litebulb, in the shorthaul arena easyjet are comparable payers to BA. Time to command at easy jet is relatively short when compared to BA, currently it takes a BA pilot 7 years to a LGW command 11 years for LHR SH command with starting pay at under 70K.Only after about 18 years do Short Haul Commanders start to pull away from the LOCOs pay. However after that time most have transfered to a LH command where if you do your research pay is comparable to that at Virgin where they fly only 750 hours pa.
Of course overall costs are higher because BA make a larger pension contribution for us.
But as WW said being the market leader means you need to pay market leading wages........ I believe you have a market leading wage also.
Keep looking over the fence litebulb
