Pros
Exploring the world, generous salary, living costs, nice hotels, generous living quarters and generous discounts in different places in Doha.
Cons
A lot of racism onboard depending on where you come from. I got racial abuse from where I was from by many crew, supervisors and management because I didn’t fit in where they where from. In Qatar this comes across as acceptable by many. A customer once put in a complaint about me that was all lies, including that I had assaulted a member of crew. All crew where interviewed and I was still proven innocent and I still received a written warning over it. 12 hours minimum rest before a flight, not allowed out apart from 90 minutes. All timings are monitored. Scaremongered about going out while out station with a threat that they check up on you. A lot of supervisors onboard let the power go to their head and would treat crew very badly thinking they owned the company, and if the crew member defended themselves then they would be threatened to be reported to management in office. A lot of supervisors onboard would group the crew based on where they where from to keep a little party of them together. It felt discriminatory towards the crew where they where the only one from their nationality. Grooming department come round and check on you before each flight. This used to give me terrible anxiety due to the fact that they could remove you from a flight of you having a pimple, makeup wasn’t to their standard etc. They would make comments about your weight infront of the whole crew which is extremely embarrassing. Last time I checked they weren’t qualified doctors who can make comments about losing weight whenever I have a perfectly normal BMI.