Good and Bad
Kap
Must be nuts but I genuinely like it.
You can laugh at the strange food but you don't have to eat it.
You can feel you are being ignored but that changes with time.
You can have your satellite dish with 40+ foreign channels put on for 2200RMB (US$275)-Black market job.
You can learn their culture and appreciate some of their history.
My agency IAC has no Pilots in Shenzhen.
Direct do and have put the hard work in and are looking at being in for the long haul.
Contractair put the hard yards in last year to be the ground breakers. So they have a few Pilots and appear to be in for the second round.
So I hope you're not referring to me as one of the following: "won't sugar coat it the way some of the agency employees who post here under the guise of pilots do"
Because I am a Pilot and I like Urge am expressing my opinion.
I have been in China since Nov 2001. Urge has been here significantly less. And yes I also have a lot of Contract experience.
True! it has not helped with the demise of the US$, being not much of a gig for an Australian or a European. But if your currency is tied (or follows) the US$, it pays enough to be able to save a decent amount without living like a civic cat (Sorry, a dog).
Particularly if you're working in Brazil for US$2000/mth. Or as an FO in an Eastern European country for around US$1000/mth.
Sugar Coating! Well sometimes it's a bit sour but I can handle it.