Tomcat ,
Qantas short haul definetley does not start on 20,000....i wrote a letter to QF HR about 1.5 years ago requesting pay and was told starting salary is somewhere in 35,000 on starting flying duties. That was with QF short haul. I belive that with regional airlines such as sunstate and airlink you start around the 24K to 25K range - this is also the same for Virgin and Impulse.
QF INTL pays more for obvious reasons, MUCH harder work and more time away from home, although I have no idea of the starting salary.
As charlie said, who cares about the $$$ just give me a flying job !!!
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