when you're working somewhere where there's no ice or change and a foreign CAA inspector boards every second flight.
when the papi's would have you fly into the mud about a mile short of the crumbling threshold
when you hear 'Cairo Control', 'Tripoli Control', Mickey Mouse and lots of loud swishing noises all at the same time on the same HF frequency
when you can see the road through the alleged 'floor' in the 40-year old Hillan Hunter taxi which is by now coated in about 845kg of yellow paint
when you find yourself taxiing a large aircraft between hordes of passengers strolling across the apron
if your salary is now 60% of what it used to be 2 years ago due to the strong rand