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Read what GMDS posted one more time. His posts in this thread are very accurate.
I did work for EK 2003-2007 3 1/2 years. My family and myself leaving
Dubai had nothing to do with being upset with the company or delayed command due to DECs etc. We had to leave due to one of my children getting seriously ill and she could not get the proper follow up in Dubai(UAE).
I had 3 children in school in Dubai, they had 2 activities each after school(not horse riding, could not afford that). 1 car in the family, no fancy vacations, only ALT back home. We had a lot of camping trips in the mountains and the desert, both in the UAE and Oman, by the way our fondest memories of the place by far. The only expense for those trips were the initial purchase of the camping gear and whatever gas we used. Took the family out for dinner once or twice a month, and the wife once a week for lunch. We did not have a live-in-maid either. By no means a lavish lifestyle.
I did not manage to save anything, except what I got from the provident fund when I left USD 25.000 approx. When taking into account the moving cost I probably ended up break even. This was all on FO salary.
Different game when you get the upgrade, or if you are here with no children. But I find it amusing that you still believe in the "big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" story.
Good luck to you whatever you decide, but I have a feeling that you will get a brutal reality check once the novelty of the shiny jets and the facade of Dubai wears off.
Fjordviking.
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