Originally Posted by
Potatos_69
The people doing 1-2 years at LGW were mostly guys forced from mainline coming back. It seems to be quite rare now for EF people to come to LHR considering how short staffed they are.
its about 3-4x more into their pension than Wizz (FO-TCP all receive the same (although they might have fixed this now so it’s uncapped) unless they sal sacrifice to get the higher match (which should be done)
BAEF is the same as Wizz, they want you doing as close to 900 as possible, so work life balance is just as bad, if not worse as you can get a fixed roster with Wizz at least.
For reference, it will take you 22 years as a SH captain at BA Mainline to match PP11 at Wizz (with current pay deals as reference). BAEF will will match Wizz captains first year after being there for 12 years. Regarding FO, you will be on 85-90k at Wizz within 2-3 years depending on how much you fly. That takes 7 years at EF. (This is including their pay rises)
this is in no way me recommending Wizz, my only recommendation is to leave them asap, however it does show how bad the conditions at EF are, even after their new pay deal.
The only benefit EF has is your MSL number, which is a useful thing, but is it worth an unknown amount of years being stuck on some of the worst conditions in the UK (especially if you are 30+ where you won’t be reaching top pay points until the very end of your career)
Not just PRP have been released early, there’s pilots less than 12 months in with an okay bid expecting a transfer this training year.
The pension is a relevant consideration - it’s going to have to come out of your pay eventually anyway. With that included year 1 FO at EF is in the region of 80k, so not sure it’s accurate that you’d be better off at Wizz. What’s the basic pay there nowadays by the way?
If you want the options you can get from a career at BA, provided you’re able to live within a drivable distance of Gatwick and are happy doing day trips by all accounts it’s not a bad place to be.