Npas pay extra for working bank hols, if you work all 8/9 depending on the year and how your roster falls that's worth a few grand too, or taken as days back into your leave pot plus half cash! Npas also have loss of licence. The pension is far better as well.
The pay however, for ALL the onshore players is disgraceful..(as mentioned above)...two choices available..keep lowering the hours and skill levels, until someone has an accident, or raise the pay significantly to attract and more importantly retain the right pilots.
The number of retirements onshore, (and for that matter offshore too) is making big holes in the numbers of pilots available, and also with the fixed wing world booming, and no one in their right mind spending money on a cpl H, the raise in salary is the only thing that will fix the shortage onshore.
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