Originally Posted by
Ladloy
True that is base salary. The addition allowances for FO is probably only for Sydney as they're stacked in all other bases. I'd say 10k max addition now. Captains working full hours would be pushing 160+ but sacrificing any sort of lifestyle. The overtime is not sustainable as you can see by the current captains burning out and the company struggling to cope.
10-15k is still the average travel allowance for the 3 big bases. Forget anything near that if you’re in Queensland. Perth may come close.
FO figures I quoted are still relevant. The overtime just isn’t there at the moment. Over the past 2-3 years they could’ve expected 20-30k additional overtime. That’s how they were earning over 100k. Some guys got to 130.
Captain’s in all bases are definitely getting burnt out. But only the ones who choose to do the work. But hey, money is a huge driver. If crewing call and offer you to pax to Sydney for a 2 sector overnight instead of your 6 sector overnight in your home base for an extra $1000, while sitting in the back of a 737 for most of the time, why wouldn’t you?
The Sydney captains are getting very smart. They manage to make all this extra money by working days off and getting taken off rostered shifts as a result. Some are actually working LESS than what was originally rostered while earning more cash.