STAY CLEAR!
Rotor Watcher and Swinging Spanner
sounds like you advice is good,
from what I'm hearing from the land of milk and honey, it all going sour!
Aircraft availability low due to lack of groundcrew.
Pilots resigning, Pilots being sacked, Pilots sitting on their backsides, only flying an average of 1 1/4 hour a week, Type Ratings lapsing and not being renewed or having to pay to renew themselves.
Sounding like a glorified flying club for the Qataris. Sounds like there are a lot of unhappy people who are waiting to get the first year out of the way then jump ship.
Good money offered initially, good standard of living - villas or apartments not as good as promised (promised the Pearl at interview), some pilots getting pay cuts. Guys being clocked on and off camp, Flight Safety supervision inadequate yet being micro-managed!