If the west is so good why not get a job as a pilot there...oh right cause the pay is worse than what CX pays.
That's because of two things.
1. My bedroom is 600sf let alone the rest of the house.
2. Seniority, my home doesn't pay less, but the pay cut associated with the demotion to the bottom of the seniority list is too great. When I can afford the pay cut I'm gone.