Swede-Basher
I did say "equivalent salary of about 60-70K GBP". I took what an average Captain earns out here and added on 40% to cover to tax and NI paid in UK. So work out in cash terms including rent allowance and school fees etc it is actually less than 50k GBP. I have not included allowances.
Btw where I come from we call them Turnips.
xyz_pilot
I was actually referring to the top 2-3 % of Senior Nigel’s. I may well have to be corrected but my understanding was that there were a few at the top of the seniority ladder who were making up to 180k without the need to work all hours. I was not referring to the mid level boys (and girls) who I was actually trying to protect by making a suggestion that could help BA cut costs.
This graph was posted on another thread by gas path
BA manpower numbers and employee costs
AREA..................NUMBERS...........COSTS
Head office............5%...............7%
Cargo..................5%...............5%
Sales and marketing...12%..............11%
IM.....................4%...............4%
Engineering...........15%..............13%
Airports..............24%..............17%
Cabin Services........28%..............25%
Flight Operations......7%..............18%
You will notice that Flight Operations has a disproportionately high cost against numbers. My suggestion that by cutting the highest earners (which would not affect the Mid level guys) they could bring the proportions to a more level position at the cost of the least number of jobs.
Hope that is clearer.
edited to fix spelling mistakes
[ 17 October 2001: Message edited by: sirwa69 ]