Hi,
my plumber will cost me 6000 Euro at least for a wheelchair friendly bathroom arrangement. Approx. 32hrs. WT. In GER nobody has to pay the expenses for the tools. A craftsman here would piss you in the pot if you were dare to ask him /her to pay /'selfsponsor' the f%$§tools. It's all about demand and supply.
The airline business is rotten from the bottom to the top folks.
In most cases you will start facing loads of depths with no way out in the near future. Imagine the cost of the TR alone. 30K for what ??? 737 how long will this bloody type be the favourite of your bullying/tossing management ? What's up when your shiny airline goes on it's knees / bancrupt due to credit crunch-missmanagement or pozi scheme? Will you get another jockey job pretty soon to pay the loans back ?
Where the hell do you guess your alternate career perspectives will be ? UAE - check the ME comments on EK, EY and the other regional trash.
Cathay P/swire F%&$§-once the dream employer- on payscale nbr 67854 -**** on it
US regionals-not worth to look after
Europe's famous LCC high pay suckers-forget it-(after/before tax and other expenses)
just my '2 hard earned cents'
ex craftman, ex skipper and economist
Blue skies