Man, you must have a picture of life in dxb if you read ALL the posts.
Yesterdays' 7 days news paper have some stats:
Every 15 hours a person dies on dxb roads.
There are only 1.2-1.5 mil living here. (2 different sources)
You work out the odds ........ scary.
You will save jack s##t on FO salary.
As line capt. minimal saving.
Do not look at tax free salary copared to your home country.
This place is seriously expencive.
One guy says 16-20 duty days per month.
My personal roster has 84 OFF DAYS since January, TOTAL!!!
You will work man, work like a dog.
You will be intimidated by a management that rules with FEAR.
You step out of line, they could punish you with loss of pay rise for a year. If you plan to stay 20 odd years, that could add up to roughly 250000Dhs (+/- 70000 $ US) for flying 25 knots fast on final, or a similar offence.
Good luck with your important decision.
See you at the Singapore interview.