topman... agree with what you said about the pilots - have heard similar myself. However, you're mad to say/think that 6000Baht will get you a two bedroom apt. I lived at Ekamai Soi 63 in the Grand Hi Tech which is moreorless the city centre and I paid 8000Baht for a room that was a bed and tv and not enough room for anything else and that was 1999... so, that's first hand. Got a lot of mates in BKK working in various fields and the norm for a western style 1 bedroom is at least 20 000Baht.