Second Officer - What does it mean on short haul?
Hi All,
I have an application in with Cityjet for their mentored scheme and am looking to familiarise myself with the term 'second officer'.
In trying to find out what would the starting take-home salary be for a cadet after flight- and type-training, I scoped out the WX page on pilotjobsnetwork.com and noted that there is an 'FO' and 'SO' salary, the lowest of which is E25,000 - while I am not in this for the salary, paying £78,500 for your training and taking home ~£21k while living near LCY or DUB doesn't seem to add up and I'd rather wait for something else with a better combination of living costs and pay.
My question being then, how long do cadets stay as an SO - what does it mean exactly in a short-haul context? Is it to do with base/line training, hours or something else? There is also 'duty pay' in the amount of E30 - is this to pay for expenses (hotels, meals etc.) down route and is it per sector? If so, how much can a SO expect to earn in addition to basic salary?
Apologies if I don't seem to know the basics. Trying not to be conscripted into the wannabe zombie army by making sure I don't go into this without thoroughly researching it first.
Thanks