Here we will just continue in our prison surrounded by barb wire and bush, 13 hour days, convoys of gunmen to escort us to our work, no facilitys and the management will think we should be pathetically grateful that for this we should recieve an extra $17 per day.
Darrel, if you are really that unhappy and are not willing to move in the current climate where opportunities are abundant, I'm afraid you maybe setting out your stall for the rest of your career behind that barbed wire. If you don't do something about it now, when are you? I'm guessing you maybe waiting for terms and conditions to improve....how long is a piece of string? Good luck either way.
The companies anyway, only have to pay the money, the tax is entirely the responsibility of the pilot, so why should the same company pay a much lower salary to pilots in one place than another for doing the same job?
Mayotte, I agree. I think it's riculous that the international division of a company should pay less, purely due to the fact that the employee is managing to stay tax free. It's a cop out on the companies part, in an ideal world the company should pay the going rate, and if the employee manages to remain tax-free, it's a bonus to them, not the company! It may come to a head soon. For all those non-resident from the UK tax system, it's getting more difficult to keep within the required criteria (less than 90days/year in the uk). Travel days are now counted as days in the country, as of this tax year, which on an equal time rotation to / from the Uk, technically reduces your useable days in the UK by 12 days.
On an aside : Whats New in West Africa?
Bristow Ghana.