Viking, i appreciate what you are saying and my heart goes out to you and your family and your situation. Have you ever worked in NZ? Do you know the cost of living etc? Do you also know what the average salary is in NZ? If you were to take this job with a mortgage and kids in school in NZ you would have to either get a second job or send your wife out to work. Don't all be shortsighted here. You would earn more money as a labourer on a building site.
Stick together people. We are professionals worth professional salaries.
If you want to work a second job to support your family and mortgage then take this Jet* job, It'll guarantee this, it'll keep distroying the pay and flushing our industry down the toilet. Then once the industry is back and booming in the States you can return home and leave us guys earning the shyte money. That'll solve everything won't it.
I'm not going to win this arguement, it's just friken wrong and gets my back up. I guess I'll be retired by the time it reaches rock bottom. Good luck to the new guys coming through.