CGQ,
Some true, some not true.
Company did cx some vacations in December saying there would be more flying.....that flying never happened and the pilots that lost vacation ended up flying low time rosters (like 40 hours!)
Min days off, usually 7 or 8 total, and if you get a group of 3 days off you are supposed to give scheduling a big thank you hug! Rosters by the 25th if we are lucky. The schedule is known for the next 3 months, maybe with some minor changes, but they won't release the rosters until the last minute. Leave are not approved until the month before, so you have little time to plan any escape from Dubai. Seems to be a mafia of Indians running the office part of the airline, trying to create some kind of utopia where "everyone" is equal, meaning pilots get the same amount of days off as the office people.
The latest kick in the face came when they kicked the pilots out of the company car park. Now we get to park in an open, unsecured, unlighted car park by a car dealership and walk to the briefing area through a sand and dirt sidewalk. That's great for our female pilots and cabin crew, especially with no security provided at 3am when you get back from your sector!
As usual, not what was advertised in the interview...."you do the math" and run!