Did a stint in Doha, freindly enough place, as an expat you are left pretty much alone. Hotel pubs are okay, good happy hours etc. But it is a small place, surrounding countryside a bit bleak, flat and dirt brown.
QR had a reputation for not keeping LAE's..hence recent adverts for more! But I believe they have sorted themselves out a bit of late. Tom Botha was Eng Manager, good guy.