I guess with similar packages what are the pluses and minuses of jumping ship?
Pluses
-Quicker time to command if you look at emirates etc aircraft orders
-No pollution
Minuses
-An even more basic legal system than Hong Kong. ie less protections for you and your family in general
-No basing option (yet)
-Possible treatment as a second class citizen depending on your ethnicity
Not exhaustive by a long shot, but it seems like it is not such a clear cut choice. I think if any of them start basings it could seriously change the equation.
ps I didn't mention the weather either as some don't mind the humidty in Hong Kong/Heat in Dubai