Anybody considering coming to work as a Pilot in Saudi Arabia now needs to understand exactly what is happening.
A few years ago Saudi was one of the last bastions of the Airline Pilot job being a Great and well respected career. Now it's honestly easier for a Saudi National to become an Airline Pilot than to become an Uber driver.
Banks in Saudi will loan money to young Saudi's very easily to go and complete their Commercial- Instrument rating in the US. After 6 months they're back in the Kingdom on the A320. 3 years later they have an A320 Command and 5 years later a widebody command.
There will be a glut of Saudi Pilots in the coming years.
I'll be fair as well. The Saudi F/O's are a good standard. Compared with European and US standards.I do question basic knowledge compared to guys who've been through US Aviation degrees or EASA examinations.