Yes sometimes the monthly rosters are a little hard with the night flights. But most airlines flying international fly also at night. Yes the money is not bad, and gets better each year. Where else in the contract world do you get the chance of a wide body command after 3-4 years? Do you have to put in the work to prove you are entitled to it? Yes. Do some people fail? Yes. Do the majority make it? Yes. If you have a good job with prospects in your own country then why not stay. If not, this is pretty good. It's what you make of it. Lots of talk of people leaving in masses to return to nirvana but they are still here. Again it's what you make of it.