Try the Airbus.
Contractors get 8 days off a month. Some live in Abu Dhabi.
There is an A/C doing a contract out of Paris flying around Africa. The Abu routes are India, China, Milan and Franfurt.
Plenty of changes usually due to tech reasons or late arrivals but it looks a lot better than what I've read here about the 747. Don't know how the money compares.
Oh and they must be looking for crew, esp F/O's