Originally Posted by lowerlobe
Even when you consider you are being paid tax free with accomodation incentives and so on............
If you look at the amount of tax paid with overtime it is staggering however i can imagine being homesick after living in the sandbox for a period of time
Tax paid by the employee makes no difference to the airlines cost base, it just effects our take home pay.
Thanks goofy76 for your input, you have proved my point perfectly, even Emirates can't match QF pay and CONDITIONS.
We all have to realise we are on an excellent wicket and we could easily live with a few compromises on pay and conditions in order to keep our jobs and retain more destinations.