A word to the wise:
Simply disappearing from any GCC country can have serious repercussions for pilots, particularly if you are planning on flying anywhere near the GCC again.
Vengeance and grudges, as we all know, can be held around here for years, and all it takes is a quick one-pager to the cops and your passport number / name are now on the "list".
Get a divert into the GCC at any point, especially the UAE, and you can bet your Gucci-designed trousers, that they will make your life a misery, and by that I mean jail-time while you are being "processed" for absconding!
Yes, stopping your entitlements is petty and small-minded. But suck it up as its far better than spending two-months in a cell with eleven other "criminals" somewhere between DXB and AUH.
I already know one individual on this forum who shall remain nameless but would be well able to tell you in detail about what a few days is like inside a GCC holding cell!
Remember also that wonderful employment criteria: the "unrestricted passport" - a big red "DENIED ENTRY" stamp in there ain't going to help, is it?
And if you think those things do not exist.....have a chat with some of the Filipino workers who got on the wrong side of the wastafarians, and who can no longer get employment within the GCC.
Farrell