Kempus
Divide by 12! lol
I have a car, 2 in fact, loan repayment for type rating, own MY own house (by myself), Commute to Spain, pay €500 euro a month here, have a contract mobile, a previous loan also for house upgrades, car insurance road tax, and a fairly good lifestyle, go out to dinner most nights at home and a beer when I want and take the odd couple of days away places to romance the ladies, and still don't sit and moan on here about the money,
DIVIDE by 12, I did 85 hours last month, looking at 55 this month, guess what, not spending all last months money this month, keeping some in the bank to top up next month, the 90+ hours in summer with out of base pay were great, cookies in the cupboard now, yes the hours are not averaged out, theres a lot of pilots and recon its just too much extra work for rostering to bother even trying, would just cost more man hours to try and do it.
I don't believe what a previous poster said about its worked for the least possible cost in the flight deck, I have often flown as a higher rate f/o while new cheap guys are on standby.
Anyway, there is no guarantee of hours, I knew that starting, you knew that too! you cant moan after, no one made any promise, you just hoped to fly 900 hours a year, I on the other hand do not want too, 700-750 a year would suit me fine.