Originally Posted by
Telfer86
In 2011 QF released data that the average A380 Capts salary was 500K , sounds like tough times for the QF A380 four stripers......
Will be standing by the data I know to be fact
Nice own goal. Every Qantas driver now knows you’re completely full of it and have no idea as to what our incomes actually are.
Qantas figures said zero about the ‘average A380 captain’. The only A380 captain in 2011 earning $500K would have been the Chief Pilot.... who is on a contract with bonuses, not line pay. He actually earns (with bonuses) significantly more than that these days.
What do they ewrn now? No idea. I can work it out and so can anyone else who has access to the award and knows a rough overtime figure.
Whether S/Os ‘deserve’ $100K, $200K or even $300K is entirely irrelevant. The agreement was negotiated and agreed to by Qantas.
In some respects this is a problem of their own making. Had they allowed QF pilots to access jobs within the group years ago (like we were asking for around 2003) the S/Os on 12 year pay on the 380 would likely instead be Captains on JQ A320s. Their positions on the A380 would be taken up by people on year 1-3 pay instead of year 12. Qantas would be saving 25-40% on S/O pay.
But hey, the smartest airline managers in the world didn’t want to ‘pollute the culture’.