Trees take time to grow
Many of us have planted trees. Shade is quite easy to organise - shouldn't be beyond the wit of most pilots. Then again, maybe it is
Privacy? Again, see above about doing something for yourself
You are right about the weird garage roof... But again, shouldn't take long to organise a cover (like the tenants of the 3 bed villas at Arenco/DIC who managed to do it without crying a river)
Personally I do not know of anyone who, since moving here, doesn't actually like the place............... etc etc
Somewhat disingenuous, W Knight, however you are known for gilding your lilies for the purposes of furthering an argument. They who control the evictions are swimming in money, there is no reason whatsoever that the expat should have to plant his own frigging trees or rig up a sun shade over the garage or whatever it is you're proposing. You seem to forget that people come to the middle east from the civilised world in order to be paid a premium, both in salary and conditions, for leaving their homelands. The company is trying to undo this arrangement and those ignoramuses with mindsets like yours ("Many of us have planted trees") are helping them to succeed in making this just another job. Big picture, Old Boy.
They build a bunch of concrete boxes to house their pilots, formerly considered and known as "management", YES MANAGEMENT, but too tight and givva****less to plant some lawn and a few trees and need to have the employees stump up the cash....- f-ing shameful if you ask me. And some people lap it up. It boggles the mind.