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Old 08-16-2011, 02:29 AM
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One big expense for pilots with children is school fees and transportation to and from school. The American School of Dubai costs over 70,000/year/child. Emirates' reimbursement falls short by over 30,000 on tuition alone for grades 1-5. It gets slightly better for grades 6-12, but still well short. So with one kid you'll be out of pocket close to $10,000/year just for tuition. Add in after school activities, transportion, etc and it is a lot of money. With two kids, which many F.O.s have, that expense doubles. So when those guys say that money can be tight, it is a factual statement.

The best thing that you can have is a wife who works at one of the American schools. There are three of them. That helps reduce the cost of tuition significantly. A number of pilot's wives work as teachers.



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