I agree Mr GC. When I was there I liked the vast majority of local pilots; indeed they are of the same character and background of most pilots. Interestingly, this came up in a CRM class that EK pilots although multi cultural 'get on' because the common denominator self - evidently is that they are all pilots. 'Management' is of course a different matter. Anecdotally, the biggest and most arrogant @rse i met there was an A380 'manager' from Europe.