Can't make 900 Euros up ?
Missingfuel, 900 Euros is apx. 800 £ with the current exchange rate. I guess you are based in DUB as you are paid in Euros. Are the 900 Euros before or after tax ? Worst case, after tax it will be like 33 hours of sceduled flying from STN. Many pilots do less than 900 hours so you can't say you never can make that up because you don't know where you will end up untill march 2009 ? The reason for giving STN and DUB the unpaid leave is because most other bases do considerable less hours, my self less than 500 hours this year !!
Compared to the pilots doing 900 hours in STN and DUB, I will loose something like 9600 £ net just because of a different base !! I think most of you guys supporting this thread are a kind of egoistic as you only look at your own problems instead of the pilot force united, what would you like the most ? 1 week unpaid leave or only about 500 hours a year ? Maybe we need a thread thad demands equal yearly hours for all FR pilots ?