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Old 21st Jan 2002, 05:27
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robinoflotusland
 
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No doubt you mean current pay rates,but maybe a bit of history won't be amiss. Way back when (1954) BOAC were paying a new ALTP 1200 a Year, a Senior skipper on top whack grossed 2500 at that time as a S/O with CPL and FN 22 my rate was 905. Why do I remember? - about that time in a local rag I read of a BOAC office staffer of 24 with no listed qualifications pulling in a 1000 a year was up before the beak for nicking off his workmates.

Times 30 on the above numbers will approximate to todays ball park figures, at the time the State Corp were best p[ayers in the business in UK.

There's always been a rough end in the business and too few plum jobs to aspire to it's the love of flying that won't let one go so even though a bunch of us are not monkeys some ruthless bosses will always pay peanuts
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