Cleaning toilets with tongue?
Luke,
Why were you cleaning toilets with your tongue? This is NOT a prerequisite for airline pilots. You should change schools for one that offers courses in advanced bootlicking. This is a much better skill to list on your résumé. After rinsing your mouth, you should note that the countries that offer infectious diseases in their toilets are likely not the most positive places for acquiring a solid and long term flying position. ☺
Thread readers:
After over two years at QR and living in Doha full time, can say that this may not be the best place to live or the best airline to work for, but it is certainly far better than the uncertainty of the majority of the global carriers and, if you have a patient and adaptable mindset, offers many opportunities. All this without having to employ the previously mentioned bootlicking or toilet cleaning skills! Doha is a dynamic (substitute "always under construction") city and this is a rapidly evolving airline. There are going to be frustrating events but if put in the global context, no worse than anywhere else. Cannot compare to Emirates or the "Airline that shall not be named", but know from talking with others that it compares favourably with any other non-European carrier (and many European carriers).
So EK vs QR. Take your pick and make the best of your choice. In the long term,they both have the potential to enhance your career.