Mungo if your thinking of joining FR then you should assume that they will pay you next to nothing in your first year. A bit more in your 2nd and 3rd and average money thereafter. What other airlines provide as a matter of course (eg: pensions, uniforms, parking, medicals, licence renewal fees etc etc) FR DO NOT provide. They figure that you are a highly paid professional and should you wish any of those perks then your "ample" salary can be used to fund these individually. Unfortunately many have found out the hard way that this is not the case and the salary is meagre.