M D, know a few blokes in Air Japan.
They live in Oz and since the aussie dollar has been doing so well the pay is not that fantastic ( relatively )
The " gentlemen " at the ATO have made a ruling that you have to spend 90 days consecutively ( I think that is the figure )out of the country to avoid paying Oz tax, on top of that there are all sorts of nasty little tax laws that prohibit ( or make it bluddy difficult ) to bring wads of cash back to Oz when and if you retire from that job.
Living in Japan is not an option for expat Air Japan pilots, they wont let you.
Having said that, I believe the training is good and extremely thorough, they go to some interesting places, guys who have only had little experience on something like a 146 have got direct entry commands, and even with the dollar the way it is, the only way to earn that sort of coin is to become a QF captain ( a little difficult if you have'nt already been there for 20 years
)
Of the guys I know doing the contract, the ones that are single seem to like it and the happily married guys are hoping they can stay that way.
PS whats with the handle ?