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Old 22nd Jul 2022, 20:25
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Balvenie
 
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Speaking to a mate who works there, he told me.

base contract - full time ( max 10 days off pm), lifestyle (additional 4 days off pm) lifestyle+ (additional 7 days off pm)

Pay was 20% less than other long haul operators due to only flying 750hrs, but now no limit ie 900 hrs pa, but pay still set for 750.

allowances set to HMRC worldwide rates, so don’t cover cost of down route subsistence in most destinations now

new scheduling agreement is basically EASA duty limits. Expect 2 days off after almost all trips, typical roster 5-7 flights + 1 week of standby per month

contract states which type employed on, so effectively not a seniority system any more. Last round of redundancy 20+ year captains on 747 made redundant

there appears to be significant numbers across all fleets and ranks starting to leaving
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