The highest you are likely to be paid in the UK as a year one FO (DEP only) is at BA. Basic salary short of £51K, with flight pay etc bringing it up towards the 60K mark. Other comparable salaries would be with the likes of Monarch or Virgin. Thomson aren't offering full time positions and the likes of Easyjet and Ryanair will pay you by the block hour. Yes there are full time permanent guys at each of these operators, however the respective airlines aren't the faintest bit interested in offering such deals. Not sure what the other major operators such as FlyBe are paying. However it's always been a permanent contract to my knowledge.
So by and large airline pilots are now on par with train, tube and bus drivers when it comes to income and in a lot of cases are actually worse off.
Last edited by Callsign Kilo; 14th Dec 2012 at 12:28.