Just a thought here. IF the company pulls the trigger on this STV, I would think they would look for volunteers before sticking it to non-vols. Although a great many of our pilots would suffer from this, there are also many who would say "why not". Sadly, CDG is out for me but if I asked the wife to come over to HKG for 1, 2 or 3 months to hang out, I'm sure she would jump at it, just not sure of the duration. 90 days @ int'l per diem X 24 hours a day ought to cover the ticket(s). On days off, side trips to Thailand, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, Bali.....you get the picture. Depending on how many pilots they need, this may not need any non-vols to cover any of the 3 month periods. Besides, after 15 months on the ROK in the AF, 3 months in Hong Kong, YGTBSM. Suspect it will be better than 6 months on a CV as well. This is only a counter opinion to the STV portion of the LOA and is not intended as support for the whole enchilada.