Mactom
Thanks for a honest reply.
BA is well paid for Pilots - when BA incorporated Cityflyer into it a couple of years back some of the City Captains doubled their wages ( The Licensed engineers took a pay cut but that's another story ).
I can and do understand the outlay for a CPL / ATPL and the constant worry of medical issues etc,all my comments were addressed at the BA pilots who seem to feel hard done by,lets be honest the American big carriers pay more but most are in the process of going bankrupt.
80 - 90 K for a F/O at age 40 looking towards a command and then retirement at 55 sounds good to me, and i leave the field open for anyone who disagrees.
PS Some of the Engineers i know have paid out well in excess of 10K of their own money for training / Exams etc ,i know this is not comparable to your own but when your getting paid 25K its a lot and never gets recovered.