At this moment we are less tha 31 FO/RP in the B744.
And for FO, the roster for 2008/2009 have been always below 75 hrs per month.
RPs is always much higher, so you would be RP I guess.
Another thing you have to take into consideration is the expatriate contract pay is calculated base in FLIGHT HOUR (TO to Landing), so if your block time is 78 hrs it is usally less than 70 flight and no overtime.
The 13th salary, is not a full salary, it is only the basic wage.
For 2008, the 13th salary was U$D 3,900 but for 2009 it was U$D 3,600.
Up to November 2009, most of the expatriates contracts were not renewed after expiring.
After November, CAL is renewing but in local terms and for one/two/three years.
My terms and conditions were at the moment of hiring,
-Ground School
U$D 2,940 (-20% tax) + hotel accomodation
-Route Training
U$D 4,304 after passing the sim check (-20% tax)
+hotel accomodation
-On the line
U$D 4,335 (-20 tax) from the next day after passing the Route training
Market allowances U$D 1,000 (not taxable)
Housing allowances: NT$ 37,000 (-20% tax)
After January 2009 for FO/RP the Market allowances were cut to U$D 500 and the Housing allowances were cut to NT$ 30,000.
For getting the tax refund, expatriate pilots have to be more the 183 days in Taipei per year.
As we were flying less for 2008/2009, we were getting those days, so the tax refund is around 10% of what you had paid.
Depends also in how many dependants do you have.
The numbers for an expatriate FO flying the basic 75 hrs per month are:
-Basic Salary (U$D4335-20%)= U$D3.468
-Market Allowances (U$D500)= U$D500
-Perdiem (12 days per month)=U$D576
-Housing allowances after tax=NT$24,600/U$D 773
Total pay check=U$D5,317
If you get the refund, mine is for 2009 NT$200,000/U$D6,289/U$D524 per month.
Adding the bonus (U$D 3600) makes an average pocket money per month of=U$D 6,141
There are few guys who are based in Vancouver/LAX/Frankfurt.
CAL calls them ELO=Extended Lay Over.
They start and end their duty in those bases.
So the company doesn't pay housing allowances but CAL provides hotel accomodation in TAIPEI (NOVOTEL at the Taoyuan Airport).
Being ELO doesn't mean that those guys are flying always to those destinations.
It means that the first day of their working month is started from their bases flying to TPE (operating or dead head).
The ELO guys usually don't get the refund because it is very hard for them to have 183 days at Taipei.
Those are the numbers for the expatriates in CAL in the 744 fleet.
Last edited by cosmiccomet; 29th Mar 2010 at 09:06.