It's a matter of fact that life in Eastern Europe is a lot cheaper than in Western Europe. For argument sake, the sum of money which can only get you a small room in a shared apartment in some remote area of London can get you an independent apartment in a nice area somewhere like Bucharest, Sofia or Tirana. You can also get comprehensive insurance for a powerful coupe or a hot hatch for the cost of insuring a Ford Fiesta further west. A decent meal outside comes at a significantly lower cost as well. Just as many other things. The salaries are scaled towards that and they still put pilots among the top 10% of the highest-earning professionals in their countries.
The second side of the story is where you want to live. Locals who want to live in their home city and sleep in their own bed every night often find WZZ not only the most stable and secure opportunity in their country, but also the only one or one of only two or three in their city (and that if said city is a capital, at many of the smaller cities WZZ are the only operator maintaining a permanent base there). And here it comes to evaluation of what you would like to get out of your job. Would you be happy spending weeks on end in hotel rooms for more money or would you rather live at home? How about your family, are they able and willing to relocate, should you find a better-paid opportunity elsewhere in the world? Do you have any dependents to look after, maybe old and infirm family members for whom relocation is just not an option? With all this in mind, everyone works it out for themselves.
Last edited by PilotLZ; 13th Jun 2020 at 17:27.