Personally I don't have a problem with someone earning 120K a year after tax for sitting in the right hand seat, I think it sounds quite fair for someone with a truckload of widebody experience who can probably save his/her company many times that by the wisdom gained in those years leading to good decisions in the air and on the ground.
Having said that, I'm looking at both Cathay and Qantas at the moment, don't you love recruitment drives! The rental and schooling assistance that Cathay offers looks pretty good as a perk.
How does it stack up in reality though??? Is it enough to get a place big enough to offset the loss of that Ozzie dream, a backyard big enough for a barbie and a game of touch with the kids??
Back on thread, QF are losing a steady stream of pilots to EK at the moment (many of them short haul guys) and even a few to Jetstar due to an agreement for sharing seniority numbers that would put a QF transfer in a left hand seat within 18months.
So is Cathay worth leaving Australia for even with the perks???
