Joining Qatar Airways (QR) - all you need to know about it (threads merged)
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: 3rd planet
Age: 41
Posts: 107
High n fast
Hi just have a few questions trying to figure out where I am in the pool .I interviewed in Feb 2012 first officer position I don't have a type and I was assigned the a320 signed contract in May got the talent pool email.in July and still waiting .
When did u interview ?
When did you sign your contract
Which aircraft did they assign you?
Did you get the talent pool email in July
Sorry for so many questions just trying to see where I stand .
Thanks
Hi just have a few questions trying to figure out where I am in the pool .I interviewed in Feb 2012 first officer position I don't have a type and I was assigned the a320 signed contract in May got the talent pool email.in July and still waiting .
When did u interview ?
When did you sign your contract
Which aircraft did they assign you?
Did you get the talent pool email in July
Sorry for so many questions just trying to see where I stand .
Thanks
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Europe
Posts: 1,484
disagreeable,
Thank you for all of your detailed posts. Very informative. Are the 777 slots open because of pilot departures or just fleet growth? Also, I thought that 787 slots were primarily going to be filled by A320 pilots - still true? Or will 787 slots be filled by pilots from all fleets who have the seniority to bid it (including those from the 777)?
Cheers
Thank you for all of your detailed posts. Very informative. Are the 777 slots open because of pilot departures or just fleet growth? Also, I thought that 787 slots were primarily going to be filled by A320 pilots - still true? Or will 787 slots be filled by pilots from all fleets who have the seniority to bid it (including those from the 777)?
Cheers
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: MainlandEurope
Posts: 112
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@Hig´n Fast
Hi there ,most likely u will join us all in the current company accomodation (details will be given when u recieve your tickets )(which is a Residence Hotel ) .Depending on your Rank you will get big 2 bedroom or even more bigger 3 Bedroom Apt.
This is for 6 weeks ...
I recommend to bring for first days :Shoer Gel and towels ..not provided.also maybe if youre a UK resident an extension cable with several sockets to plug your stuff in ...
The rest u will get here sorted out real quick .
Enjoy your Trip ,see u soon down here
Cheers UP
Hi there ,most likely u will join us all in the current company accomodation (details will be given when u recieve your tickets )(which is a Residence Hotel ) .Depending on your Rank you will get big 2 bedroom or even more bigger 3 Bedroom Apt.
This is for 6 weeks ...
I recommend to bring for first days :Shoer Gel and towels ..not provided.also maybe if youre a UK resident an extension cable with several sockets to plug your stuff in ...
The rest u will get here sorted out real quick .
Enjoy your Trip ,see u soon down here
Cheers UP
Last edited by upwhereIbelong; 20th Nov 2012 at 19:35.
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: europe
Posts: 15
Pool
Hi guys,
This is my first post here. Hope i can give some good infos. I've heard that the order to get a contract/DOJ is.... people with job offer unemployed (2 months), with job offer employed(2-4 months), no job offer unemployed (4-6 months), no job offer employed (6-8 months). So don't plan much about when you got your assessment it doesn't really count.
Happy landings!
This is my first post here. Hope i can give some good infos. I've heard that the order to get a contract/DOJ is.... people with job offer unemployed (2 months), with job offer employed(2-4 months), no job offer unemployed (4-6 months), no job offer employed (6-8 months). So don't plan much about when you got your assessment it doesn't really count.
Happy landings!
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Where aviation management replaces common sense
Posts: 70
Thank you for all of your detailed posts. Very informative. Are the 777 slots open because of pilot departures or just fleet growth? Also, I thought that 787 slots were primarily going to be filled by A320 pilots - still true? Or will 787 slots be filled by pilots from all fleets who have the seniority to bid it (including those from the 777)?
Cheers
Cheers
to answer your Q's:
Thank you for all of your detailed posts. Very informative. Are the 777 slots open because of pilot departures or just fleet growth?
But what the original deal was that the first handful of 787 huys were to come from the T7 (~20) then the rest from the 320 mostly (with smatterings from 330 etc). depending on delivery rate of the 787, it was originally going to be about 7 F/O's and maybe a captain here and there going to the 787 per month.
Now that the mass exodus of the T7 guys happened, I am not sure that the guys from the T7 have moved over, maybe just a small number untill T7 fleet is stabilised again......... BUT the direct entry guys on that should expect to stay on that I reckon! not a bad bird to be stuck on
Or will 787 slots be filled by pilots from all fleets who have the seniority to bid it (including those from the 777)?
You get two numbers: A Joining Date number (staff number) and a FLC (final Line Check) number.
Now, as I mentioned that people are being steped over at a rapid rate in the training here so those poor bastards are watching guys join WAY after them and getting trained first, which gives them a FLC number before guys who joined months and months before them, which means that bidding for cmd and fleet transfers is being pushed way back for some (FTSO's and SO's mostly)!
Also, as a caveat to that, it states that "performace" is also considered when bidding... so if a CS didnt like you, or you mentioned to a captain about his delberate mishandling of the a/c and he has higher up contacts, expect that your "performance" wont place you in good steed for the cmd or the transfer......
very political and backstabbing..... sadly....The only light at the end of the tunnel is that they are going to have to concede somewhere soon, when they get planes delivered that sit on the ground and people still leave in droves, they may actually start to work things out...... NOT (insert satirical diabolical laughter)
Hope this helps!
QR is ok, but it is certainly not the golden goose like many make it out to be.
Last edited by disagreeable; 21st Nov 2012 at 16:39.
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Above the clouds where the sun is always shining
Age: 29
Posts: 71
it's not yet the end of November
and if they always have the same time frame i expect the end of November update somewhere between half of December and February
and if they always have the same time frame i expect the end of November update somewhere between half of December and February
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Where aviation management replaces common sense
Posts: 70
read this thread:
http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/46...ar-salary.html
http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/46...ing-qatar.html
Note that as a DEC you may get looked after alot better than F/O's, SO's etc
BUT you still will get worked hard!!
Chances are you will get accomodation provided, but at this stage there is a housing issue; however depending on your train of thought, co.housing or finding your own villa has its pro's and cons.
Good luck.
http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/46...ar-salary.html
http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/46...ing-qatar.html
Note that as a DEC you may get looked after alot better than F/O's, SO's etc
BUT you still will get worked hard!!
Chances are you will get accomodation provided, but at this stage there is a housing issue; however depending on your train of thought, co.housing or finding your own villa has its pro's and cons.
Good luck.
Last edited by disagreeable; 22nd Nov 2012 at 06:42.
