What the he... - wouldn't you accept the same job without housing (but living in your own house in your home country instead? School fees - no need, since your children are learning in your home country in your mother tongue. Taxes? I gladly pay my taxes if I can live in the security of my land I am born.
I for sure wouldn't leave a job, living at home and doing 2-3 weeks for an airline in a foreign country. That's the best quality of life.
Cpt Lt, I know that the locals think like that, but maybe they have to rethink? After all, the management is western, and those who have attributed to the succes are all but locals. So the question is easy: Eighter you can fill those 200 ordered wide bodies with crews or you don't...