as a "yank", a 9 year F/O and maybe no chance of EVER going back to US, and if I do, no social security, unemployment, medical after retirement... all i can say is... if UPS starts to hire I hope to be wearing the brown uniform..
After 9 years in HK on housing allowance don't you have a significant part of retirement taken care of?
I have friends i Dragon Air that have been there for probably around 9 years or so and I think they would be bringing back a nice chunk if they left today. Or maybe they are all talk