f/o at mon start pay is £42032
no sector pay
day rate is £2.52
voyage rate is £3.02
pension is 8% money purchase
A300 is best fleet in terms of lifestyle and workload...but is a dying fleet and will go in the next couple of years ...will be replaced by 787 or 350 but as to when ???
A320 at MAN is the hardest working 900 hours and will earn the least due lack of voyage/no sector pay
BHX/LGW 750 hours with no overnights
LTN 725 hours and two thirds of your work will be away flying out of EDI/BHX/MAN so will earn reasonable amount of allowances in the summer..around £800 per month
A330 is done on seniority regardless of base and will probably take 3-4 years to see.
commands are taking around 6-7 years,
interview is just a chat and is a relaxed affair...if you have a type rating and a pulse should be no problem !!
people you work with are great,lots of pressure on T&C's from a bean counter mangement style which means BALPA have spent a lot of time in the last few years battling to preserve existing benefits and improve our lot,very active CC who are doing their best to improve everyones situation.
It's not perfect but there are worse out there,hope this helps someone.