Be wary of considering QR as a career move. As someone mentioned, you can get fired for no reason as the Cochin incident shows. You may follow SOPs, and still have a career destroying verdict made against you, guilty or not. That career move you had hoped for in QR may become a career stopper before your probation is over. Then what do you do? Apply for a new job having been fired from QR? The potential new employer will most likely throw away your application in favor of the next candidate who doesn't have a perpetual question mark hanging over his judgment and professionalism, valid or not. We've lost 102 pilots so far this year for various reasons, rostering being the main issue. We have A320 Fleet Managers who don't manage the A320 fleet, allowing rosters with minimum rest between day/night flights. At the same time we have the Fatigue Management System Committee (what a waste of time those meetings must be). Why pay lip service to Fatigue Management, when fatigue issues are so blatantly and thoroughly ignored? Which brings me to my favorite: The Qatar Airways Safety Culture. If ever there was an oxymoron... But on a lighter note, the food is pretty good, salary is ok and the staff travel system is great, seeing how we fly absolutely everywhere.
Fubaliera, well done on moving on. Heading East?