May I put my thoughts in here? I am sure by many I will be howled down.
But everyone seems to be forgetting that the main reason for being an ex pat is to make money.
What happens in reality is, the local pilots make more than the Expats ( good luck to them).
But the whole reason of moving to the ME seems to have been lost. You go to make money.
Hubris in EK and Dubai has changed this.