Great post Shaftspeare, just to add my two cents,
Bootylicious, I think your claim of taking home £3600 is a bit misleading, I have no doubt you did, but that will be with 3 overtime payments, something you may or may not want to do when you are rostered 90hrs a month during the summer. It is also well worth remembering that O/T payments are the exception rather than the rule at GB. The only reason there was so much this summer is because of the above mentioned crewing issues. As a year one F/O I took home a steady £2800 a month without contributing to my pension, so £2600ish is a realistic figure after pension contributions.
For info a year one captain takes circa £3800 after pension contributions.
On a seperate note I think your point 2 only serves to justify what Shaftspeare was saying about GB becoming a training airline.
Santan.
Last edited by santan17; 18th Nov 2006 at 16:09.