Rod - As you will know those figures are not accurate for UK contracts. Funnily enough, I was stuck for a day in MXP a couple of weeks ago and made enquiries about the rumours with a number of MXP-based crews I bumped into. I have to say that no one there was claiming those figures. Apparently there were some captains taking home 8000 Euros - still pretty amazing. There were, however, significant outstanding issues over future taxes in their country of origin and these high figures quoted are essentially tax free. If you are fortunate enough to be able to stave off the attentions of your home tax regime that is all well and good - for most people there will be a day of reckoning and they would be wise to save now! These figures are, alas, an aberration in terms of what easyJet would want to pay, and I think that they will not last. They are certainly not representative of what the majority of easyJet pilots earn - I just wish someone would pay me that for working at Gatwick!