Sector Pay
Sector Pay
I dont know if Dan Air was the first to pay it, however it was paid in Dan to allow flight crew to purchase on board food. This was a long time ago.
The crew meals were actually charged to the crew and the sector pay was used to purchase it. There was a letter from the revenue saying that this was ok and the sector pay was not taxed. After a while they stopped charging for the meals but still payed the sector pay in cash at the end of every duty. The Captain held a float from the company and had to keep the accounts, hence his (her) hourly rate was slightly higher. When I left Dan it was just over £3.00 per hour of duty and still tax free.