Jeez pappy ... chill out ... everyone calls it a baby bus, including plenty of mega experienced captains at my last company, it's like a gesture of love and affection.
With regard to contract work malaysia-cadet, I don't think you understand how it works here ...
1) Locals get paid a LOT less than contractors. Many thousand US$ less.
2) If you are on a local contract you'd be paid in Vietnamese dong which is a non-convertible currency, so you can only spend it in Vietnam and can't take it back to Malaysia.
3) Locals lose out on a lot of other perks the contractors get, i.e. when we go out of base they have to stay in the old-skool company accommodation while the expats get the Sheraton, locals get no ID90s, etc etc.
Basically you'd be crazy to voluntarily want to be on a local contract if you qualify as an expat.