It would be interesting to know the real package for pilots, both Captains and F/O. Surely there is something else besides the pay described here to compensate for a so low basic salary in order make it competitive. I have some difficulty in understand why a experienced pilot would want to apply to a B744 DEC with a basic of $5,750 (except the unemployed ones, of course) and live in an expensive city like Hong Kong. Perhaps most of pilots are living around, like Macao, Thailand, Indonesia, etc.