100,000 per year huh? I presume that is Pounds Sterling?
No wonder there are redundancies on the North Sea. Those kind of wage rates are not sustainable in the current market when other parts of the world are only paying $40,000 (dollars) and some even less.
Some of the big companies are actively trying to reduce their wage costs by using pilots of different nationalities, especially in Nigeria. All individual contracts with different pay rates. Check out the pay in the Middle East for Gulf Helicopters (anyone enlighten us??) I understand that their pay rates are low and that you only get paid for your 6 weeks on duty and nothing for time off???
I think (I don't necessarliy like it) that helicopter pilot wages have peaked for this business cycle and that pressure for the next couple of years will be down rather than up.
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