Originally Posted by
givemewings
Yeah but pilots have ready access to their passports and a staff travel system (however flawed it may be) so if they're really in dire straits an exit is possible.
Not so for the poor guy sweeping the road or building the next lot of crappy villas. He needs to go "ask" for his passport and can only dream of having the cash (or access to it) to pay off a USD5K bond.
Not really a balanced comparison
That was the point, there are more alternative employment options for a 'guest' pilot from a first world western economy, when compared to those poor souls who due birth had no such advantage.