If an FO is having problems of getting around on QR22000 then he or she has a serious problem!
I live in a nice compound, I drive a nice car and I can save 50% of my salary a month!!!!
Sure, if you defenitely need a Range Rover, you wanna live at Le Mirage for 12000QR/month etc then you will have problems!
But then again, ask yourself: would you be able to do that in your home country? I do not think so!!!
Captains pyscale:24900 QR/month plus 1500QR airbus allowance + 10QR/hour away from base +overtime pay etc and you will easily have QR30000+.....
QR33000 was maybe a bit optimistic, sorry for that but it still is not bad!
As an FO you take home an average of QR22000/month......so FOs are maybe better paid then captains when you compare both!
Concerning the payrise...they will have to impliment that because otherwise pilots wont stay....They will have to do something in order to compensate for the lack of facilities provided when you compare QR to EK or GF for example...but I am sure managment knows that and they are working on it!
Upgrade: I consider a move from A320 to A330 as well as upgrade so yes.....the average is 1.5 years! And if you are on the A320 fleet and you have the hours to become captain it will not take you long because the direct entry market for A320 captains is about to dry up now....In europe...none available anyway!