As a BA Psr on worldwide at LGW I'd love to earn the same as an F/O, but I know for a fact that my take home doesn't touch that of an F/O. I admit that we are well paid compared to other UK carriers, but compare us to AF, KL & LH etc etc it's pretty much the same (in fact ex-colleagues who I left at AF work less than I do & earn the same...). As for productivity, the planners in their suits at Waterside aren't known for being the most crew friendly of bods, so an 8 day BGI was obviously the most productive way to crew the flights at the time. As cabin crew we are the only european major to do back to back trips, which boosts productivity no end....and they are killers, just ask any 767 Flight Crew who do the double LGW-JFK-MAN-JFK-LGW trips....
There are a few mega senior C/C who on occasion may top the pay of a junior F/O, but only when the C/C member has done a couple of long range trips & the F/o has been stuck on a month of E coast n/stops or Africas....
[ 28 September 2001: Message edited by: SussexPSR ]