am i right in thinking that with allowances on top of basic ba staff earn 30k?
And the rest I'm afraid. A 12 year "old contract" purser gets a 35K BASIC and circa an average of £1500-£2000 per month in extras. Thats about 55k annual. Longhaul full time crew get near to 900 hours, shorthaul are very inefficient due agreements and only do 500-600 hours.
New entrants have low basics 10k-18k scale so with allowances earn a lot less but still a good wage.
To be clear, not all crew earn double everyone else but if you account for old contract high basic, everyones high allowances, the inefficient rostering and the huge number of standby crew to cover inflexible on the day disruption then BA crew as a whole cost double the nearest competitor.
Trouble is we all live to our means and a cut is a cut, it hurts whatever you earn, trouble is that double market rate is unsustainable.
P.S. Gatwick crew excluded, they earn low basics, have normal allowances, work hard, don't add to disruption and are generally a lot happier bunch.
Must be a lot of internal envy/frustration.