G-MANN,
My sentiments exactly!
I think it's sad that people in Ops jobs around the UK would potentially aspire to work for a high-profile, reasonably successful carrier such as VS, only to find that they want to pay you less than most of the small regional outfits dotted around the UK who operate out of a portakabin in the corner of a car-park somewhere.
Shift pay must be what, somewhere in the region of 3-4k per annum? And no London weighting? You'd be broke before you knew it.
Personally, I'd say a suitable remuneration for the services of an experienced Ops bod in that neck of the woods working for that kind of operator should be around 24/25k pa BASIC plus plus.
I'm not saying that one's salary should always be directly proportional to the size / profile / success of an airline, but within the realms of sense and sensibility surely there should be something on offer that is mutually beneficial.
Is it just me or does anybody else think that the VS package is way below par.....?