Hey Kids...
Let ditzyboy tell you how it is... It's my honesty policy again...
Pay at Jetstar for flight attendants is pretty good for one's workload. I got $55k and $52k the tax years I was "lucky" enough to be employed there.
Inflight service at The Star takes 5-20 mins. Last night it took two hours to serve supper in the 767 back from HKG (then another 75 mins for Breakfast)... The rest of the time spent doing Duty Free, C209s and soothing people's egos about the fact the aircraft didn't have Skybeds and PTVs etc... I can tell you where the easier money is in this instance.
It seems most of the people bagging Jetstar pay are not actually employed by The Star. It is management that make Jetstar so inhumane. Not the pay. I laugh every time a Short Haul colleague whinges about how terrible management are. Jetstar crew should get a bonus for working under these terrible people.
As for the money. I have done that math. If you compare apples to apples (mostly day trips). The money is almost indentical for the first three years (Jetstar don;t want you for longer than that!), except at Jetstar you get at least one day off more per month compared to Short Haul (permament that is).
And Cityflyer is right... The base salary is much higher ($10k pa!), which comes in handy on annual leave and sick leave scenarios. And you have full time benefits (staff travel) over MAM.
Sorry but it's the truth.