Snas - from your Daily Telegraph link -
Main crew flying long-haul from Heathrow receive an average £16,287 allowances on top of their £18,693 basic pay.
Not really fair of the press to generalise salaries for all crew, using the highest pay bracket in existence.
Crew would have to had done at least 14 years service for that basic. On the opposite, new starters get about £10,000 basic, and crew with five years service would be earning a basic of around £12,500.
The 900 hour duty rule twinned with poor flying duty scheduling also prevents crew earning much more than £500 in some months.
I wish the press would get their facts right. The public as a result are swayed to think BA crew are being greedy.
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