Why S/O's take home more......
As most would be aware the hourly rate for 380 S/O's is less than an F/O on any other fleet however (at least until the introduction of DXB) the 380 S/O's are doing the maximum 175 hours per Bid Period -how the hours are calculated is irrelevant - compared to 160 hours or less for most other ranks and fleets. That's virtually a 10% premium right there.
In addition to that, almost every time they jump on the jet they are there for 15 hours, thus accumulating another 4 hours+ in additional hourly pay (aka: overtime). With 4 or 5 trips per bid period that's a further 40-50 hours or more, or at least another 20-25% on top of base pay.
Most F/O's on any other fleet would be lucky to accumulate 10 or 15 hours overtime hence the apparent pay disparity. With the introduction of DXB, 380 F/O's who would get some o/time SIN-LHR-SIN, now get a fair bit more but most are only doing 2 trips to LHR per bid period after assigned leave rears its ugly head.
Despite that, my impression is that most S/O's on the 380 would accept the take-home pay cut for a window seat.
.......now back to Qlink's future........