Leaving-qatar-airways-qr-all-you-need-know

[oryxbollocks]

No. You don't return your licence when you leave. Like many other things in QR it's just another example of inefficiency. This requirement should have been removed from the form years ago.

On a more serious note, the Qatar Government has taken to charging you 500 riyals to CANCEL your Multiple Exit Visa! You must pay this before they'll let you out of the country! This action is nothing but extortion as the visa is of absolutely no use once you leave anyway.

My advice therefore is that you do NOT bother with one unless Qatar Airways decides to buy it for you. (On principle, if Flight Ops wants you to have one, they should pay for it.)

GB

[fokkerplod]

Thanks for the update on the pilots licence, as it seems pointless paying bond if they did take it off you!


I agree too with the multiple exit permit should be paid by company if they require you to have it, especially if you have to then pay to cancel it, at least they are now paying for e-gate, but no refund for those of us that had paid 500QAR for it in the first place.

fokkerplod

[Mutley99]

Bond

So do i understand correctly that the A320 bond is $15k for one year and this applies to both fast track so's and fo's?

And that most newbies are getting on the A320?

Cheers

[flyforfood1]

Below is straight out of Part A:-

Non-Type Rated Full Transition course (new joiner)
2 years from FLC (Final Line Check)
50,000
$2,083 PM after FLC

Non-Type Rated Short Transition Course (new joiner)
2 years from FLC
30,000
$1,250 PMafter FLC

A320/330 CCQ (New joiner)
1 year from FLC
15,000
$1,250 PM after FLC

Second Officer : Fast Track
3 years from FLC
50,000
$1,388 PM after FLC

Second Officer
5 years from FLC
50,000
$833 PM after FL

[thunderbird-1]

Thanks flyforfood1 for the good info.
What's the difference between Non-Type Rated Full Transition and Short Transition course (new joiner), is it regarding experience, previous aircraft flown? (ex: 737NG to 777 would be a short transition??). Thank you.

[flyforfood1]

No probs, yes your correct re short course, so if your Boeing going to Airbus expect the full course regardless of hours etc. I think for the 777 the flavour of the month is widebody experience. There are only 6.5 days left of this one though so I'm sure that'll change, especially with more arriving and lots of guys leaving.

[Frank Abagnale]

Hi there,

A question for those who are in Qatar already...

If you have one of the old bond schemes that are fixed for the first year and then reduce for the next few years after that, how much bond do you have to pay - is it pro rata per month or calculated to the day

e.g. 50k 2-year bond, fixed first year, line check 01 Jan

01 Jan one year later you owe 25k
01 Feb you owe 25k-2083 approx

If you leave on 31 Jan for instance in the example above do you have to pay 25000 or a prorate amount?

Cheers

[FO X]

Situation

FO at QR. Non bonded. Only outstanding is cc which will be paid off. If I decide to depart and contact hr from the uk to coordinate sending my token, Id, uniforms back. What's wrong with that picture? I got an offer elsewhere and don't plan on returning

[Daft Wader]

Hi F/O X

Sure that your colleagues appreciate the heads up that they will get to pick up your roster at the last minute .......

Good Luck in your new role

Daft Wader

[FO X]

Hi Daft

Thanks for the taste of sarcasm to your worthless off point post. The question had to deal with leaving QR, not in how I would impact your life. Staffing and attrition at QR is not my responsibility nor could I give two squirts of piss about your roster.

Thanks for showing the forum that Attention deficit disorder is Alive and well at QR and is in fact part of our corporate culture.

[Daft Wader]

Hi F/O X

Thank you for your reply .

Dw

[Mr Angry from Purley]

FO X
Sometimes such actions can bite you back. So your new airline asks QR for a reference for security ID. What happens then?. Or big chief at QR is mates with your new MD.
Pilots - professional um

[OXOGEKAS340]

So, the "best" way is to send your money abroad, sell your car and belongings, and "escape" when abroad....This would be a good answer to those "intelligent bureaucrats" and "pilot haters" , who deject commanders and advance cabin crew....
It disheartened me to read all this, so i am changing my mind, not to join them, although I passed the selection process.....And salary is not so attractive anymore, if someone takes in account the bonding....

[40&80]

This all sounds very much like leaving East African Airways in 1971 and what was repeated again at Gulf Air 1980 onwards....there must be a better way it leads to corruption, no profit, and eventual liquidations.

[UP UP AND ABOVE]

Last year alone 155 pilots have left Qr..... resignations, terminations and jumpship, almost 1 pilot every 2 days, and that's a figure from management.:

[Luke SkyToddler]

I had no problems working my 3 month notice period, as long as you're not bonded they really can't do much to annoy you (more than they already do). Sure you need to sell your stuff and close your bank accounts etc but you would have to do that even if you were going to run.

It takes a couple days to work through their stupid little checklist and give back all their ID cards etc (you DON'T have to give back the licence) but it's definitely still worth it for the final pay they have to give you. Also, they give you a free shipment of a few hundred kgs to get your stuff back home.

I can't see the point in running away, unless of course you have a better job you're going to miss out on by working your notice. Even then, you'd want to be very careful if you needed a previous employer or security reference.

[jaarrgh]

After an entire morning listening to the phone ring off and being passed around I have failed to find out the leaving cargo allowance. Any ideas for family of 4. A testament to the admin here that I have to ask the sages of the Internet for some clues.

[Luke SkyToddler]

I got 500 kgs cargo allowance when I left, also with my family of 4 - 200 kgs for me and 100 each for the wife & kids as I recall. And they only do it to a QR destination (no interline).

[Xaxa]

Joining:
Deck Crew 150 Kgs (self) +150 Kgs (spouse) + 50 Kgs (per child), non-qr network 50% Eligibility

Resigning:
Above plus extra 50 kg per person, plus additional 50 kg per person after 3 years of service.



Ask them to check in the employee manual, chapter 1.

Edit: BTW, this might have been changed with the last salary change, they like to change T&C every now and then. This info I have is from 2008.

[BIGBAD]

What does it cost

Cost of cancelling multi exit visa = 500 QR

Cost of cargo customs clearance = 200 QR

Cost of getting cargo to airport. = 100 QR

Cost of taxi to the airport. = 25 QR


The feeling you get when you finally leave the sh1t hole that is Doha
.........PRICELESS.......