Originally Posted by
exfocx
Don't know about that claim! An AN A320 captain was on around 210k in 2001and your RBA calc equates that to 336k in todays money. Now I'm pretty certain no narrow body operator is paying that.
I’m pretty confident QF domestic has kept up with Ansett. You are also quoting OT to achieve 210K? As was I. I think my final salary was about 130K as an F/O and I didn’t chase OT. We were a ways ahead of the QF pilots at the time, I think they had a B Scale or something as well when they sent their cadets to the 737. Fast-forward 25 years and QF domestic F/O’s would make 190K doing 75 hours a month? Only trouble is blue chip Sydney and Melbourne terraces aren’t 500K- but suburban life must be going swimmingly well on that wage. That said, QF mainline has proven bulletproof career wise as an outsider. Although the thought of flying and living in Australia for your entire career now sounds dreary.