Originally Posted by
richardstroker
Hit it on the nose.
Work for an ACMI on an E3 (2 year renewable visa), not a mainline carrier.
The why is for the above mentioned - not particularly wanting to raise a family in the US (and also not wanting to politicise this thread), nor commute from Australia to the US long term. Works for some, unsustainable in my eyes.
There's a thread somewhere in the Middle East forum comparing long term earnings between the main ME carriers in case that's your main motivation. There's also some comments sprinkled here and there. You'll find some users here who despise these companies and have a toxic obsession with warning anyone interested in joining one. No airline is perfect (especially one in a non-democratic nation) but the people who are happy in the Middle East don't come to this forum to tell everyone about it. I applied to all of them a long time ago but didn't rush it. In the end I chose Emirates and I'll start the course in a few weeks. All the information I have is what I gathered during the selection process and by asking previous colleagues who joined Emirates, Qatar and Fly Dubai (The guy in Fly Dubai regrets not choosing Emirates instead and the Qatar guy thought he was joining the 787 and he was put on the 737 which is the type of operation that he was running away from).
If you have any specific questions feel free to PM me.