Not sure about orange or pink LCC but certainly RYR no line Captain is on anywhere near £164k. Even with the “you can earn £xxx that RYR spout which includes the pension contributions RYR put in. RYR state £8k pension contributions for Captains.
I didn’t take command at RYR moved on instead. As a year 1 I’m getting more pension contributions from employer then what RYR pay Captains!!
Add that to my predicted salary so far this year and glad I didn’t take command.
RYR year 1 Captain around £105-£110k if you take pension off.
Nowhere is perfect.
The only benefit of LCC I could see was the 5/4.
Command salary meh. Working up the pay scales of Virgin and BA you get a guaranteed payrise. Not massive but as above 4 years in either carrier £100k a year as an FO not adding on the pension, food, uniform costs etc etc is possible. When I told my mates who are LHS at RYR my take home plus pension it got them thinking!!
Answering the question LH LHS at BA is a way off, 15 years plus, I haven’t checked recently.
You slide over to that PP.