Well said Kap. A lot of us are in the same boat. You reach that age when its not worth it to move. You get Stockholm syndrome and get used to be threatened all the time. The foreign airlines know this. I do think that in the next few years, minus goddam Putin or ISIS, a lot will go to the U.S. majors. The likes of Korean, Ethiopian, CX and Vietnam etc. will never change. You either make the best of it or just leave. It is just a job after all. I do not take my management/airline seriously. Some places are just a front for money laundering/hiding/tax write offs and don't give a rats ass about it's employees. I think that pass travel is a good indicator of what a company thinks of its employees and most of the foreign carriers are crap. They don't want you on the airplane as you are a nuisance. Fly the jet, we'll pay you and go home we do not want to hear from you.

The Chinese carriers offer the world but in reality it's a trick.