YONGE
Hello Yonge,
The money is a little better these days but not by too much. You can sometimes earn £1300 but that is a rarity. The advert states you can earn £500 per month in flight pay and yes, this is true - sometimes. What they should state is "There may be the very odd month when you will earn £500 in flight pay".
You normally get 2 standby blocks of 5 days per month, on many routes there are only 3 crew on a 737 and on a 777 you work you are worked to death with people sometimes taking no break - even on a Barbados as things are so busy and as we have a reduced crewing complement. Yes, this is unlawful but LGW has a large number of teenagers who tend to keep quiet as this is their first job - the money is no issue for them either as many of them as they still live with mum and dad. Talk about a creche!
To conclude, if I were you, tell your friend to consider things very, very carefully.