Re: CX--> the facts of life
sydney/Melbourne would be on the classic but the word is these bases are Full and have waiting lists..............you basically spend a lot of time in Hong Kong doing shanghai/Narita/Singapore/ type stuff work say 22 days a month and 8 off...........Roster changes are the norm
Don't think you can have a Vancouver base, but a lot of guys live there and commute to JFK/LAX/ORD etc etc.........then you operate through ANC to HKG and back then on to whatever US port. Basically you will work 12 days a month maybe 14 and get the rest at home....................Don't know what F/O's get in per diem but you get a handful of cash at each hotel and nowadays I think you get about $6 USD per "Credit" hour....usually fly about 64 average a month should be reasonably pessimistic...............don't know what else to tell you....but ask away