Originally Posted by
aussieflyboy
Do you guys often use allowances to prop up your average salary? You have to eat while your away yeah?
The overseas allowances are based on the
ATO rates (page 10 & 11 here) and calculated by 'hours in port'. As a new S/O you'll roughly get between $9 and $12 per hour in port and most stays are 24 hours or more, especially on US and London trips. Suffice to say they are sufficient to afford to eat well at decent restaurants and have (quite) a few beers/wines/drinks and engage in some entertaining activity of your choice (so as not to be confined to your room). Sometimes you may have some left over depending, as Dr Dre says, just how many/much of the aforementioned vices you partake in.
