FLEX...I agree with you 100%...
Bruce...Where do you draw the line??? Why do you think they hire ex-pats to fly in Africa to fly with 3rd world crew??? BECAUSE it's the Capt's job (you for instance) to draw the line...
fdr...your profile says you're a 777 Capt...keep that job if you can manage it, but if you haven't lived in the Congo, Angola or Cameroon as I and many others have, flying on contract, then don't come here...you won't last...
P.S. This is not a slam on Africa, just a viewpoint of the reality of moving there to work and having to make adjustments ref: FAA standards...they don't matter there...
Also, why aren't we in the Afircan Forum???