PT6Driver: Every month (
regardless of being on leave or not) you will get paid the following:
- Basic Salary
- Housing Allowance
- Transport Allowance
- Education Allowance - subject to the proviso of your child(ren) being educated within the UAE.
If you have been flying you will also get paid (
monthly in arrears):
- 'Flight Pay' at either 160 Dhs per block hour (Captain), or 110 Dhs per block hour (F/O).
Nb. In simple terms a 'block hour' (
or part thereof) is defined as the time difference between the park brake being released at the beginning of a sector, and the park brake being applied at the end of the sector.
Also, every time you go to the simulator, you will receive 4 hours of 'Flight Pay' at the rate respective to your rank (
see above) per session, regardless of how long or short the session is.
E.g. If you were flying during October then you would receive the relevant number of block hours rate (
based on your rank) worth of 'flight pay' in your end of November salary, along with amounts for 1+2+3+4.
Conversely, if you were on leave during the whole of October then you wouldn't have accrued any 'flight pay' and so your salary (
for the end of November) would only consist of amounts for 1+2+3+4.
Just to be clear. The salary is normally paid on the 26th of each month, and 'flight pay' is paid monthly in arrears (
i.e. added into ones pay in the following month).
Just to complete the picture; Some of you might have heard that the UAE has something called an 'End of Service Gratuity', and which UAE based employers are required to pay as follows, i.e. when one eventually leaves / resign:
- 21 days worth of ones daily rate of remuneration, for each year of the first five years of service.
- 30 days worth of ones daily rate of remuneration, for each additional year of service provided that the aggregate amount of severance pay shall not exceed two years remuneration.
Nb. When determining ones 'daily rate of remuneration' for this purpose, this is based upon ones Basic Salary(1)
only, and it does
not include ones 'Allowances'(2+3+4) or averaged 'Flight Pay'.
Do the math !