Originally Posted by
Phlap1
Christep
theres another not insignificant amount of time spent away from
family and friends. You can plan a social life, we are away half
of each month, unpaid availablity away from home.
How many hours are you out of your home each month is
another perspective you don't consider.
How many hours a month do you think you get at home in a job where you run up enough miles to renew Diamond (80 segments or 120K miles) in 6 months (as I did for several years until recently)? If you are in a job in Hong Kong paying CX captain type salaries (in banking, tech, whatever) then you will often only be at home 7 or 8 days each month. I am pretty sure that the majority of expats in Hong Kong earning over, say, HK$100K/month spend at least half of each month out of town - who do you think those guys are in your premium cabins?