Fly boat has his head in la la land, I worked there on the 767 for 10 years until a few years ago and my pay was never within $20k of his 76 base pay for a captain, and definitely not a cent of the 25-50% more comment. The base pay was calculated on 80 hours a month and the way they rostered you would struggle to do more and stay married. Juniors got 4 day trips over every weekend with no change in 10 years, no days off by request unless you took leave, and you never got the annual leave that you requested after 18 years there. Worked 16 out of 18 Christmas's as well, explain that to your wife & kids. Tax in Australia is 50% by the time we get stiffed for medical and the new save the country tax plus 10% gst on everything we buy. Some people are just full of ---- and try to stir. There is always 2 sides to every story.
Last edited by ao767; 27th May 2014 at 12:53.