I'd call a villa in Dubai a wash for working there…not a benefit. 120-150k per year sounded pretty darn good in 2005-2010 when the economy cratered. The problem with Dubai is it LOOKS western. It feels WESTERN. But it isn't, and when you get into trouble you are in deep. (Remember the Brit gal arrested for sex outside marriage…AFTER being raped?)

You have a shot….in 2014-2015-2016…to possibly grab on to the biggest hiring wave in decades in the states. 6 carriers turned into 3. They are making money, and the contracts allow a pretty good life…a combo we haven't seen since before 9/11.

Or…you can hope the Emir and the boys still dig having us around in 5, 10, or 15 years. While oil goes to 70 bucks a barrel or less, the airline's gravy train will face some pressure. I am not impressed with how the country has treated the female gender until the world press starts stirring. The first time some fundamentalist crazy decides to go Boko Harum on the UAE and help these lost souls find Allah, that little oasis of comfort could turn to hell in a long weekend. Some of these same guys who have funded terror for generations may be shocked if and when those chickens come home to roost.