STurns, here are 10 reasons not to sign up to the KLM UK scheme. They are known to most as the Cabair Fixed Wing Salary Structure.
I'll list the points and then explain some of them that may need some clarification.
With effect from 1st November 2000
1 Scheme is based on a 4 day working week.
2 Sat/Sun are mandatory working days, subject to the following. All instructors are allowed one scheduled Sat or Sun or a full weekend off every 8 weeks subject to operations approval. Days on will be switched to accommodate this.
3 Instructors can (at their option) work an additional day or days each week and earn £15/hr(ppl), £25/hr(imc), £30/hr(multi). Additional hours are only paid on reaching the threshold in each relevant calendar month. On additional days there are no fixed hours of work.
4 Threshold for additional pay reduced in winter months.
5 Basic salary for FI(R) will be £750/month (non-sponsored) and £650/month (sponsored) for a 4 day week.
6 FI (A) receive £100/month supplement.
7 £250 quarterly bonus will apply upon achievement of threshold hours.
8 No roll over scheme
9 All current rates for ferrying, groundschool etc. remain unchanged.
10 15 days holiday plus statutory and bank holidays remain unchanged.
1 Everyone is stronly advised to work 5 full days.
2 This has been scrapped but instructors have not been told officially. They all must work every weekend without exception it seems. A memo was sent to all the ops managers to tell them not to let instructors off at the weekend. The instructors were never told or consulted.
3 Threshold hrs for each quarter are
nov/dec/jan 30hrs/month
feb/mar/apr 35hrs/month
may/jun/jul 45hrs/month
aug/sep/oct 40hrs/month
4 see above
5 It is rumoured that this is set to decrease for the 4th time to £500 basic for sponsored instructors!
6 On completion of your solo supervisions you receive this extra money. It takes approximately 8 months.
7 This is complete rubbish. It is upon achievement of the "bonus hours" which are as follows; 1st quarter 120 hrs, 2nd quarter 160hrs, 3rd quarter 200hrs and 4th quarter 180hrs. They are totally unrealistic and it is worth noting that no instructor has met the bonus so far this year!
8 In the past it was calculated over a longer period than a month but it was not practical.
9 If you ferry an aircraft for the company you get £10/hr. Groundschool is £5/hr but only paid if you fly over 40/hrs a month. 39 and you get Football Association!
10 Instructors have recently been told that they cannot even take a weekend off as holiday leave! The worst part about holidays is that you get no credit for your days off. This means that in order to earn over the basic wage you must fly your whole threshold in the remaining time of the month! ie take 2 weeks off at the start of june and you must fly 46 hrs in the remaining 2 weeks to get paid £665! Fly one hour and you get £650.
That's about it, don't expect to have this explained to you at any of the selection days as they would like to keep it a secrect until you sign up. You cannot realistically expect to get much more that £12,000 a year.
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