If you are *lucky* and get offered some flying under flexi wings terms then what you will typically earn in a month is 12 days of pay paid at a flat day rate which gives you about £1,600 per month after tax.
Those that have the typical £70k loan for their CTC course have a monthly repayment very close to £1,100. Thus whilst working as a flexi wing you'll have £500 a month to live off. About £120 a week. £17 a day.
To cover food, accommodation, transport, mobile phone (essential for standby duties) and all other living expenses such as haircuts, toothbrushes and the all essential TV license.
If and when you're tossed back into the pool over the winter the bank still wants their £1,100 a month loan repayment so you'd better be applying for a double shift at the packing factory.
Same could happen next summer as well.
So even if you're one of the lucky pool swimmers to be offered a flexi wing opportunity life is still tougher than a pair of old boots.
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