Originally Posted by
CW247
Just for the record, for those that have already given up on the idea of "career" airlines, SmartLynx and Avion suits some people just fine. They are friendly places to work with simple, no-nonsense SOPs. During the summer, you get 2 day sectors doing ACMI work for the more loved airlines (and you get fed and watered unlike Sleaze Air). IIRC, during high season, that €265 is days on contract minus days off, so 22 x 265 ? In the winter, you only earn on days you fly.
22 x 265 = 5830 gross
Assuming you live in any sort of a decent country subtract 30% tax minimum = 4081 euros net
Now subtract pension, health insurance etc
Absolutely crap money for an FO never mind a Captain, oh and that is only in the summer you get pennies in the winter if you don't fly. And you think this is good?
Pilots are their own worse enemies.