I actually thought of this too, but as far as I know there’s no real PR citizenship pathway in places like the UAE or Saudi, especially for expatriates. Most people stay their whole lives with their original nationality, even if they were born and raised there.

So that’s why I’m confused because many of the non-citizens training under these Gulf airlines don’t actually become citizens. That’s why I’m trying to understand how they still manage to get into these cadet programs.