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Old 26th Feb 2010, 08:23
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I Just Want To Fly
 
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Just an update on current pay and conditions at V:

Salary:
Year 1: $39,000
Year 2: $41,500

1-5% bonus per year based on performance

Allowances:
LAX: US$120-150 per night
HKT: AU$80 per night
NAN: NIL (Day Return)
JNB: TBA

Trip Patterns:
LAX: 2 or 3 Nights
HKT: 1, 2 or 4 Nights
NAN: NIL (Day Return)
JNB: 3 or 4 nights

No Sector Pay
No Overtime

Leave:
Holiday: 6 Weeks
Sick: 10 days
URTI: 6 days (Upper Respitory Infection Sickness)

Rostering:
2 LAX, 1 HKT or 1 JNB plus some scattered standby days or Open Days
Days Off: 9 days off per 28 day roster

Request System:
There is no formal bidding system, but you can email crewing, and they are pretty good at honoring requests.

Staff Travel:
$1000 free travel on VB/VA for you and spouse/children/companion
32 sectors at staff travel rates to be allocated to your friends/family
Unlimited staff travel rates for you and spouse/children/companion
Interline fares with a few other airlines.

I think all this is correct, feel free to correct me.

Good luck to all applying, we have a very different culture to other airlines. It is totally awesome!
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