Wish I knew about that plan when I was over there, I was approaching 80-90USD per month with MTC and those dumb refills and data and smart phones were more than in the US, hell in hind sight I should have bought a dozen old iPhones off Craig's list and sold em over there.
I know guys in Namibia aren't paying 36k, on your previous post you said operators in Africa pay the same as a entry level 121 OP stateside, well 36k ain't hard a hit as a greenhorn in a 121 job in the US.
You're experience isn't the norm, most work their asses off and don't have much free time, I'd put money on the fact that most ain't saving anywhere near 15k over 2 years. But it does seems most are logging near 1k a year over there.
Look it's a great place for newbies, but NOT EVERYTHING about it is great, I don't know why that seems to offend you SOO much, you get a commission or something for every kid who goes over there lol