I'm a big fan of electrum, but i wouldn't store 44 BTC on a desktop wallet. It's a big step up from a web wallet, but still not good enough to store the fiat equivalent of a house in the city. Those kinds of funds require a hardware wallet, paper wallet or airgapped wallet imho.
Can't agree more. I just give an option for him if he doesn't want the process of sending using an airgapped setup since hardware wallet isn't an option for him due the situation of his country, but yeah airgapped should be considered, and a watch-only address for monitoring.