Originally Posted by
dragon man
Just so I get this correct, a year 1 mainline 787 Capt earns $328 an hour. 6.5 bid periods per year at say 175 hours equals $372,000 a year. You say that the AFAP contract has the 787 pilots earning $223,000 (40% less). Can someone please confirm that as I find it hard to believe.
Looks like it’s true.
If you add to your calculation for the Qantas Captain; STACR of ~$4000 and pay for sims, security and EP’s (passive credits) ~$11,000, you hit $387,000
According to the JQ EA (which I am no expert on) a 787 Capt there gets $228,927. So that is just less than 60% of a Qantas Captain’s pay on the same plane. If you look at year 4 pay it’s less than 55% of QF.
So AFAP have a MASSIVE task ahead of them if they want to get equivalent pay for JQ and QF 787 crew, about a
70% pay increase!!
That being said, I fully support them and I hope they get it, or close the gap as best as possible because it’s good for the whole industry.
But for those carrying on about how useless AIPA is, just take a look at those figures, realise how good you have it and pull your head in.