a lot of you guys are criticizing CW for his post - I was one of them too. However I only criticized because of the racist connotations and the fact that this is old news.
Effectively, CW IS RIGHT - that is, the locals do have a far better package than the rest of us. I have no objection to this simply because in my previous airline the locals (not dishdashed ones!) got far LESS which I thought was ridiculous. I know both cases are unfair but I have come to accept the situation here as frankly, there's nothing I can do about it, and whingeing won't help.
Finally the poll, if I may say, is silly. You cannot have a poll on something that is FACT - that is, that the locals DO have it easier. Whoever voted in favour of "level playing field" is either unfair or simply taking the mickey.