Originally Posted by
VariablePitchP
It’s the definition of boom and bust. Such a massive percentage of your pay being variable isn’t healthy, offloads all the employment risk into the employee.
Mental.
I wholeheartedly agree having worked for one of their European outfits. Off sick for a 6-on block and not only lost out on the flight pay which makes up 60% of takehome, but even had deductions from basic salary for each day missed.
On balance, flight crew are rewarded well when working, 5k SFO and 10k CPT eur net monthly in cheap places like Romania awards a very high living standard compared to high-tax, high-rent UK.