I have a friend in Virgin Blue and he started in the mid 90s - I think they are or shortly will have sorted out their EBA so I assume it will be a little higher.
Jetstar pay around 90ish now but from some inside intel I know they accept that once 787 comes in they will have to pay more for FO/CNs.
Virgin blue are expecting to pay around 200-240 for CN on 777 - take 60-65% of that figure to get FO starting pay.
Qantas - I am going to ignore first 2 years as to be honest, after reading EBA7 and talking to my mates there, I am confused. Not avoiding it to be manipulative - just don't like quoting rubbery numbers. After 2 years you can expect to be earning about 120K+ as an SO on 400. Pay after that goes up and down depending on which rank and which fleet. Senior SOs on 400 earn $160K plus. A mate of mine is a 1st year FO on the 400 and discounting allowances he will earn about 220-230K - but he seems to have a good handle on how to milk the system. 330 FOs are currently only earning around 150-160K due to very low hours. Junior 400 skippers earn over 300K whilst senior ones get close to 400K. I think 737skippers get 150-160 but not too sure. 330 skippers pay is low at moment as they are on MGH - but in a more normal situation they will be on 230-250K. Currently command is about 13+years but should improve depending on how they manage things with jetstar. Maybe AUSSIE or someone in the know could comment!?
Over a career you will earn over 30% more by working for QF or EK - but I haven't taken into account 3% CX payrise or result of EBA8 or any future EK payrises!
MAX
they were advertised a few months back under some other company name for SYD. A mate of mine involved said there was some snafu with CASA equivalent in the middle east - so once sorted out they will be offered again.
Blogsey,
I was working on FLTLT incr5, grade 10 with service allowance = 107K. What am I missing?
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