Originally Posted by
AIMINGHIGH123
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.
You've got to consider not only the time to return to your previous salary, but the 'delta
' during the years it takes to get there. How long is it going to take to claw that back - especially when you consider the lost compound earnings in ones pension.