Originally Posted by skypine27

FDX pilot who has been based in Hong Kong checking in:

(Yes FDX is the last US airline to still have pilots based in foreign domiciles, ours are Hong Kong and Köln)

Hong Kong is a foul dirty noisy city that reminds me of NYC without the good Italian food. And Hong Kong is waaaaaay ahead of any actual Chinese city I've spent time in.

We layover a lot in Guangzhou and Shanghai and granted a layover in a nice hotel is not the same as living there....even a layover in a nice hotel was enough to make me realize you'd have to
1. pay me a staggering amount of money
2. give me a staggering amount of time off so I could escape to the Philippines and Thailand every month

to live in either of those places.

Haven't been to BJ yet but I imagine I'd hate it too.