blacksheep,
i do not understand your thinking, the slip patterns would be 1-2 months, by your argument that "kiwis and aussies" shouldnt get allowances, because its a western country, then i suppose nor should pilots from the uk, especially when they nitestop in the uk (or anywhere within 1500nm)
the allowance you refer to is the expat allowance, the flying allowance is to cover costs incurred while away from base at the companies bequest (eg food, drink (not alcohol), laundry, etc, etc.
and maybe can be considered compesation for sitting in hotels away from family etc, so the actual crew (pilots and flt attendants) actually doing the work get compesated.
[no offence to engineers, whose contract would have there own allowance structure, or salary compensation]
perhaps they should enginners on each flight too, you can spend 2 months living out of a suitcase with no allowances. glad to see youve volunteered yourself and all your fellow engineers.
the allowances shouldnt be lowered at all (even if the contract was underquoted), they didnt in the past (eg vietnam, burma, mauritius), maybe the management pilots instigating this do not intend to do a stint.
Last edited by b777900; 1st Oct 2002 at 09:41.