gimme more money you bastards
jazzcat's right, i have never flown with a captain who isn't happy with their pay. ok, some say they could do with more and feel they might deserve more, but doesn't everyone?
yes, the tax situation could change, but if it was a case of no one having noticed sneaky ryanair, then it would have been dealt with by now. there's no law being broken by our sector pay being taxed at the source.
it's common knowledge that the new pay agreement wasn't to everyones liking, but the acutal pay- which this thread is about, is not as bad as people like to think.
as a non-brookfield fo at an english base i receive:
£19.20 per hour = say 800 hours per year =
£15360 - tax free = £18740 gross @ 22% tax
basic salary = £24329 (at 1500hrs JAR25 this goes to over £26k)
plus £5000 allowances
plus optional £2500 pension match by the company
= £45,574 per annum
if i fly 900 hours per year and have 1500hrs JAR25
= £55,082 per annum
empty water bottle = 20p per month
homemade sandwich = 50p per day
piece of fruit = 20p per day
= £255 per annum
now if the taxation of fruit, bread, ham and dairy products increases then i may start missing those fantastic crew meals and bottles of evian.
but for now, i can live with that