Pickuptruck
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Pickuptruck
Housing in HKG in the last 24 yrs has way underperformed Oz or NZ, so that monetary gap is completely gone. Don't confuse the place today with HKG 1980s or 1990s. Once you're in your 50's, it all evens out, everyone you learnt to fly with has a command, be it CX QF or Air NZ. And I have no doubt there's a very large number of CX Captains in their 50's who would trade it all right now, in 2024, to have their time again and join QF or Air NZ.
Past performance isn't a guarantee for future returns. You also don't have to live in Australia to own property there. Most of my Australian colleagues own in both HK and AUS. As an accountant in my former career, the financial advantages of CX over QF or ANZ are obvious, the biggest being taxes, even after being forced to sign a new contract in 2020. Yes Hong Kong is a very expensive place to live, ie housing, but with relatively quicker upgrade times than QF and ANZ over a career, CX is still better financially.