"Apologies for thread drift, last time I noticed the UA 744 crew clearing SYD Immigration there were 2 Captains and 2 F/O's, the QF guys had 1 Capt.
1 F/O and 2 S/O's, which crew is more expensive ?"
I dont know about EK, but the UA crew would be considerably cheaper than the QF crew despite carrying more bars on the shoulder per seat than QF. Plus QF is at a disadvantage by having SO's that cant crew flights if required when an FO goes sick.
I have a friend who was at just over 130k on his W2 rhs 744 at UA AFTER the wage rise!!!!
Thats 100k short of some you chaps on the same a/c type!