Would you come and work for this?????

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There is a thread down in Dunnunda and Godzone section with regards JetStar International in Australia and what the company is offering the local troops. Would pilots who are heavy jet qualified and either expat Australians or contract pilots even consider what is on offer?

A generous approximation of the offer to fly wide body (A 330) aircraft is US$130K for Captains and US$80K for FOs per annum. Possibly not a lot of time at home and if you do not have the type rating you will have to pay for one. If you stay, then you may have to pay for further type ratings and or upgrades.

Note that although the cost of living in Australia is reasonable, good housing is expensive and the tax is high. The top tax rate is about 48% and cuts in early plus there is a 10% purchase tax on nearly all goods and services. Both Captains and FOs will attract the top tax rate. There are no tax brakes on home loans, retirement contributions or school fees. A plus would be that the weather here is good.

The labor laws are just about to change again and it is not for the better, the new laws will make the "robber barons" of the past look like nice warm kindly people. Make no mistake, the airline will use these new laws to the full extent.

So to those who are qualified on A330, 777 or 767, would you be interested????

Personally I think what is on offer is poor, if the pilots already employed by Jetstar accept this offer then they devalue themselves.