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Old 10th Mar 2007, 09:50
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Hard Facts about Etihad Pay review!

Etihad management have certainly misjudged the whole thing.
Moral is at an all time low as a result of below industry standard pay scales, no pension scheme or loss of licence, very poor private health care cover and substandard housing in comparison with other gulf Carriers.
Many Etihad pilots have been hanging on waiting to see if the pay rise would be worth staying for. I fully expect to see many pilots actively looking to move on after all there are plenty of jobs out there.
Now the Basic salary has been increased to 33000 with a 50 dhs per flying hour allowance and off duty away from base allowance of 23dhs per hour maximum to
Minimum of 12dhs per hour depending on where your layover.
This is obviously better as you get a higher basic when you are on leave or off sick.
However there is no daily rate nor payment for standby or ground course except simulator training.
Etihad claim that this represents a 7.7% rise based on a Captain year 1 flying 75 hours a month and 3 nights away from base. Except that over the last 12 months a Captain never averages 75 hours more like 50 however does average around 20 – 22 duty days a month so you get around 14000 -15400 in duty pay added to a year 1 Basic of 23000 which gives an average monthly salary 37000 – 38400. Take into account leave days and possible sick time average salary over 12 months is around 34000.
First Officers salary has increased from a year 1 Basic of 16400 to 24500 and 40 dhs per flying hour. Etihad recon that’s 16.8 %
Ok it is a pay rise but still be lagging behind Industry standard. It barley covers you for what your have lost in your salary each month due to the de-value of UAE Dirham which is pegged to the USD against the strong Euro and Sterling. Not to mention the soaring inflation in the UAE around 28 %
What you don’t get is
No Pension Scheme
No Loss of Licence
No transport to / from work (like in Emirates)
No Currency exchange rate protection
No descent housing oh but they are negotiating some villas that are quite frankly Sh*t which are so remote they are 50 km from downtown Abu Dhabi, shops and schools.
They might as well be on the Lunar Surface.
Expected time for command upgrades has slowed right down as no more expansion after the end of this year. Time to command? possibly 3- 4 years
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