G-FULL I have been in this once beautiful airline for a little over a quarter of a century, probably way before you even saw your first aeroplane. The expats that joined us within the last few years only did so since they were out of work or were working in dead end airlines & thought GF might be a good career move(?). Many of them did not get excepted by EK/EY/QR so they joined us & many are trying to make a move at this moment.
QR only accept Qataris S/Os.
Bahrain Air will charge per training sector & then when you get cleared don't even think about getting your F/Os salary since they will tell you that you will remain on your S/O salary for another 6 months to pay for the training costs???
Air Arabia's CEO may be Bahraini but he will not compromise his position by waving the company's training costs for a few cadets.