My experience is that no matter what type of jet you fly in Europe today as captain you’ll be struggling to get much more than €13K plus daily pay of around €100 to cover expenses when on duty. If you’re lucky you can add a 13th salary and a private pension to that. Like it or not, but €10-11K is probably what the majority of people make.
FO pay mentioned here around €7-8K sounds about right, for UK and perhaps CH, for G550/G650/GLEX and perhaps slightly lower for F7/8X. But but even that’s a bit high if you look at most operators in for example France, Germany, Austria and a certain operator in Luxembourg. I’d say €4-5K plus per diem starting pay for an FO is the harsh reality for many people today.
Not agreeing with this sad state of affairs, just telling it how it is.
CP