It's a 2 years contract and should you resign before the contract ends, you have to pay roughly QR7500. Of course, if you resign after working for a year or so, you'll pay roughly QR3000 (all information given is based on what my friend, who recently resigned, said).
And should you resign before the 2-year contract, you are NOT ALLOWED to join any Middle Eastern Airlines within 12 months after resigning with QR.
I always thought that rules were implemented to help us and as long as I conform to the rules, everything would be fine. However, it's not always true.
Let me quote you some examples:
1) I prepare myself very well for my flight and briefing, everything should go well for the flight, right?
Answer: No. Some CSDs just love to make things difficult for you. They ask you questions that you've never been taught in training. And these questions are what they learnt in their CSD training. And if you are unlucky as it is that he/she is in a foul mood, get ready to be reported if you dare voice your grievances to anyone.
2) You have NEVER gotten any nice rosters since Day 1 and you go to Rostering to ask for some nice destinations. And yes, if you go to a specific nationality who happens to hate you for any reason (maybe for your nationality, or even for your looks, or if they just happen to be in a foul mood), you'll get ALL Indian sectors forever. And it's true because it happened to someone I know. She's resigning.
3) I really hate it when the company's engineers dont do their job! They dont communicate with one another and just this month alone, I had 3 of my flights delayed for a bloody 2-3 hours on ground without getting paid! Hate it when I get scolded by the passengers for a fault that I did not commit. Hate it when I arrive at the hotel late and miss my breakfast buffet. Hate it when I arrive late at my destination and miss out all the time to go out for shopping due to minimum rest. I really hate it..
4) Sorry, but I really hate the way AAB COPIES all the bad things from other companies. A Captain told me, recently, that AAB is going to CANCEL ALL JUMPSEAT REQUESTS for QR crew because Emirates doesn't allow crew to travel on jumpseats. As if staying here with ZERO flights back home all your live isn't enough, the only chance to go back home on a LONG-HAUL flight on an UNCOMFORTABLE JUMPSEAT is even taken away from you... How would you feel? Other airlines are raising their crew salary up by 70%, why doesn't AAB follow suit? Why are we working so hard in fear, putting on a happy facade behind all our fears and insecurity in front of the passengers, telling them how 'happy' we are working for our company, getting worse treatment the longer we stay here? Aren't we supposed to be rewarded from our loyalty to this company?
5) Lastly. You really have to be superficially nice to everybody in this company. To welfare, rostering, staff travel, etc. If you want to survive, if you need to get your stuff done, and if you show any annoyance or displeasure about their INEFFICIENCY and BIASNESS, be prepared to get screwed upside down.
6) If you put on weight, they will warn you even if you were underweight when you joined and am on the healthy-weight scale now. If you don't lose weight, be prepared to get a warning letter.
7) For any mistake, be prepared to either receive a warning letter or a salary deduction. Always check your payslip. They tend to over-deduct.
8) People, please. If you really are bent on joining QR, always get a spare bank account. Because it happened to my friend. Her flatmate took a bank loan and ran away from Doha and the company. God knows where she went, the company froze my friend's bank account simply for the fact that she was the girl's flatmate. Does it even make any sense? It has nothing to do with the flatmates! Imagine being penniless for someone else's crime and the company's stupidity and SELFISHNESS.
If you like everything described here that actually HAPPENED, I welcome you. If you meet with any problems, forget about going to Welfare for help, or crying in front of them. The weaker they know you are, the meaner they'll be to you. For one fact, they love throwing you around different accomodations to 'punish' you.
They forgot that we are CABIN CREW, not some Nazi camp for terrorists or criminals.