Originally Posted by
A37575
It would be interesting to compare the Jetstar captain salary with the annual salary, not including overtime, of a RAAF captain and copilot operating their Boeing 737's or A330's in both peacetime and war zone situations?
Of course they get paid less. They have less experience, their training from ab initio up has been paid for and are bonded to the service. They do very different jobs, it's not really a fair comparison.
That said, it's still one of the reasons the RAAF is hemorrhaging pilots currently. But that's for another thread.