Originally Posted by
Plastic787
Are you joining direct LH? If so you should eclipse what you’re earning as FO/SFO at easyJet without too much bother from day one (Capt is a different story) even after the substantially better pay rise you’ve received there. (Another story altogether but well done to the easyJet CC compared to our lot).
The U2 figures I’ve seen I spat out my coffee at originally, however missed the fact that they included pension and sector pay etc.
By way of illustration my allowances in May are just a smidge under £4K. However it’s a pretty busy month and includes a couple of hours of NCP too. Going forward on average you’re looking at just under £3K in monthly allowances on top of basic so add £30-35K to the basic as a Long Haul FO at BA for your sums.
We've been very fortunate as a membership, the CC have been fantastic all round.
Appreciate the clarity on allowances! The move would be to LHR SH, a personal decision on my part to help balance family commitments/wanting to gain relative seniority a little faster. The draws are the current time to command on SH, me not getting any younger (early 30s), and the career variety on offer. From having read through the thread, its a different lifestyle on offer over at BA as much as anythings else. Just have to weigh that up against the skipper salary (that being said once pension contributions/tax is considered it does become less stark than headlines might make out). I don't think I've added anything new to the discussion, other than restating time old considerations most have in resolving the EZY-BA quandary so apologies on that front. If I discover the answer i'll report back.
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