Indeed it does. But, speaking as someone who came from an airline that couldn't organise the proverbial in a brewery, paid abysmally and generally ceased caring about its pilot workforce, can I say that life in Singapore will, indeed, seem great for a year or so. Then, the reality sets in. Sure, it might pay a little more than where you (and I suspect I) joined from, but 32 days leave v 57? No staff travel to speak of v ID90 after 6 months, fairly low taxation v no tax whatsoever, petrol at $2 a litre v 50 cents? Inflation at almost 7%. House rentals up by almost 100% in 3 years and only 11% increase in housing allowance?
There are some plusses to living and working here and, yes, it is still better than where I came from (by a country mile) but the trend is worrying - very worrying.
