FO pay is - 18k + £5 a day for food allowance. Rises rapidly over the first year to approx 24k.Pay rises are basewd on time served or total logbook hours. Two years will see you earning 29k+ of you work hard.
Progression will be extremely slow. Very few captains move on as its a retirement airline for the old BA boys. The reverse of that is flying with these people gives you great experience and great people to learn from. The company is owned by sutton Harbour who seem to dampen the thought of new A/C which again hinders your progress.Time to command I would guess is soewhere in the region of 3-5 years. They once employed direct entry captains but those days are long gone now.
30 holidays a year i think. Very flexible but to be taken in two chunks. Winter leave and summer leave.
Rostering is great. Home every night and easy to swap duties and get days off when you want them at very short notice. Mutual swaps are not a problem.
Plymouth is a tough airport to fly into as a pilot. Its not everyones cup of tea but it certainly seperates the men from the boys! Some say its almost impossible but these people are the sons of dogs and may the donkeys of death !!!!! on their souls!
In general i would sum ASW as follows - Great people,great place to learn,good rosters,limited but good routes,good load factors, crap planes, crap pay, nice part of the UK to live, crap benefits.
Ive moved on but dont regret my time there one bit!!!! Infact i still miss it!
