You must be talking about the bigish operators, the regionals are on a lot less than that.
The company that I work for here in Manchester, pay
£25,294.58 Starting (approval pay is only 3500 at this point)
£26,807.08 1 year
£27,319.58 2nd year
£27,832.08 3 rd
£28,344.58 4th
£28,857.08 5th
this includes 4500 approval pay which is not on basic so no hi O/T rate or pension.
Shift pay varies on top of this, again not on basic. We get 3000 for 2 days 2 nights. Line work - but our base maint guys get the same as us.
The Big Airline also here, pay is less than this I believe.
We are the biggest regional operator in the country ( so our blurb says) But wages are starting to lack behind a little.
Good thread, lets see if we can overcome our reluctance to discuss pay (The pilots manage to do it ok)
Oh yes the pilot that believes we left school early, may well be able to tell me why we have to do 4 years before the CAA will even consider us for a Licence, where as the fly boy world seems to be 'if you can afford it after 18 months your in'.
Just ask the pilots here, who helps them with their maths and physics from night school.
Oh yes the trolly dollies who transfer to flight deck and ticket desk people and even the stores (no offence meant to these people of course)must all have stayed on at school too.
never mind the way the industry is going it will mean that there will not be enough engineers soon (some companies are already there now)
[This message has been edited by Tnuoc Alucard (edited 22 April 2000).]