Originally Posted by
Raph737
I declined the offer in the end because I went on a trip with my partner, and got the chance to speak to the flight crew about rosters, work life balance, salaries etc so I ran a mile. I compared everything and felt it wasn’t worth the pay cut.
Plus, I witnessed some improper conduct during the recruitment process that I felt it was unfair and unprofessional. I asked the chief of pilot recruitment about it so we could have a chat and she never replied. So I told them to stick it and looked elsewhere. The process is biased, that’s all I can say here.
It is not what people think, if you want to tell people down the pub you fly for BA, then great. But they own you, say goodbye to social Life. I had a look at both shorthaul and longhaul Airbus and Boeing rosters. They work harder for less money, into LHR which is stressful too.
I don’t know where you are Ralph but I would doubt you earning more.
I posted before. Due to training etc last year I flew under 500 hours tax year 23/24. P60 said £87k
2024/25 my p60 end of 25 will be over £100k. Probably closer to £110k. Yes I am taking advantage of the overtime but still well under 100 hours rolling 28. It’s all about being savvy with JSS. Yes if I just did the roster they gave me it would be meh. I often get low credit trips. Have to be ready for when a trip drops in that’s more credit on the same day. I will then bag some overtime for that. Still getting 12 days off a month and I’m nowhere near as tired as I was at the yellow and blue airline. Yes BA SH can be really tough. Operating in and out of LHR…….need I say more for anyone who’s done it. Plus adding commuting and it can be your worst nightmare.
I have some mates at EZY. Met up with the recently and they looked dead. One of them had just finished a 5 day block and had 2 days of those landing yes landing at LGW at 4am with the sun rising. I mean if I’m landing at 11pm into LHR that’s a bad day. Living close certainly helps. Add in commuting on top of any airline roster and it will become that much harder.
I have a close mate on 777. He’s year 3 now and he takes home minimum £6.5k after tax. Yes he says the triple is brutal and wouldn’t recommend it. Landing in LHR 6/7am regularly, 5-6 trips a month is hard, if he’s lucky he might get a position in one of those to just sleep.
For me BA SH is working. I have the LH itch but at the moment I’m not even going to bid for it. The apple cart is stable.
It’s going to be interesting seeing what happens at Virgin. I heard the 750 hour rule may come back. For LH that’s at least 1 trip less a month.