But the wages won't paint an accurate picture when you account for the fact that a married pilot with kid(s) gets a free villa. From the pics I've seen from pilots with villas at EK, they are nice, and would definitely be a lot of coin if you had to pay for that out of pocket. Getting picked to/from work is free. Certain utilities are covered too IIRC. So when you start saying no per diem and no overtime, you have to account for all the other things in the compensation/QOL package. If you are strictly going on hourly rates times hrs flown per month, it won't paint an accurate picture for comparison purposes.