captain prop
Depends! Salary is about $35K HKD a month in year 1 rising to I think about $49K a month in year 4...I am sure an SO will correct me if I am wrong.
If you have no kids then it is money for jam. If you have kid/s but not yet at school, you will still be ok but probably not save much/anything. If you have school age kids then there is a reasonable chance of you going backwards financially till you get upgraded. You get half the housing allowance for first 2 years...some friends of mine just joined and they found a nice 1300' place in DB and they have a 1 year old child.
Like many others have said...if you focus on the 'not flying' side of being an SO it will be a painful 3-4years. If you focus on the lifestyle side of the job you will have a ball. I have only ever had one unhappy SO...and that was because he was on his umpteenth flight to/from Oz on the 330 which are pretty much the worst trips for an SO.
cheers