Just to throw a little balance in here........
As an "experienced" new joiner you can expect to start on a bit over 42k, and expect between 4-6k duty pay over the 12 month period i.e. not just the duty pay, but the odd day off payment etc etc..
The basic increases per year of service, by around £1000.00, and added to that, once you have seniority, your basic is then multiplied by 1.25 once you are on the wide-body fleet.
In my opinion the real problems relate to the pension..(I haven't joined it
) and the fact that salaries are now artificially capped below the level they once were...to the detriment of new joiners.
I cant fault the guys to work with, fleet managers and crewing are VERY approachable, the crew are almost all to a man/woman a great bunch.