Originally Posted by
ManUtd1999
The UK tax system is far from perfect but let's not pretend senior BA pilots are some sort of disadvantaged minority. 1000s of people live perfectly well in the South East with salaries of much less than 100k.
Perhaps not a disadvantaged minority. But with even the most basic of houses pushing £1M and beyond, i think a salary of 7000 to 8000 is quite poor.
What gets me is as a Ryanair contractor FO I've taken more than that, net. Of course it's based on me flying and there are no other benefits, but still, as pure salary I think that is quite underwhelming for someone who is a BA captain and with 24 yrs service. It would have to clear 10k net to be considered serious for me at least.