls are generally a fine bunch, can't say the same for US and (sorry to say it) especially UK girls. There's a lot of bitch fighting going on, but you'll find that in any large congregation of women won't you
