Originally Posted by
Captain Spam Can
VAMY you will be my first port of call for advice should RIA see the light when hiring starts. Once you realise only the poor pay tax it makes you realise how the world really works. I can see you have been involved working in Saudi a very long time now.
Actually, I worked most of my aviation carrier flying the flag for the UK until retiring at 55 years.
I lived in France/Switzerland & commuted to the UK from Geneva for over 25 years utilising a VERY tax efficient strategy via the various DTA’s.
Many probably don’t know it but the BA long haul fleet are probably the best paid pilots in the whole of Europe, by a LONG margin, due the possibilities of beneficial DTA utilisation.
I then went to Saudi for 10 years flying on their B747-400 & B747-8 fleet. Back then there were literally only a handful of Western flight crew on Saudi’s B744 & B748 fleet.
Most Western expats, because they weren’t in the know thought, the we’re getting a good deal at Emirates, Etihad & Qatar when Saudi was in fact the “golden goose” & always was