Air Arabia New Pay Rate: Effective Jan 1, 2008
Captain Basic
Less then 1000 hrs in type = 21,000 Dhm/mo
1000 to 2000 hrs in type = 23,000 Dhm/mo
More then 2000 hrs in type = 27,500 Dhm/mo
Housing = 12,000 Dhm/mo a dedicated housing allowance so pilots who would like to benefit from the advanced pay can utilize the full amount in one lump sum.
Transportation = 1,000 Dhm/mo
Total fixed pay between 34,000 – 40,500 Dhm/ mo
Seniority increase = 500 Dhm on completion of one year and 1000 Dhm for every successive year to a maximum of 9,500 Dhm/mo
Education Allowance Total allowance up to a max of.100,000 Dhm. (75,000 Dhm for Outside UAE) for an academic year for all children within the age group of 4 to 18 years. There is no per child limit.
Flying Allowance Day flights will be paid @1 time the credit block hours allowance &Night flights will be paid @1.5 times the credit block hours allowance.
Credit Block Hours = Scheduled Two Sector Flight Time rounded to next highest hour. A Sharjah-Sana-Sharjah two sector trip has a scheduled block time of 2:35 Sharjah-Sana and 2:30 Sana-Sharjah for a trip total of 5:05. The credit block hours is 6 hours of pay.
Night Pay is the flying that commences between 1830- 0630 local no matter what time the trip ends. In the Sana, Yemen case above, the credit block hours is 1.5 the day credit block hours or 9 hours of pay in this Sana example if it departs between the hours designated as night. Approximately 39% of Air Arabia flying hours are night flying.
Flying Allowance Rate 1- 25 hrs = 30/hr; 26 -50 hrs = 60/hr; 51- 75 hrs = 120/hr; 76+ = 240/hr
Duty pay @ 10 Dhm/ actual flying duty hour
Day off Flying @ 280Dhm plus flying allowance rate
Annual Leave = 45 days
LOL, Death Insurance, Medical Insurance remains the same.
Sick and Personal Leave remain the same.
Annual Bonus = Unknown, but 2006 was 3 months.
Stock = Unknown, but last restricted award was 250,000 shares to captains with progressive vesting dates.
Synopses: The difference between flight time and credit time is apx 7.2% based upon Air Arabia’s schedule.
The differential between day and night pay is fair. The incentive for reduced flight times for the crew is large with the according benefit. The difference in potential pay is great but it depends upon the pilot’s personal desires. The pilot has the ability to choose between large salary and quality of life.
Should a pilot choose to maximize his/her pay the potential is great. A pilot can choose to fly 100 hours of night flights. 100 hours of actual flying is about 107.2 credit hours of flying.
Night flying is a 50% premium or 161 hours for pay. Using the productivity pay scale the pilot will earn 25,890 Dhm (750+1500+3000+20,640 Dhm.) plus duty pay (apx. 1,500 Dhm.) Adding that to the basic (for a 2,000+ Captain) the monthly salary would be 68,000 Dhm per month. The same flying in day would be 55,000 Dhm.
Caveat: there are several areas that must be addressed. The scenarios above are maximums to a degree. They do not take into account under flying which would allow the pilot to accumulate more credit block hours per actual hour flown. It also assumes the night legalities are adhered too but all in all it is a good example. It is possible to make more per month but the minimum is fairly accurate for a 100 hour flying month. Air Arabia pilots fly the legal maximum yearly = 900 block hours. The credited hours can be considerably higher.
Under flying is that amount of flying that is actually done below the scheduled flying. In other words in the Sana case above a pilot flying the 5:05 trip is paid 6 hours.
Assuming it would be possible (legalities etc) to fly this trip all month a pilot would be able to fly this 19.7 times in a month (20 times) and get paid for 120 hours. Should the pilot fly the flight in 4:30 per trip his pay is still 6 hours; however, he would be able to fly this 22.2 times a month. This would pay him 133.3 hours a month or a 13 hour premium for under fly. If this flying were all night flying (once again assuming legalities) the credit time would be 200 hours for pay. A pretty heavy pay check at 77,000+ Dhm!
AED (Dhm) = 3.66/$1US
No I’m not management, nor a recruiter.
Hope this helps but if it doesn’t, well there is always Martin-Baker!
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Last edited by W Weasel; 11th Oct 2007 at 09:06.