I want to make sure those of you that are coming to Air AStana or even thinking about it, PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK! (irbus guys)
In the last 3 years we lost
1/Bonus (not much but it was there,5k u$d)
2/Housing (from 2500 to now 1650 u$d, ghetto only for this money, you don't get the money, you don't even get to choose real estate company, their mafia arranges it for you....!)
3/ Did anybody tell you your contract says Captain but they'll make you fly also as FO?), for one low salary of course.
4/schedule really really sucks, you average about 7 actual days off, never 2 together, mix of standby and flights, mostly local domestic daytrips, don't even dream about long nice layovers in Amaty base, only, maybe in Astana base
5/We lost days off on our schedule leave
6/the euro will hurt you!,
7/ when you on leave you loose your perdiem, so on a 4 week mo, if you take 3 week off you only get your basic 6000 euro + 350 euro (50 a day perdiem) plus 175 travel allowance (DPI) = 6525 euro at 1.3 = @ 8500 u$d 0nly
If you are on a (9 week on and 3 week off) you average 8k to 9k a mo.
don't include housing cause you don't see it, someone else does, their mafia)
8/we lost trave allowance from 350 euro a mo to 175 a mo
9/ we lost Bussiness class upgrade on Lufthansa or even our own company won't comfirm you.
Nice outstanding service at Lufthansa in middle economy class...enjoy it, even for training!!
10/ the mafia now is South African, not Delta....
11/ one good thing is the women. but the men, hate you!, be careful!
Take care, good luck
go somewhere else, is not worth it!, unless you are not current, no one else would hire you, you are desperate, your dog died, your wife left you, your kids won't talk to you.....like me!....haha
