hahaha classic!
"NewBird" shows up with their very first post to defend the poor, beleaguered airline management just trying to eke out a living...I would welcome the "other side of the story", except the management know they don't have a leg to stand on. They hide behind their silence and cozy regulators.
Why don't you have your happy colleagues come forward then?
Pilots work in the Middle East for many, many different reasons. I myself went because I had no job and EK was the first to call - it was certainly no dream of mine to go there. Many others come because their home countries are disintegrating or increasingly dangerous to live in. Think South Africa, Zimbabwe, Venezuela to name only a few...
Your comments to try and paint ME pilots as overpaid or money-hungry are pathetically transparent envy and your language such as "jolly good" is a dead giveaway as to your country of origin...finish your coffee at the atrium Costa and get back to your cubicle!