Overseas flying can be great. But be aware of this fun fact: upon your return if you want to apply and fly for a US freight airline and you've been working outside of the US you can't apply until 5 years have passed. Good stuff there, huh? It is a requirement of the USPS, evidentially they don't trust you. I know this is a rule at the largest US freight airline. It may apply to any US carrier that has a USPS contract, I haven't found out yet about the others. Funny, as in ha-ha, I flew their planes and that very same USPS freight (feeder) before being furloughed and going overseas. If you get a good gig overseas a lot of people don't want to come back. In retrospect I wish I had stayed "out there" making x3 times what I was making here.