6 weeks on duty is too long of a period to be away from your family, I'm quite disappointed at the fact that some guys here are acting as if they are doing you a favor by giving you a job, you operate an equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars and by your technical expertise they will make hundreds more in profits by you working there, it is business, start thinking as such. Aviation here is Asia is expanding at a rate that will create a large need for pilots in the next few years, this is the time to make the salary advancements that have been lost over the years since 9/11 and the economical downturn. Or do you think they are offering this out of the kindness of their hearts? They are offering the lowest bid that will get takers, simple as that. They need the pilots, you need the time off and the pay, 20K and 2 weeks off a month is perfectly attainable and getting very close in some contracts, it isn't crazy at all as some here might think it is.