Accomodation
Firestorm,
Hello! It depends on your standards.If you don`t care to live in a good and safe place,clean and close to malls and restaurants than you can try to find a single accomodation paying around U$1,800p/m but you should pay 1 year in advance. If you are looking for a good place with security guards(Saudi Army use to provide this service) then you have try the compounds.In that case you are going to pay around U$ 2,600p/m(1year advanced).Ask other pilots to help you because Sama will not give any kind of assistence on this matter.
Regarding the flying hours we use to fly avarage 60 hs p/m with 8 days off that means 24h off starting from shocks on(the rubber thing they put on the a/c tyres ). Rest period is from shocks on to shocks off(the rubber thing they put on the a/c tyres) and sign on is 1h30m before take-off. We have lots of reserves and you have to wake up at 3am to advise crew control you are reserving and your mobile is on,hahaha.Its not a joke!!!
Welcome to paradise and Good luck!!