AC300:
Things here are almost always somehow more complicated than that, even though they should not be.
Actually it’s not more complicated, but easier: It’s infantile in the very sense of the word.
With the amount of growth going on in the whole region, my point of view is that these companies have no choice but be "learning companies"
They would have a choice though: You can learn the infantile way, like your kid, by first declining any advice (“I know better, Dad’s a nerd…”) and then accumulating experience and ending up with similar conclusions, admittedly sometimes better ones, but very often even new talent can’t beat physics or classic human behaviour. Or you can learn quicker and cheaper, by asking and listening to experience hanging around. And there’s massive amount of experience here! It’s just that the infantile behavior, paired with the prevailing huge arrogance of our chiefs, leads to this being a no option. It’s sad that these chiefs are mainly Westerners, but they succumb to the local attitude the moment they’re under local pressure, and to many the dictatorial-style leadership actually suits their character, as they often didn’t fully succeed in the civilized world.
And if we decide to move to a totally different part of the world, say the far east for an example, is going to be ultimately better and we'd stop complaining or is just a shift to a different negative loop?
That’s the eternal dilemma. I believe we can basically choose OZ, US or EU environment to get civilized treatment but still dim career prospects. Or we go to the expanding world of ME/FE and just wait out until these places grow up. Hopefully with as little harm as possible to man, machine and your career. Aviation History has unfortunately shown, even in the West, that improvement only follows some horrid events. Every newcomer thinks he’s cleverer than the rest and knows better what corners to cut. It’s up to each and everyone to judge if his actual environment has become safe enough and never hope you can improve things in your career time.
Bitching does not help the cause, but definitely helps your mental and physical health.
My 5cts