What he said.
Ex chief pilot. He was on A scale for all of his career. His provident fund alone would be multi million AU$. He would have made multiple millions of AU$ during his time at CX. He probably has multiple luxury properties all over the world either empty as holiday homes or rented out providing a nice income for retirement.
You on the other hand, Truss20, will spend your WHOLE career paying off an 800sqft place in a not too fancy location in HKG, maybe you will be able to upgrade to a 1000-1500 sqft place by about age 45, extending the mortgage for another 10 or so years.
His Hong Kong and your Hong Kong, if you join CX, are different worlds. Why do people find this concept so hard to understand. The contract you guys will join on is NOT sufficient for an expat to have a descent life and family in HKG.
