I think people on this thread forget that there are pilots outside of the middle East and the cream of your crop don't all work for the middle eastern operators. There are highly competent pilots working in low cost operations throughout the world. They are extremely underpaid as well as undervalued and will no doubt find interest in this Saudi start up. They also won't be asking the numbers that are being thrown around on this thread. Although I feel we are worth every penny, the world has now changed and Airline operators are run by bean counters. The manufacturers are also run by bean counters so cost is something that is at the top of the priority list. With regret, safety or experience isn't and that's the bitter truth to swallow going forward.