Finished flight training in 2008 got employed with an operator who has since gone bust on the 737-800 I decided to sit out the recession.I managed to get a job with an investment bank purely on my pilots licence.
I am looking at getting back to flying but the salaries involved are shocking.We do road shows around europe targeting guys and girls who have finished uni preferably with a masters in finance related degree,staring salary is about 70K eur however there are no takers because all the top companies are doing the same roadshows offering higher salaries than we do.
We do loads of business in Africa hence we do charter quite a bit of Kingair 200s into remote areas of east and central africa.A king air Capt in east africa makes about 500 usd a day working about 20 days a month and the FO about 150 euros a day.
What is happening in Europe is crazy!