Maddog u got ure contract on Sunday as well? I wonder why they didn't send me anything yet and I did my interview at least 6 weeks before most of the guys who received their contract...

@maddog
Week 3, waiting for the good news for the SO slot, married as well…

I had the information confirmed during the interview that you’ll get unlimited business class special cheap tickets for your wife after the third month of joining date.
Personally, mine has her job, friends and the good lifestyle in Paris.I beleive she won’t get it if she come with me in Doha. Plus I won’t be fully available (hard work, tired, need to sleep etc) when she is in top form because she’ll have nothing to do there.
So here is the plan, if succesful. Put her in good conditions where she is. Me to go swet in Doha to secure the job,fly the jets and send the money. Her to enjoy the frequent travels in business class between Paris and Doha while keeping her lifestyle quality.
She’s happy, so I am.An Easier task if the baby come cause she will forget me for a while:oh::}

I'm not sure how old you are, but this plan is a disaster waiting to happen. Eventually you will be worth nothing more than a paycheck to her, an absent father if you have a child, and eventually the inevitable breakup. Relationship/Marriage are already difficult enough. Why compound a long distance relationship into the mix? You may want to reconsider your plan...REALLY!

A true recipe for disaster!

Gdukkoq, yeah, it was on sunday.... really sorry about your situation, should not be easy at all!
RK303, everyone have their own points of view. I did what you said many time, not because I wanted; but if I take this job is for avoiding that situation. If you have never experience that scenario, be aware that it will not be so easy as you think.... or maybe I am wrong, I hope!

I am on the 320 fleet and love it. Work is hard, but the pay for it is far better than if I was back home. The 777 fleet is not the dream fleet anymore. A friend of mine on that fleet has nearly 130 block hours in Jan ? Whats the point of living if you spend so much time in the air ? As for me, 90+ hours block in Dec and Jan, lots of night flying. If you're frightened of work, don't bother coming here.

My wife is here with me in Doha, she loves it.

We have made so many new friends and life is good.

It all depends on how you are prepared to adjust.

The worsth thing here is the driving, everything else is bearable

Money is good, accomodation is good, the aircraft are well maintained and the routes I do and layovers are interesting.

I believe shared accomodation for SOs is until you become FOs which is when you line check. Don't worry about it. If you pla to come with your wife, tell them and I am sure they will arrange something better for you. I would suggest you come here alone whilst training if possible and then send the wife out once you're line checked.

maddog,as you get a shared accomodation and expect to start your training, what is the better solution?sure you have your own point of view but are you going to refuse your contract?
this is a temporary situation as blackpuding mentioned. once being a f/o you'll get your own accomodation and the money.
Imagine you go down there with her and finally you don't make it for whatever reason and still in your probatory period? we never know.Then the disaster will be worst.
Better to keep her away until things are secured, then bring her in Doha to enjoy a more stable situation.

Hi everyone!

I passed the interview the 3rd of November... so long time ago and still havn't got any answer!! is it normal ??

I will answer all the pm question tomorow for those who wrotte me.

Yes it's normal. I waited 7 weeks for the results of my interview and sim, and then a month for a fleet assignment. Now I am about to start all the joining paperwork and I'm guessing I will start in march. Keep the faith :}

If you come here as a married SO then you should get your own 1 or 2 bedroom apartment. Also, you can ask for the QR6000 housing allowance.

And after almost 2 months is it still possible that I receive a negative answer? or it doesn't mean anything?

Hello

I'm filling out the application form but i have 1 question. What is regarded as 'incident'? RA, Bird strike....??? Now, should i mention this or not?
Tx

if you are married you get your own accommodation regardless of rank
if you get here and they've made a mistake go to housing and they can rectify it in a week or two.

Understood mate, no need to yell. :)

Interview 1st week of sept.
Succesful notification 4 weeks later.
.... Waiting for contract 11 weeks pending ...

Called them again today, told me huge delay with no estimate, said they will explain via email this morning... No email...
You need luck also on who's handling your file, coz some HR people just don't care.

The guys in HR do care. They are overworked. Do you know how many pilots have joined in the past three months alone. Make that a 3 figure number.

Interview Dec 18th
 

Has anyone interviewed on Dec 18th and heard something?

Two-Tone-7 it is not a fair system, most of the guys waited 2 months Max after interview to get their contracts. It soon to be 5 months for me and nô contract!!! This is very unfair if you ask me! And the way it works it is that your file get passed to someone in HR, some really care and work fast, but some really don't care and can make you wait 8 month after interview for just a fleet allocation!

There is a possibility that the delay is on the part of the fleet secretary of which fleet you are to join. This could be down to a whole number of things, what nationality you are, what rank, training requirements and resources etc by way of sim availibilty, sim partner. Yes 5 months is a long time, if it was me I would be inclined to go in person and have the paperwork sorted.

However, you have already drawn to conclusion that you're joining coordinator does not care about you (sob). Company requirements are priority number 1.

Qatar Interview
 

For all of you that have emailed me in regards to the interview...
I interviewed on Dec 18th; 50 JAA ATPL multiple choice questions (two different question bank that day); panel interview ( TAAT); sim Airbus A320 two ils with APU fire.. Hope it helps..

Confirmation letter
 

Just got the good news that I was successful in the selection process. But in the email it said...

"The next step in the process is for us to gain approval for your appointment.* Following this we will issue a formal offer of employment which should take no more than 6 weeks.* This letter will be your formal offer of employment and will also contain your fleet allocation.* *"

When they say, "The next step in the process is for us to gain approval for your appointment".... Is there anything that I have to do or send them an email stating that I am still interested or is it an internal process within Qatar Airways???

Thanks for all the posts everyone...

I just repled with a polite, thank you, looking forward to hearing from Qatar Airways soon...

As you have probably read there are different time lines for different people.

samolin congratulations!!, when was your interview?.. only by reference to time ..

Application date: Oct 1st
Interview Invite: Oct 17th
Interview Date: Dec 5th
Successful notice: Dec 29th
Contract: Pending

Samolin congrats! I'm sure you'll get your contract before me. I'm on week 12... Back then I received the same email saying nô more than 4 weeks lol.
But even though I sound annoyed by this believe me I am very proud to know that I will join Qatar Airways (someday in 2012 maybe) !
Enjoy the moment!

Qatari Road show
 

I am going to try to make it to BRU for the road show either the 9th or 10th. Does anyone know how often they do the road shows? I know it's too much to hope for "Oh, yes, they'll be in London next in Feb, if they always do the same thing." lol....

Cheers, all!

Who will fly the 787?
 

Anybody know who will be trained on 787. I am told if you have a 777 ticket it is just a 5 day conversion course to 787 so will 777 FO`s be promoted to 787 CA, 777 CA to 787 or will full courses be done for airbus types?

gdukkoq this thread is a complete mess! Everybody talking about the interview timelines but I don't know if they are CPT, FO, fast track SO or normal SO.

For CPT, FO and perhaps fast track SO the timeline is completely different from the normal SO.

As a normal SO applicant my timeline was this:

Interview Invite (Bahrain) - Jun 6th
Interview Date (Bahrain) - Jun 15th
Successful Notice (Bahrain) - Jun 23rd
Interview Invite (Doha) - Jul 23rd
Interview Date (Doha) - Aug 31st
Successful Notice (Doha) - Sep 13th
Contract and Fleet - Pending

Yeah I know, I was one of the unfortunate guys that payed a lot of money to attend the Bahrain assessment, God knows why we were the only ones!
They said 4 weeks maximum but as you can see it's been almost 4 months.

However I went personally to the HR office on Dec 4th and this is what they told me.

"Your training will not start anytime soon, I can't promise you dates but I'm almost sure that for the next 2, 3 or 4 months it's not going to happen, I know you've passed all the stages and you deserve to be here but you need to be patient"

gdukkoq as you can see you are not the only one! And guys, please specify your rank when you come up here saying that you've got fleet and contract or joining date.

Thanks Man. I applied as a FTSO and many others who did their interview months after me got their contracts already. Also in 2 months time I will have FO minimums so if nothing happen between feb, I will reapply as FO I guess...

End of selection?
 

Today when I click to the first officer position I got this answer :

"The job is no longer available.
The job description you are trying to view is no longer available."

WTF?

By the way I just wanted to see some feedback about my application.
Why I can't see the status (e.g.: viewed, short selection) of my application similar to EK?

Update of interview process...
 

For everyone who sent a pm and others who want to know...

I applied for the FO position and my timeline is listed above!

They have not changed the technical test and it remains 50 questions. The best way to study is by using the question banks on websites that are listed on this form pg # 173 or 174... its in the 170s... They really helped me and I also got "Ace the Technical Pilot Interview" book to give me the theory behind the answers in the question bank. Over kill some might say.... maybe but it gave me the confidence and best chance to pass this part of the selection process! so. there!

The interview itself was the toughest part of the whole process... there were 12 of us on that day and I was the last one to be interviewed... and not one person got the same set of questions... some of the most common ones were:
- Tell us about yourself
- Tell us why you want to join Qatar Airways
- Tell what you know about Qatar Airways (70% of the guys got this question)
- Tell us about a situation where you gave feedback to a Captain
- Tell us about a time when you received NEGATIVE feedback from your supervisor
- Tell us about a time when you had to say NO
- Tell us about a time when you had to show your autority

Hope this helps... good luck everyone!

Perhaps if you submitted already before you are still lucky. I can imagine that they already have enough applications to screen. Or they just want to freeze untill the backlog of the training is over.
I would not panic, but indeed it is very anoying, especially if you want to leave the company where i'm now.:mad:

Good side is that i have now plenty of time to study.

Its on page 171....Good luck Samolin.

@changing...

congrats, good luck!:ok:

When did you submit your application? (to have an idea)

Hi everyone,
Applied to Qatar in August
Interviewed on the 18th of December
Received the good news today!!!!!!!
:D
Now comes the waiting for fleet allocation
Regards

It would be helpful to others if you provde what position you applied for? FT F/O, S/O, F/O, DEC

B777 Routes
 

Hi
Please can someone list the B777 routes on here?

Also how many days off in a row do A330/340 crews get?

Many thanks in advance

Daddy Oh!

Impossible to say on 330, depends how you bid, I seem to average 3 days off in a row periodically but I don't bid for blocks of days off as I don't need to travel home.

As for 777, too many to list.

USA.
South America.
South Africa.
Oz.
Bits of Asia.
Bits of India.
Only Euro stuff is on the freighter I think.

Thanks Flyforfood

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I received my fleet allocation today A320 F/O.
Now I will check out for the starting date...

Happy new year to all of you!