Bart O'Lynn
Before you jet off on your lucrative adventure i just wish to apologise on behalf of my collegues here in Emirates who failed to give you the response you were so hoping for.Maybe,as you say,they are all far too busy and wouldn't dream of wasting their precious 8 days.Luckily for me,I have 13,18 if you include rest days so in between the school run ( private shool as you well know) and obligatory trip to the beach in the afternoon, I can just about spare you a few minutes.Please don't concern yourself regarding our mickey mouse licences.We still keep our hard earned old ones and just renew them every 5 years like you do. As for Dec's, that's all gone quiet at the moment although the ones we took recently from the 'sub continent' came from well dodgy outfits such as B.A.,United,SAS,Swiss and Air Canada to name but a few.Shocking eh? Many of the guys here are now taking the housing allowance which as an F/O works out at just over £13,000 extra p.a gross,net that's about....er...£13,000! Which is pretty crap when you consider the state of the housing market.The last 2 years has seen unfeasibly large price rises so many of us who took an early'risk' have seen some outstanding pofit.And i'm talking BIG money.Lucky for you that the UK is a stagnating market eh? One less stress of how to spend that spare few hundred thousand made in 15 months!
I was surprised to read that you flit off to the Carribean for 3 days at a time.The Carrib is just soo last year darling,you really must leave that to the package holiday brigade that now frequent the place.Still,I Guess if you're a Captain you'd fly First or Buisness class as an F/O? Whoops,I forgot you worked Charter but hey,if you work for one of the posh ones,they have a 'Premium' cabin.You Know,the one where the Cabin Crew Misguidingly think of as 'Buisness' because it has 36" leg room and 8 across seating,much like our.......economy! Still,you could always pretend. After all,you really don't know any better do you? Glad to hear that your Company pay for your Hotel.Do you mean to say that there are Airlines out there who Don't.You'll be telling us next that you have to do your OWN driving when you pick up the hire car.No wonder you get paid so much.You don't mention anything about pensions so I can only assume that you don't get one as your package is already so supreme or that it is as crap as ours truly is! Also,don't slate that little 737 of yours.We all have to start somewhere in our flying career and one day you will be able to do the walkround without having to duck!But,until that day arrives,don't let all those illegal immigrants piss you off..............your tax is going to a good cause.
p.s. Is it STILL cold and miserable there?
