living the dream
BB Dubai is pretty close i would agree that an FO would need to be on mid 40s per month to have the same life style and buying power as 10-12 years ago. This would be the minimum salary also required to save money and have any sort of life style in Dubai if you have a family.
Add onto that
DEWA (electricity and water no longer paid in full - yet to come)
SALIK (road tolls)
MORE TRAFFIC FINES (never had any in previous years now many)
RIP OFF INTERNET MOBILE BB AND I PHONE SERVICES
NO OVERTIME
NO CREDIT FOR LEAVE (3.5HRS PER DAY BEFORE
STOLEN LEAVE (4 DAY FORCED LEAVE ASSIGNMENTS)
NO ALLOWANCES AT ALL (LAGOS, MAUITIUS)
**** ALLOWANCES IN OTHER PLACES (35USD FOR 24 HOURS IN MANY PLACES)
PAY ON BLOCKTIME ONLY (GREATER OF BLOCK OR ACTUAL BEFORE)
CHEATING ON BLOCK TIMES (REDUCING OUR BLOCK PAY AND OVERTIME)
FINES FOR MISSING APPOINTMENTS AT CLINIC
NO 3 perc INCREMENT
NO BONUS
I could go on. bottom line is as an FO you will hardly see your family flying 90-95hrs per month, and when you do you'll be completely zombified, and irritable. And you will go backwards financially. Kids of EK pilots when asked to draw their family have drawn their fathers sleeping in bed. YOU'LL HARDLY BE HOME
At least the 14 out of a course of 16 who DIDN'T bother to turn up for a recent course obviously saw it for what it is - MODERN SLAVERY.
ENJOY LIVING THE DREAM
Last edited by allaru; 7th Jan 2010 at 13:22.