Ferris,
Reading back over my posts, yeah, it sounds like Im just being a naive kid. Working for QR is something I may like to do, however I am young and there some areas of aviation I would like to experience before attempting to move onto bigger things.
You sound like you work, or have worked for QR. You have to see this from where Im standing. Im reading these posts and hearing from employees who are currently employed by the airline and who enjoy the job, and from those who have left and have nothing but bad things to say. What it sounds like to me, is that there are people who were not adequately prepared for the change. There are people who leave their homes expecting to waltz in and see everything to be like what it was in their old, western run airline. They dont understand that things run differently in the middle east. So much so, in some cases, that they cant handle it and leave after a short spell.
There are these other folks who understand what they are getting into, adapt to the change and get on with what they are told to do. It just seems that with all the negativity around, it brings these folks who are trying to enjoy their new life down. How can anyone enjoy there time at QR and move up in their careers with everyone b**tching all the time?
Look. I like to keep myself abreast with what is going on back home while I am away. I have read heaps of posts on how bad QR is. I just thought I would put in my 10 cents. I get pi**ed off with some of the comments made. The complaints. There are SO many people out there who would kill for a job at QR. Some who have the job seem to have legitimate complaints about the conditions. It is unfortunate, I know, but that all comes with living in the middle east. There is always going to be a level of uncertainty with your career in the middle east, no matter where or who you work for. Others just seem to feed off and enjoy the complaints about QR. This whole circle starts and gets everyone down, including the newbes wanting to get in. How is that ever going to make a great airline? I just dont get it!
With what you said about AAB. I know that is unacceptable behaiviour from a CEO. I explained in my last posts that I did not like everything he does, and that some things are just plain wrong. But how can you expect him to treat the employees like you want, if you pick on all his bad points and post them to the world? People have said that he is an avid reader of this forum. If he is, then you are not making your boss a happy man. The Arabs have a lot of pride. If they are being made a mockery of, then they will lash out at anyone who could have contributed to this. You guys.
About the big guns in Dubai. Yes, they treat the employees well. When everything is going good. They will treat you with respect if you treat them with respect. In some cases, treating them with respect means doing what they say, when they say it and getting it done by their deadline. It is no hidden fact that in Dubai, those in the big chairs have been known to threaten entire companies with expulsion if things are not done in time. From where Im sitting, it seems like a similar thing is going on at QR.
Yes things need to change at QR, but from here it looks like both the CEO and employees need to have a change in attitude. With all the negativity around the group, its going to cause more and more people to leave, less of the right staffers to join and the airline is not going to go anywhere. The CEO will have less respect for his employees. That includes everyone, including those who enjoy their job, bringing moral down. No one will get to go anywhere in their careers. Everyone suffers.
About my naivete. I like to look on the bright side of things. From my point of view, it seems like everyone needs a morale boost more than anything. Please just take this as some friendly advice. I know Im young, but not quite a kid anymore. I have grown up in the middle east, throughout highschool to an adult. The way of life there is a way of life I know well. Believe me, I know how things work. I have seen how tough its been for people to adapt. You have to remember that you are in their country. What they say goes and sometimes you just have to bite your toung and get on with it. Its a tough place sometimes, and I hope everything picks up for you guys.
Take it easy
BYB
