The Etihad package presented above sounds pretty good compared to the EK one. Most of the guys from EK that have looked though have found that there is not much in it. That is probably because no one has looked into how valuable the allowances are relative to the costs of schools, houses etc; so what is really the case?
At EK a DEC starts on about 26500 AED and an F/O on 17000. That equates to $7200 and $4600 / month
The EK housing allowance is 95k for an F/O and 105k for a Captain, similar to Etihad. The EK schooling package sounds more generous and the company puts some cash (12%) into a provident fund. Does Etihad have something similar?
If the Etihad school allowance covers the cost and the housing rents in Abu Dhabi are similar to Dubai it would appear that an Etihad F/O is about 21% better off and a Captain 25% even allowing for the 12% provident fund contribution.
If the Etihad package is really much better, EK might start to struggle even more to get crews. I would guess though that if you tried to move from EK to Etihad you would probably pick up an employment ban.
Last edited by Cerberus; 21st Feb 2005 at 16:52.