Denzil, and others,thankyou for the follow up.I did say I wasn't up on the latest rates.
I had forgotten about BMA at LHR being such a big operation now.And I perhaps overated VS because a friend of mine told me that in 15 years hardly any L.A.E. had ever left them.But I now believe the average salary for an L.A.E. to be around 35k.p.a.
Incidentally,why is it so difficult to discuss money when applying for a U.K. job.It's as if they don't want you to know until they offer you,and after all of the discussions etc.,and then you find they are not offering a living wage.
By the way anyone know what Emirates are paying?Oh and Jelly;just sit in the right seat and shut up.The captain don't even trust you to calculate the fuel.And Airbus don't even trust you to taxi so they don't give you a tiller!