pilot shortage
i am a saudi pilot,and found out after looking at most of the jobs here that the ops is mostly run by expats..the atitude towards the locals is not that good and it is very hard to get an interview
here is an example
one of the ops has a chief pilot, once he got the position he sent his carpenter son to flying school in jordan(his country) then brought him back as a first officer on an airbus 320 ..while they have dispatchers with 500 hours that they where told not to apply cause they will lose their job if they did..call nas and check on the story
thier is alot of that going on..you have a better chance as an expat than a local getting into the business