Firbolgs,
Wait a minute..... if you state that there is a lot of stuff out there, then where does that info come from? PEOPLE who, as you put it, ''serial whinge''!
And by the way, one post explaining one person's experience, is NOT serial whinging. Describing the truth is not ''whinging'' IMHO.
In addition, once you arrive in the ME, then in spite of the negative difference between the promises and reality, at that point staying might be the best option. Obviously, coming to the sandpit is not the best option for many people, but if you are tricked into believing the hype and lies, then once you arrive you are left with few options at least for a few years. The, ''if you don't like it leave'' mantra is not a valid response to someone who realises they have made a bad choice.
We as pilots should be directing things towards companies who make false promises regarding employment, and not our fellow colleagues who got sucked in by the lies. We are a divided and fractured community of professionals and because of that, we all suffer.