Originally Posted by
controlledrest
For an FO: 747 & 321 not enough to live on. 330 flat out, no days off. 350 so, so. 777 cruising, just enough to live on. Changes as the crew numbers change.
If you have some hours look into the HKG corporate jet scene. The HKG airlines (CX, HKE, GBA) aren't a great crowd to work for.
I’m exploring my options and CX is one of them. If you would help me out with some numbers? I’ve been told FO1 on the 321 is a base of 55K plus 20K living allowances for a total of 75K. With an apartment costing around 25k leaves you 50K. Save some for the tax man would leave you with around 40K or 8k AUD a month. Not a huge amount but more than I’d be making in Australia (JQ). Is that not enough for a young family? What am I missing?