DAVROS - an easyJet Captain who is a line trainer and TRI would make a gross salary of around £81,000. Lucrative share options would also apply.
I agree a LH skipper at the top 5 pay points would make more. However, he probably spent 10 - 12 years in the RHS to get a LH command. His easyJet counter part maybe 4 years. Put the pay difference in a PEP/ISA/ for a decade and you will build up a powerful little investment portfolio useable for AVC's or whatever.
The low cost chappy probably didn't have to fund a mortgage in the SE England and its associated council taxes and general cost of living.
In fact a GO Fly Skipper based in - say - Glasgow who joined as an F/O and went to the LHS in year 4 would be much better off over an entire career than someone joining BA at EGLL and getting all the way to LHS Widebody. Bigger house, lower living costs, home every night, high morale.
Lets face it BA pays a hell of a lot less than AA, Delta, United for the same job. Ignoring remuneration the company does not appear a fun one to work for with pilots vs cabin crew vs management vs unions.
There are plenty of Ryanair Captains at EGSS earning 6 figures. 5 on 3 off and the most profitable airline in Europe. Who would want EOG over that?
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