As Qatari515 mentioned already - CEO whatever has obviously no clue or is a local
... sorry, just a small joke from time to time...
Salaries are much lover as already explained AND whereever you work work in the gulf, believe me, it's always the same ..... interesting thing. Locals normally get a much better life than we expats, because we are expats and more or less scum in their eyes. Just to make this point clear. Anyway, who cares, we all know where they would be without the oil and gas, still riding camels.
So - yes, salaries are ok if you round up transport, housing and what sort ever allowance. It is true, back home(I m talking about good old europe here) we are not getting housing allowance, transport allowance and we pay a hell of amount tax - BUT HEY, thats why we are here. For sure it is not the natural beauty of Doha and the lovely locals that are bringing us down here.
For QR you can assume the following - if you are not local or part of the indian mafia you will never make career in this airline, many will deny it, but it is a sad fact. So, be carefully if planning to leave your european airline and heading down to Doha(or the ME in general), it might be the worst decision of your life. So consider carefully if you want to put a worthless dollar over trade unions, more or less unlimited sick leave, retirement funds..... I did the move and I am not so sure if that was really such a wise decision.....