Originally Posted by
Apate
It would be an interesting comparison, assuming someone could find some accurate payscales from that era. The N Sea salaries and work patterns underwent something of a major evolution in the early 2000s, when salaries went up by about 30% over a few years and the number of days worked moved from about 220 per year to about 182 days per year.
If I were a betting man, I would say the current workforce has a much better package, including salary, than that of the late 70s.
I'll take you up on that bet but one needs to take into account the full package; pay and benefits such as pensions, no more gold plated final salary pensions these days!
Bench marking with the airlines in the early 2000s did mean a big pay increase for North sea pilots, prompted by the fact that loads of experienced crews were leaving for an airline job and more than half of the pilots had their frozen ATPLA.