As someone who applied to a few airlines, accepted one and is waiting to start, the thing that really put me off at the beg. was no one giving me honest estimates of how much I could earn or telling me really what was happening (e.g. crew morale levels, non commercially sensitive plans, etc). Everyone is so vague.... so, a smart young (well I feel young) lad like myself decided that forums for crew wannabes don't give the solution so I found out myself how much I could earn at BA by going here:
http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=1395
It has a breakdown of EF payments for all categories of crew. You can even read the WW handbook if you're inclined.... in fact you can learn alot about the trials and tribulations of airlines (how many pursers were "recreated" by GB, lack of food and drinks on BA EF, what plans are really being discussed for LGW onefleet, do CSD get more trips than Pursers....) by looking at their pages.
If it's on the internet here, it can't be sacred information - and it puts a perspective on the posts which say airline A is fab (written after the poster has flown for 3 weeks) or airline B is cr*p (written by someone who doesn't even work there!)
Turroncin
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