However QLink do not have daily travel allowance so the Rex FO picks up an additional $5K-$10K in allowances, of which most is tax free. Interestingly at year ten salary rates, $57K for Rex and $62K for Qlink the allowances may mean the FO at rex earns more for long service.
DTA is in lieu of meal allowances.
I think that you will find that Qlink crew pick up CASH at the hotels as opposed to DTA 2 weeks late, and sometimes underpaid.
OK, they may NOT make AS much in allowances, but to say REX crew "earn" 5-10k more is not correct!