ChinaBeached,
I'm not looking for an argument, however, from another perspective -
SIA - bonuses for employees only, not contract pilots; as far as I'm aware, all expats at SIA nowadays are contract pilots.
On top of that, SIA salary is hugely inferior to CX's. In Singapore, cost of living is also very high. Not as high as Hong Kong, granted, but still a hell of a shock to someone coming from nigh-on anywhere else.
EK - Overall package at EK is OK. That said, I'm sure most at CX would rather count their bunk time as duty time, have actual flight time limitations and not live in Dubai. I folks think that employment practice in HK (or anywhere else, for that matter) is a little suspect, it pales into insignificance when compared to EK.
That said, of course it would have been great to have similar percentage bonuses to the aforementioned, but by no means does that make the grass greener over there.
Cheers.