Originally Posted by
SkyRocket10
Many friends have crunched the numbers, and if you are 30+ you are unlikely to ever claw back the loss of earnings. However, if you desire long haul its difficult to ignore and the earlier you leave the better.
There Is a chance of DEC at Gatwick for euroflyer, and you could feasibly transfer to Heathrow after 5 yrs, but this would still have you very near the bottom of the P1 seniority list, and all that goes with it wrt bidding etc.
if you join as P2 at Heathrow on the 320 you ‘could’ achieve a command after 1-2 years atm, but again, salary scales are way below the easy equivalent.
There is no escaping joining at PP1 unfortunately, whether that be short haul, or long haul.
On current PP34 scales, it would take approximately 15 years as a captain on the 320 to be earning what you currently earn at easyJet as a captain. Long haul commands historically run at about 20 years in the company.
HTH
Looking at the numbers I don’t think it will take 15 years at BA to be same as at Easyjet.
Ok RYR slightly different but I was command ready but jumped to BA.
I crunched all the numbers, food costs, travel, medical, staff travel etc etc.
BA was way ahead even though I’m mid 30s.
My year 1 at BA as an FO I will be showing over £90k end of the tax year. Not that much overtime compared to some.
Looking at BA spreadsheet.
LHS SH 15 year will be basic £131k
785 hours £14k
Time Away from Base £9k. (I found this very conservative even as a mostly day tripper.)
All in around £155k easy.
Add another £10k by end of current pay deal. (June 2026)
Pension £25k a year from BA.