Your basic is different from what you will receive when you are already flying. In some cases, the pay goes up to almost thrice the basic if you fly frequently and you get lay-overs on trips. Lay-over means when you travel to a distant distination, you will be staying in that place for example Houston would be around 48 hours. You will be given a local allowance depending on the city you will be staying in. They also pay the overtime annually. In some cases for frequently flying crew, up to 10x your basic but the regular flyers around thrice the basic. Try to stay in al nouf, they have swimming pool and gym there.