I thought that was the White House?
Many Americans are taxed on their overseas earnings whereas a lot of other nationalities aren’t, provided they satisfy their own countries revenue and tax requirements.
Original question.
The main advantages are tax free earnings and free or heavily subsidised accommodation. This enables people to “play the game” and use the opportunity to save for, pay off, or purchase those big ticket items (including retirement planning) that might be difficult at home. These airlines are not simply airlines, they are emanations of the state and used to project the national prestige of small but very rich nations. They provide the opportunity to fly often very new, big, and well equipped and maintained metal on a wide variety of routes.
The bases are “Rich kids playgrounds” and it can be an expensive temptation to play with the rich kids. If you spend your salary on those things fine, but many people borrow to play. That can be a very, very bad decision when it all goes wrong because they regard bad debt as a criminal offence rather than a civil one, and their jails are testament to people who discovered that reality the hard way.
You are the hired help and rarely will a week go by without you being reminded of that. You will have exactly the same employment rights as anybody else. The “anybody else” mainly being service or construction workers from the sub-continent or far-east. It will not include indigenous citizens. The “rights” will be simple and usually as a result of reluctant fatigue from the criticisms of the UN, vocal NGO’s or “60 minutes” (other investigative TV shows may be available!) The threat of dismissal will be a frequent topic of conversation and will inordinately impact most people’s thought and decision making process. That said, if you keep your head down, plan your own strategy, and mix in a healthy dollop of good luck, there is every chance it will be a positive experience, barring some sort of pan-global crisis.
Never think of it as your home, because it never will be! However it is human nature to want to create a home and surround yourself with home comforts. That is quite easy but don’t forget my earlier warning of not doing it on any form of debt that you cannot readily cover at a moments notice if required!
if you are a cadet it can be a great opportunity for early and rapid exposure to the sort of metal and experience that ordinarily might lie distant in any other country. However do not kid yourself that your frozen ATPL from an unheard of flying club (now academy) is going to cut the mustard. Most of their cadets have come from the Far East and through Australian or New Zealand full time training programmes.
Experienced pilots will usually have thousands of hours of relevant experience. Relevant will often mean jet time with another airline. They often take a “sniffy” view of turboprop or small jet time. A lot of pilots have come from failed airlines. That isn’t a detrimental comment as most of them are extremely professional, experienced and proficient pilots. However it does mean that redundancy is something they have experienced and are in no hurry to experience again. This only serves to exert a subtle or indeed obvious control by threat over a workforce.
If you have a family it can be a good opportunity for young children as school fees are often included in the employment package. Foreign school fees and university fees are often also paid to a greater or lesser degree.
Covid aside, if you are an integrated student at the right schools it is definitely a good opportunity but one that will require a steep learning curve and not insubstantial risk. If you are an experienced pilot going into this with all the appropriate research markers ticked, it can also be an excellent part of your career portfolio. If it is a “dream” then you invariably are a long way from it being a realistic consideration.
And to finish off where I started, if you think these “managements” will ever show you any “respect, dignity or compassion” there is a very high likelihood that would also be your assessment of Donald Trump!