Sitting in front of the fire with one bar on is a bit extreme. Let's keep it sensible, and not exaggerate.
Most FOs I know on the Brookfield contract do a mimimum of 40 to 50 hours hours in the winter season. With 50 hours that would result in a pay rate for an FO on the higest rate at Brookfield(1500 hours plus) of about 4000 euros before tax. On the starting Brookfield rate after completion of line training it would equate to about 2750 euros before tax.
The problem is a lot of guys live like premiership footballers in the summer and then start whinging in the winter. There are exceptions where guys and girls do get less hours than stated but from my experience, it is rare.