@spearmic, Can I just clarify, when did you meet the locals? Do you mean real Qataris or the millions of other people from around the world, that might have looked qatari since you probably can't tell the difference between one brown person and the next?
In almost one year at the company I have probably spent a total of 5 minutes in the company of qataris, most of it had to do with ministry stuff, visas, licenses etc. please enlighten us on your meetings with the "locals".
BTW I'm not bashing the airline or Qatar, I just genuinely curiois to know where spearminic met these locals he's talking about.