Dropp brings up a good point. I've always told people when deciding on a job to look at the bottom line. This holds especially true for expat jobs where the same top line can have dramatically different bottom lines depending on the airline/country/location.
That said, Emirates tends to be one of the better ones when it comes to bottom line. No income tax, no rent, no utilities, subsidized schooling, etc. Inflation has certainly eatin into our bottom line over the last few years. That would hold doubly true for those who have taken the housing allowance and are still renting.
Yet, what perplexes me most is that I saw numerous new hire F.O.s go out and buy the 135,000 Dirham car ( with a loan ), brand new plasma screen TV and surround sound stereo system and then they start complaining that they don't have enough money. Well, duh
TP