Regional4life
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- May 8, 2005
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You don't need a crashpad. No one has a crashpad here. There are a few commuters, but those guys all have company apartments.
There are a few here though that bought as investments, which at one point, was very good as they were all done on spectulation. However, just like everywhere else, the market crashed and they got stuck with huge mortgages. That's why some people have ran. However, I do know personally of two pilots and one purser that got stuck with investments like this and got behind on their mortgage. The company bailed them out. Now, some will say that's the company helping the pilot. Some will say that the company did it to ensure those individuals will stay and are now indebted to EK. You make your on conclusions.
Listen, if you come here thinking it's going to be just like home, don't come. You will be sorely mistaken and probably miserable. This is not the U.S. and no, you can't do everything that you did back home or be in the same environment that you had back home. My Target runs now include a 14.5 hour trip to JFK, not a 10 minute run down the block. You certainly have to have a little bit of adventurism in you to become an expat. You have to have the ability to learn to enjoy some of the culture (not embrace it, enjoy it or go along with it). If you don't, you'll go crazy. I'll give you an example, if you can't travel outside of the U.S. without eating at a McDonalds at least twice a week, then don't bother trying to become an expat. It's a different life. And it's not for everyone. It's not back home, I miss a lot of stuff that I did in the states. That's also why we try to get back home every 3 to 4 months, doesn't always happen, but it helps. However, we have found new and different things to do that we otherwise would never have had the opportunity to do, and we have embraced that not only for ourselves, but for the education of our kids. Take it for what it's worth. Be informed about becoming an expat. For the simple reason that once you become an expat, if you want to return to the U.S. in this career, more than likely, you will start all over again. It's not an easy choice. But don't foul yourself that it will be like moving from DTW to MSP.
There are a few here though that bought as investments, which at one point, was very good as they were all done on spectulation. However, just like everywhere else, the market crashed and they got stuck with huge mortgages. That's why some people have ran. However, I do know personally of two pilots and one purser that got stuck with investments like this and got behind on their mortgage. The company bailed them out. Now, some will say that's the company helping the pilot. Some will say that the company did it to ensure those individuals will stay and are now indebted to EK. You make your on conclusions.
Listen, if you come here thinking it's going to be just like home, don't come. You will be sorely mistaken and probably miserable. This is not the U.S. and no, you can't do everything that you did back home or be in the same environment that you had back home. My Target runs now include a 14.5 hour trip to JFK, not a 10 minute run down the block. You certainly have to have a little bit of adventurism in you to become an expat. You have to have the ability to learn to enjoy some of the culture (not embrace it, enjoy it or go along with it). If you don't, you'll go crazy. I'll give you an example, if you can't travel outside of the U.S. without eating at a McDonalds at least twice a week, then don't bother trying to become an expat. It's a different life. And it's not for everyone. It's not back home, I miss a lot of stuff that I did in the states. That's also why we try to get back home every 3 to 4 months, doesn't always happen, but it helps. However, we have found new and different things to do that we otherwise would never have had the opportunity to do, and we have embraced that not only for ourselves, but for the education of our kids. Take it for what it's worth. Be informed about becoming an expat. For the simple reason that once you become an expat, if you want to return to the U.S. in this career, more than likely, you will start all over again. It's not an easy choice. But don't foul yourself that it will be like moving from DTW to MSP.
