Originally Posted by
Basicsteve
Money is irrelevant in the UK once you get above 100k , even more so above 125k (I think) .
My dream would be float planes in the Maldives …. Wearing shorts to work.
But in the UK probably somewhere like Jet2 at a small base . I think the skippers are on around £135k basic for not much work it seems.
Short commute to work is important I think for a good quality of life also.
Part time would be nice
Other way round - between £100-125K you make pennies, even without student loans or kids. Have young kids in childcare settings and you can literally be paying to go to work. Not a figure of speech. You can take home more as a part time skipper than a full time one.
Get through £150K and it can start to be worth going to work again. But if you’ve got a couple of kids what would you rather do, be part time and make £100K, or make £150K full time and see an extra £400 a month, if that…?