And we haven't even touched on the issue of paying to get yourself and, if applicable, your family to, and home from, your overseas posting. Regardless of your opinions on the rights and/or wrongs of the LOA issue one fact is very clear; the latest (i.e. May 11) round of cuts was not based on how much it cost to live wherever in the world you are. It was an arbitrary cut with no visible (or accountable) staff work on which to base the cuts - and that's a fact!
