I find it funny that people want to talk about supporting the US carriers or "jumping ship" to a ME carrier....this is a business right? Labor will and should flow toward the highest wage, while management will flow toward the lowest cost, regardless of national citizenship or boundary in the global economy. Nostalgia isn't a realistic business model for you as the individual wage earner either, you have to make your own decisions about what you are worth/want to earn....but don't expect your decisions to be the same as others, especially if they are rooted in loyalty, not the bottom line.
Just my two cents, from someone who isn't even in the industry...just looking in from the outside.