What those pilots did is justified. If their own governments treat them like shit, slander them and don't give them good pay they deserve better opportunities to work for someone else. It is the same concept for free market capitalism, if a national government makes it hard, burdensome and too costly to manufacture and produce products domestically then the industry will move to greener pastures. Same with consumers choosing what to support and what not to support, those that provide the best products and services deserve to thrive, the companies that make shit that breaks down in two years or barely works deserves to go bankrupt. This is the only sane economic and civilizational solution.

Trust is a reward based system. You have to earn it over time. You can easily do the opposite and burn bridges and the British government did exactly that. You do not get loyalty and trust unless you prove you are worth it.