Originally Posted by
Farman Biplane
AUS based CN are now more expensive than equivalent COS18 HK based CN.
No they are NOT. I carefully ran the comparison last night between the top scale for Cos18 ( Captain 4 ) and the top scale for Oz base ( year 17 CN ) both flying 84 hours a month on the A330/350. The Cos18 came out at $1,700 AUD month MORE than the base. That was calculated using 15.5% PF for base, 10% for Cos18 and it DID NOT consider any expat allowances or 13th month in HK which obviously makes it worse again.
The base is cheaper still.
I suggest you actually run some real World contract numbers and see for yourself.
I then ran the same comparison for an FO, the based FO is around $550 AUD a month cheaper as well.