Originally Posted by
EffectOne
Thank you everyone for the replies, which are valued and appreciated.
As others have pointed out, the SO rank at EZY is a salary rank designed to save money and pay new cadets lower than average for two years. The uprank requirements to FO are 1,250 hours and 2 years, whichever comes last. I have 1,150 hours and have been here 3.5 years due to the pandemic taking two years worth of flying out of the time I have been with the company.
Functionally, SO, FO and SFO are the same rank at easyJet. The only difference between the roles is how much you get paid. 321 is available to SOs also. I think the soft limit internally is around 500 hours before you're eligible for the internal training (EZY likes you to do an internal bit of differences training before rostering you for 321 duties, given the lower pitch limits, etc).
Wait hold on that means according to PPJN SO Easyjet you only get £48918 all in?
To add more weight to the BA salary my lowest gross in the last 4 months at BA as year 1 has been just over £6k. Highest close to £7k with 0 overtime.
Yes Easy Captain salary is a big ££££ rise but as I said to others as FO at BA you are pulling on more. If PPJN is correct a lot more.