Hi Falcon, what you describe is exactly the same as when I left in 2006. The pay rise happened do to the no staff and no CV's on the table situation.
The same situation will occur again soon, and when the money is good and staffing levels increase the poor procedures( and they are very poor BTW) will be a distant memory.
What you describe is the life cycle of ATC in the Middle East.
Finally the salary and allowences are still very attractive to some in Europe, SA
, NZ and the US, so people will still come.