hitlist, you don't pay that much tax. Most of your salary is in allowances and yes you will be providing the company with every fapio(government reciept) you can get your hands on. This lets them deduct the taxes as you mentioned. Also, be advised that the contracts are getting better all the time. I'm on my third already and the money has only gone up. Rumor has it
that housing allowance will double soon.
For the next post, right to left seat. The deal is, upgrading is easy if
you have the requirements for a Chinese ATPL. 500 hours and 1 year of command over 12.5
If anyone who is applying as an fo doesn't have this, I suggest you get out your magic marker.