millerscourt At the risk of thread creep, after the taxes have been taken out, I think the SQ expat pilots do pretty well. Its frustrating to work for a company that generates 415 million quid PROFIT and the staff get 1.25 weeks BASIC salry as a bonus. The managers get an additional bonus on top. Bearing in mind, the profit has come from cost savings generated by the staff, I think they should be rewarded more.