Originally Posted by
Miserable Old Git
EatMyShorts! - I've been in aviation for 30 years, I am comfortable, but you are correct, you won't make a lot of money being a pilot - those days are long gone. I'm not sure what 'a lot' is though. Can you tell me? 66,300 after two years is not bad IMO.
It is pretty bad. Because you don't join NJE with a least 4 years of experience. Elsewhere you can make a lot more in the second year, e.g. Easyjet 90k. The reasoning that you work less here, compared with the airlines, does not hold up anymore, since we have been working like crazy in the last 2, 3 years. If people in bloody cheap Eurowings make more money than us, then something is wrong! And if you want to make big bucks you go and work for the airlines in China: 300k a year.
The pension in the UK is a shame. I have been paying my social contributions in the UK in excess of 10 years now, still the maximum retirement pay/pension will be 159 pounds per week. Can't even go shopping with this.