that's true but remember many people from middle east countries like Iran , Iraq , ... don't have any choices . they are forced to use airline like Emirate or Qatar airways to travel to North America .
Pilots were needed in Qatar that's why they gave them respect . just look at how they treat flight attendants ( have to beat their apartment before 10 pm ) or slaves they hire to build stadium . they might treat feature flight crew like them . That's Sad