While I can not get exact details of the A330 deal, I can shed some light on other aspects of the Package. (1 USD = 7.75 HKD)
Salary Captain - 40,000 (US 4387 net)
Salary Co-Pilot - 30,000 (US 3290 net)
Plus flight pay (IF... you fly)
Pilots will be entitled to 28 days of annual leave per calendar year, inclusive of public holidays and statutory holidays.
Statutory holidays in Hong Kong = 17 days. 28 days minus 17 days = Annual leave 11 days.
Where a pilot is rostered for duty on a day, which is statutory holiday, pursuant to Section 39(1) of the Employment Ordinance, the next rostered DDO shall be deemed to be an alternative holiday for the purpose of Section 39(2) of the Employment Ordinance. (Note you do not choose your alternative holiday and can not add it to your annual leave holiday)
Basically this means your get 11 annual leave days each year. You work public holidays and get no extra payment for that. You do not get an extra day off because your next DDO is considered your "alternative holiday” Even if your DDO is legally required for legal rest reasons.
Provident fund (retirement fund) is only about 5%. 20 years of service at the company as a captain = 960,000 HKD in provident fund (123,000 USD) try retiring on that… And if you leave before 10 years of service you’re not entitled to that full amount.
No housing allowance. Average rent in Hong Kong 40,000 per month.
Out port allowance – US $50 per 24 hours
. Try getting a breakfast, lunch and dinner at a western style restaurant in Moscow or any European city for that.
Non Type rated Pilots pay at least US $30,000 for a “training grant” You will be required to serve for 3 years. Lower time pilots pay 50,000 and are required to serve 5 years.
Any pilot who resigns from the Company, before the expiry of their Training Grant, will become liable for the re-payment of the Training costs to the Company in accordance with the following schedule:
h. The Training Grant will be repayable in full for resignation during the first year of employment immediately following successful conversion training.
i. The Training Grant will be repayable in full for dismissal with cause from the Company at anytime during the first year of employment immediately following successful conversion
Training.
j. For resignation and dismissal with cause from the Company, the Training Grant repayable shall be subject to pro-rata reduction (on a monthly basis) after the first year, over the remaining duration of the obligatory period.
k. Repayment is waived for dismissal from the Company by notice or payment in lieu of notice by the Company.
(It means they can and will fire you at any time and you owe the company the entire 50,000 in full)
Pilots joining HKA Ltd shall be engaged on probation for the first twelve (12) months from the joining date. Employees, who fail to fulfill the Company’s requirements during the probationary period, will either be given notice of termination.
(you will be required to pay US 50,000)
TERMINATION
Service may be terminated prior to normal retirement:
At any time either by the Company:
During probation, by giving seven (07) days’ written notice or payment in lieu.
Medical Scheme- Basically Nil.
Accomadation at outports – Suitable 2 or 3 star accommodation will be provided. Bring your own DVD player and food as no room service or English television is provided. Use your US 50 allowance for taxi fare to Western restaurant and spend your own money on food. Most of the cheap hotels provided have no temperature climate control in accordance with CAD requirements. You will not get good rest.
DUTY TRAVEL
Duty travel refers to overseas travel at the request and/or behalf of the Company, and/or in the course of their assigned duties. The Employee shall normally travel on Economy Class air tickets.
(Try operating safely after a positioning flight after sitting next to a crying baby in economy class and getting no sleep.) Please note you are paid NIL flight pay for duty travel and positioning flights. You do that for free.)
Rosters – Issued once monthly. Should be issued 10 days before the end of the month but is always late. For example it is Feb 24th and the March roster is still not issued. 4 days before the month end.
It is typical to be given forced annual leave (company reserves the right to) and it might start on the 1st March. You find out a few days before. Try getting a cheap ticket to Brazil 5 days before departure. Oh and if you did not know, this Expat pilot package includes absolutely no free flights home like normal international pilot contracts.
Commuting contract. On trial at present. If they are promising you this forget it. Mr Wong the head of rostering is very much against its success, so is the GMF (general Manager of flying) Guys on the commute trial were not given the promised commute in the month of February 2010.
Conditions of commuting.- Your commute is at YOUR own expense.
- Your commute could start on 1st of the month and with roster late, you get 4 days to book your tickets.
- Commute roster is 7 days off each month. 3 of those days are your own annual leave days.
- You use all of you annual leave days in 8 months or less. What happens after 8 months us unknown as the company has put nothing in writing.
- You get no additional annual leave days beside the ones you used in commuting.
- Note you can not do 2 months of commuting roster “back to back” i.e. 14 days off.
- The company reserves the right to cancel the commuting roster at any time they wish.
Hope this information helps with your decision.