Capt Playstation.......a contract position is more lucrative
Only if they don't declare all of their earnings to the taxman
From speaking to guys who work there, If you take the average salary of a contract capt. and apply the relevent taxes to the FULL amount, they get pretty crappy pay. Obviously they do have the ability to dodge the taxman much easier by being a contract pilot, and they could further do this by giving themselves a salary, as in running their own business. Also I'm not sure if they would be able to claim accomodation costs, sim costs etc back from the taxman????
To TakeitEasy.......
german tax rates 2004
not the 52% i'd previously dug out, but 45% at the higher rate.
thus 30,000 Euro take home taxed at the higher rate would be approx 55,000 Gross.
added to 60K original value gives 115,000 euro.