I am not a professional pilot but I have worked in the Emirates on and off since 1974. (I design media facilities for a living) If you work there, you are a mercenary and a hired gun, so you check your ego at the door and deal with it. The local people and authorities and extremely courteous if you play by the rules.
And let's face it. A generation from now you could all be replaced by teenagers at Playstation consoles. with a camp CC member in appropriate uniform doing the
PR bit