money depends as a contract fo depending on what country your in, if your going to contract in italy, spain, portugal you are looking aroung 5000 euro per month and if in the uk you can make from 3500 to 4000 pounds per month, dont forget you will have to set up your tax with a limited company and you can claim back on meal allowance, petrol and expenses, but after it all you are sometimes better staying paye, getting a pension and little perks if you can and more stability, Dont forget that when airlines have problems the contractors are usualy the first to go and the money you have made you could be very quickly diving into because you have been let go. I suppose it depends on your present employer, is it low fare or a major carrier and could you afford to pay the bills if you were let go as a contractor. Be very careful cause as I said before some of these contract companies promise the world, you will get your salary but do not get carried away with the rest of there promises.