AA
Don't be fooled by AA, yes they do pay less if they can depending on where. This is a rumour network after all.
Someone told me that AA in KL Capt on around 35k MYR which is around 11.5k USD. Living in KL that is pretty good coin I would imagine you could live large and still save a bit if you wanted to? Growing network for travel, sounds pretty good actually! That is of course if you want to live there and many do.
AA even opening cabin crew base paying more than J* or Tiger, interesting!