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Originally Posted by
LHS320
With due respect the figures being quoted are not current. As a captain on the local contract at scale 7, my NET with flight pay, averages £8k. I’m not on the 330 yet. Yes the cost of living is high. Well the trade off is the country is safe for me and my family. The locals are very pleasant, the education system is first rate. The weather can be inclement, however if you dress up with that in mind it’s not a problem.
The flying is challenging and varied. A set 7/5 Roster allows me to plan for time with the family. It doesn’t suit everyone I know. Having been made redundant a couple of times this gig I find very good. I didn’t want go to Ryan air, Easy, jet 2, of which I had job offers, I got a dear John from Virgin.
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lhs
scale 7 with £8k net? You must have been smoking good stuff mate, while reading your Icelandic payslip... With scale 9 and and trainer pay I barely make a 7k euro figure..may be You are nót payed in iSK, which btw lost 15% of its purchasing power in the last 2 years?...or may be you are one of those selling all their days off and considering perdiem in foreign currency as the best part of their wages, ( interesting point of view in this part of the world)...may be you missed the 22% taxation when you transfer it overseas?....education system is first rate? Í guess it all depends on where you are coming from.. you did not want to go to work in your Country for those outfits , bigger and better? .. interesting: á 46% taxation is fór sure a very attractive deal for foreigners.. how could Í miss that?
local are very pleasant sure, but you are always an outsider.. don’t even get me started on Other issues...
so much you have missed or you seem not willing to see in your short time here..
All the best fór the merger...