Somewhat perversely, just the other day, I had a copy of Thomsonfly's present T&C's placed in my drop file (
not sure if it's a sublime message for me to bugger off or what ?... but, hey ho, it was an interesting read all the same ! ) and to wit, it said the following things:
Thomsonfly 737 Fleet
Annual pay scales ( with effect from 1st January 2005 ):
Captains- PayPoint 6 = £71,588
- PayPoint 5 = £70,379
- PayPoint 4 = £69,172
- PayPoint 3 = £67,693
- PayPoint 2 = £66,895
- PayPoint 1 = £65,816
- PayPoint 0 = £63,379
FO's- PayPoint 6 = £47,364
- PayPoint 5 = £46,149
- PayPoint 4 = £44,939
- PayPoint 3 = £43,720
- PayPoint 2 = £42,510
- PayPoint 1 = £41,294
- PayPoint 0 = £40,080
Non type-rated Captains & FO's will receive £2,000 less than stated above for first five years ( i.e. £10,000 towards type rating )
Training pilot annual emoluments- £7,228 = LTC
- £17,000 = TRE
- £18,020 = TRI + TRE
- £19,041 = TRI a/c + TRE
Sector Pay: Captain £16.64 / FO £11.09
Hourly Allowance: Captain £2.85 / FO £2.71
Day-off working payment: Captain £524 per day / FO £358 per day
Pension: Seemingly made up of three parts: 1) Defined Contribution + 7% Employers Contribution + 8.25% Employees Contribution. Transfer into final salary scheme after 5 years.
Leave: 42 days per year ( bookable upto 1yr 10days in advance ).
Staff Travel: £25 for standby on charter flights. Nominal fee + taxes on B737 scheduled flights. Discounted holidays available.
Loss of License: 1.25 x pensionable pay.
They would appear to be recruiting the following:
- Training Captains (TRE or LTC) - Ideally type rated on the B737. A minimum of 3,500 hours flying time is essential, 2,500 of these hours must have been achieved on a jet aircraft and must have been in command for 500 of them.
- Direct Entry Captains - Require a minimum of 3,500 hours flying experience, including command time; ideally 737 rated.
- First Officers - Ideally B737 rated with line experience. A minimum of 1,500 hours flying time is essential which should include 500 hours jet time or 1000 hours turboprop time.
See also
Thomsonfly T&C's as reported on PPJN and
Thompsonfly flightcrew recruitment web page