Inflation vs Salary Increases
In the 1997 Pay review, a First Year F/O got AED 15720. There was no flying pay.
On the EK Recruitment website today a First Year F/O gets AED 20840. Flying 75 hours he will get a further AED 2625 making a total of AED 23465.
The increase over 10 years of 15780 to 23465 represents an annual increase of 4.1% per year.
You dont need to be a genius to see that compared to published inflation figures, salaries have fallen drastically and continue to do so.
Against realistic figures tracked on non-government websites, the situation is far more depressing.
Last edited by disconnected; 2nd February 2008 at 21:50.