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Sorry, but the question is not quite clear to me. Not sure what a traditional pay scheme is or what S & S means to you. I have only flown for the this one airline, and that makes their scheme traditional I guess.
My airline has different “brands” serving different segments of the market. At our mainline operation the cruise relief pilots and F/O’s up to (not including) wide-bodies are paid according to their seniority. They are split into four pay-segments, and your seniority determines the pay you get. The wide-body F/O’s are split into two groups, seniority determining the pay you get. Among the Captains it is strictly the aircraft that you are on which determines your paycheck. This explanation oversimplifies our pay-scheme a bit, because things like age, years of service, and daily allowances also play an important role in your final paycheck.
Our pension starts with a basic pension (really low) and to that is added a payment based on your years of service; it increases by 2.25% per year based on that year’s salary. So my pension = base pension + (years of service x 2.25% x average pay during my career). Most of our pilots are able to get in around 32 years of service. It is guaranteed, and as per law in our country, totally independent of our company. Works out to around 60% of your final pay for an average career. For me about a 110,000 Euro pension starting at age 56. For guys out of the Air Force starting in their early thirties it works out to about half that amount (but they have an Air Force pension as well)
The way we are paid seems to work quite well. Although as usual there are people who would like to see it changed. The junior guys are stuck at a pay level that they consider too low for too long, during periods of stagnation. And some of our more senior 737 Captains (most of whom are still there, because they develop sleep problems on the intercontinental fleet) would like to see a scheme introduced which would see you purely get paid by seniority and function (Captain’s one pay, F/O’s and S/O another). But that is more than normal, can’t please all of the people all of the time.
At our large charter subsidiary pay is strictly along the lines of Captains and F/O’s, regardless of the type you fly. I know our union has looked at this scheme for the mainline operation and has time and again come to the conclusion that it is not the right way to go for that side of the business. Hope it helps a bit, got luck with the search for answers. Regards, Otterman.
Ps. would be more than interested in a website that would present a true independent and up to date benchmark for our industry.