Most of the circa 4 year S/O's that I know do mainly LA flights, due to minimal time away from home & max money for given hours (based on the overtime). $3K clear per fortnight isn't a stretch by any means. Taking a look at the senioirty of most LA flights, most S/O's with more than about 2 years senioirty should be able to pretty much build a roster consisting of predominantly LA trips no sweat. Sure, there are guys who are doing London/Europe flights who may not be on as much money (less overtime), but generally they're the guys who are happy to loudly proclaim that they can't stand doing LA's as they're boring flying/slips...
I'm not for one moment suggesting that QF S/O's are overpaid - as Jetsbest has stated, Qantas make a huge saving by employing S/O's, so there's no reason for everyone to start carrying on about how overpaid they are...
