Land ASAP. .I'm not jealous at all. I do work for BA Citiexpress and I fly the ATP. It's not difficult to deduce from my profile ('tis now tho').
Your comments about joining the BA seniority list and scope are way wide of the mark. What's currently on the table effectively amounts to nothing for us and a chance for BA to ruin our company's bottom line by reserving work on our larger jets to your own pilots.
I don't pay for my meals down route but there has to be happy medium between the pittance we're paid in allowances and the gold mine BA pilots have access to.
What planet are you on?. . [quote]NOW MR DOG I have advice. Go back to Waterside and stop stirring you irrelevant Pen Pusher or start dreaming that in ten years time you will be flying Wide Bodies on a BA contract <hr></blockquote>
I don't work in Waterside. The overheads from there are helping to turn two profitable smaller airlines into one sclerotic big one. Also I don't want to fly wide bodies for anyone, let alone BA. I'm happy enough with what I'm doing which is regional flying and being at home almost every night.
Reference average salary I think you'll find that 24k is about the right figure. I did read recently a figure of 21k. I suppose it's all about what set of stats you use. Anyway why should you worry. You'll be way above that anyway which does tend to prove my point.
One final point. If you were to talk to a lot of pilots in BACE you'll find that most don't wish to join BA. It isn't quite the pinnacle you make out. Most would have been very happy unmerged and profitable. We now have a growing number of management, adding to costs, knocking profitability. Unfortunately the merger, and the shadow of cossetted individuals like yourself, won't go away. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
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