Let's get this straight,
in civil aviation we get paid by pax numbers/hull size. So, flying a 18 seat helicopter we should get low turbo prop scales. But we actually get low jet scales. Shurly shum mishtake.
Being the Devil's advocate here, £38,000 for a F/O and £45,000 for a captain who is home every night is not too bad in the cosmic scale of things. Ask the man on the Clapham omnibus.
On the other hand, things have not changed a great deal in recent years and inflation continues regardless. Also, companies sack pilots after 25 years and re-employ them on £1200 pm less to do the same job.
So all is not as it might seem. Take your pick and like it or lump it.
Happiness is Vr at Lagos.
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