Originally Posted by
PorridgeStirrer
Live out FOs in EK were taking home €10k a month including all allowances. It was up to the individual as to how much or how little they spent of their accommodation allowance on accommodation. I understand all new joiners must now take company accommodation and forgo the allowance.
I am always amazed at how different other peoples pay is compared to mine. When I was at QR about 5 years ago as a SH FO I was making about £5500 a month maximum of which I could transfer home about £4K if I was lucky. The base pay at EK is 26k AED and hourly pay is 60AED say you do 100 a month (lucky you) and that’s a total of 32k AED a month. Even at these unpredicted exchange rates that’s £6800 (and that’s at spot exchange rates not what you will actually get). It’s good money but a long way short of the 10k, unless you live in a flat share or a tent I can’t see how you get to 10k a month.