I guess I am basing my comment on speaking to one of those guys that went back and then left again. I don't think he was particularly unpopular but he said that anytime he mentioned "in the Middle East we do it this way", as in maybe we could try skinning the cat a different way, rather than in a condascending way, the guys in his group got their backs up. And the day he was asked to split sectors cos he had 4 aircraft on frequency, and "if we don't split em we will lose staff off the roster", to which he sacreligeously replied "well maybe we could afford to lose some staff off the roster", that was it for him. So yes whilst you Tobzalp may not personally feel any jealousy or sour grapes towards returning expats, I don't think you can speak for every colleague in your centre, or the one to the Sth.