Originally Posted by
dr dre
Only on min guarantee. Rostered hours always 65-70 per month. It'll be $80-100k more at the end of the day.
That's only 575 flying hours in a year, I think it's expected an airline pilot will have to work more than that. With a low minimum guarantee the SH contract gives you flexibility to drop flying and take more time off.
Are NJS Pilots working the same sort of hours?
Perhaps these 2 “mainline” gigs are chalk and cheese and the remuneration reflects that. Ie: QF SH get paid more over a year but are working hard for it whereas the NJS Bin Chickens get paid less (albeit not tonne vs $) but spend a lot of time relaxing at home?
I assume it depends on where your based also.