You need to be a bit careful about believing some of the stuff you read here. I think if anyone in ADA is worried about approaching 60 and thinks nice Airytoad will give them a job so they don't feel cast off, they're dreaming
Some parts of the Gulf can be okay to work, but the money is not that good and as most of the flying is just to offshore it requires no more sense of adventure than flying in the GOM, the Bay of Bengal or the Bight of Benin. I guess it just might be helpful if you're suffering from a bit of hardening of the liver and want to be forced to cut back the intake of booze, but in Dubai even that is doubtful