Belowclouds,
well from the responses I have had so far, and also the private messages, the overall opnion is not good. In my case I would be going for the money and not for the experience (It's not a flying job per se), so I have to consider the pain of being away from my young family also, if i were single and fancy free, then I'd consider it more seriously, as the prospective contract is not due to start 1st QTR 2005, I'll have a look elsewhere first, and then Saud will be a last resort - don't worry , the employer won't look in here so i can keep the door ajar on this.
have a look at the Saudi security report on the UK Foreign Office site, Ryiadh seems to be highest on security issues.
www.fco.gov.uk
Fourplay, SBS and ABC are the only channels i watch, the rest are tripe....
cheers
7gcbc