I have no idea what budget airlines pay that money, I know that the top training captains are on 120k for easyjet, maybe when you add the sector and duty pay onto that it does bump it up to 150k. But I dont know anyone who works for easy jet.
I know someone who works for Jet2 he pulls in just above 90k before Tax. And also a captain on thompson who gets a little more.
The 150k in my post I was refering to BA if you read it correctly, one of my friends is a captain for them he earns just a little under that.
A message to Will, the above wages are amounts that it is possible to receive after a lot of experience, when starting out in aviation you'll be lucky to pull in £20k (earn more in mcdonalds
). And it is possible to work for free when you are doing your type training.