Originally Posted by Stryker

Ok, first of all you are right about the overnights i was referencing being in Africa. As for why you would return I meant to live. I was told that emirates pilots must live in country, and that's just a huge negative for me.

Limited commuting exists, but you're right that most pilots live in the UAE. Commuting is too difficult, but some do it.

Now onto your other comments. Your tone of writing made it seem like you were calling me an idiot. You might want to get your facts straight before you start saying someone doesnt know what they are talking about. No I was not confusing the UAE with another country. I lived near jumeirah beach for part of the time, by city center for another stretch and the mariott hotel apartments near the river and Dubai marina. I was based at the port of Jebel Ali, and spent every day traveling on sheikh zayed road. I know quite a bit about that country and would never go back (except on an overnight).

Okay, I'll take it you lived here then, but the comments about armed sentries in towers and living behind razor wire are very sensationalisitc. Nobody I know lives in a compound behind razor wire nor in towers with armed sentries. I live in an ungated residential neighborhood much like you'd find in America. Some others live in private residential communities with gated access, also much like you'd find in America.

As for the sex and the city reference, no I didn't get that from that movie. That is what I called it when I was there. This was 05-07 so that movie hadn't come out yet