Thanks for the reality check Jib, it does bite. The truth might be harsh sometimes. But dont make all of the pilots that are waiting some uninformed bunch of wannabes dreaming their jet nirvana.
A lot of us are actually fairly experienced pilots, some captains, most FOs, with thousands of hours of jet time, that have made a choice to relocate to a very different place, because
we have been invited to join this company under certain T&C. We did not beg on our knees in front of the QR tower, but rather have entered a standard business transaction between two parties. We have been asked a date to be ready, we made the arrangements to honor this date and now we are idling for months with no clue of what is going on.
And concerning those few poor chaps with low hours waiting for their NTSO chance, if QR does not want them, then they should not make interviews and promising jobs. Its like inviting a hungry man to your house, putting a warm full plate of good food in front of him, then pulling the plate away, leaving the guy drooling on the chair and taking a long vacation.