£8 an hour roughly comes from taking the CTC easyJet Block Hour rate, taking off the deduction for the type rating then applying whats left after tax to the Duty Hours and then stretching it over a year rather than 6 months of summer season.
Roughly works out at about £8 an hour.
Its not exact and its not strictly true but it does serve to contextualise the fact that the role of deputy airline commander is now attracting supermarket shelf stackers rates.
The only solution is for demand to exceed supply. Sadly the Wannabe zombie army stretches from horizon to horizon.
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