It's more, including the $3K/mo housing allowance, but not WAAY more, IMHO. I could easily see an expat Emirates 777 Captain making the call to return to the US expecting to break even sooner rather than later.

https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...ional/emirates

That individual wasn’t very good with numbers or forgot about the IRS. Maybe he/she was just comparing basic salary. Including all allowances a captain at EK makes about 19k/month or 230k/year after tax. If they took the villa option you would have to reduce that by about 40k but would then have free housing. I’m guessing you would need to make 300k in the states to end up with 230k after taxes. I don’t work for delta but I would be imprsssed if you can make that on year 2 salary.

Cooking the numbers well I see!!!
Check the vat tax and cost of living at Dubai

EK 9 year captain 14k per month tax free however he pays Uncle Sam around 12 k every year on taxes as an Expat, with free housing is what my buddy just told me. He has 350k on his provident fund.

Your buddy takes the housing so he doesn’t get the allowance of appx 180,000 aed/year. So just like I said in my previous post he makes about 180k with a free villa (bonuses and other allowances). Or he could choose to make about 220- 230k and be responsible for his own housing. I’m not sure why I would “cook the books” to over report my income to the IRS. Your tax obligations to Uncle Sam back home are a function of how much you can deduct. Some can’t be bothered to look into it deeply.

And 92 hours month after month
Sorry I forgot

I haven’t spoken to an EK pilot in the last couple years.

But at least THEN, ask them how many hours a month they’re putting in the airplane a month, then divide out their pay.

Then look at an average WB pilot here and look at time in the plane vs. credit per month/year.

Like I said, maybe it’s changed. But as mentioned, the guys I ran into that were coming back we’re coming back for a reason. Lack of compensation wasn’t a frequently mentioned one.

Off topic but do United recognise a Bachelor's Degree from an overseas University that has a good reputation?

I would say yes and no. I have a buddy that had a equivalent bachelors from India . (I guess they do 3 year degrees there or did ) and both Delta and United would not accept that . Would be worth asking at a recruiting event .

3 year, overseas degrees don’t matter to UAL.

I have a BEng from a U.K. university in Mech Eng and it wasn’t even discussed at my interview. DAL on the other hand just about had a melt down, trying to get their collective head around a bachelors degree from a foreign university.

LOL
Says is all~

Motch