xerox25 - you're a tadge out there mate... we're not all on the lower scales, and so here's some reality (
always remembering that the basic figures are / were already in the public domain):
Dec block hours = 62:19 --> Jan 2011 take home pay 54,810 Dhs ($14,921 USD)
Jan block hours = 61:52 --> Feb 2011 take home pay 57,115 Dhs ($15,549 USD)
Feb block hours = 62:55 --> Mar 2011 take home pay 55,868 Dhs ($15,209 USD)
Mar block hours = 65:44 --> Apr 2011 take home pay 56,570 Dhs ($15,401 USD)
Apr block hours = 61:50 --> May 2011 take home pay 57,835 Dhs ($15,745 USD)
May block hours = 81:43 --> Jun 2011 take home pay 58,963 Dhs ($16,052 USD)
Jun block hours = 71:45 --> Jul 2011 take home pay 57,468 Dhs ($15,645 USD) <--
projected figure, i.e. it might be more, subject call-out from standby.
Over a period of 7 months, that equates to an average take-home pay of 56,947 Dhs ($15,503 USD).
As can be seen, they're not exactly working me to death and, fwiw, June's projected figures look as follows: block hours = 71:45; Duty = 127:29; Days off = 9; Standby's = 2; Flight Days = 16; Sectors = 32.
I have
no jet lag and I am
home every day.
That said, what we need to do is to find a way to lift those guys & girls whom are presently on the 'other' (
lower) salary scales back to the 'A' scale,... and it's my belief that the impending shortage of experienced pilots will cause that to happen (
sooner or later), it being very much a case of '
supply & demand' and remembering that all the airlines are fishing from out of the same bucket for 'experienced' pilots!
KRgds,
OKC, FlyDubai, Line-Captain ( 'A' scale )
