Originally Posted by
springbok449
This is the difference is cash that you are quoting.
Actually I don't think it is. Using LA for example - EK I'm assuming you get flight pay for your block hours to and from LA - Paid with your salary, yes? Then you get the $55 per day in cash at the hotel. So you end up with $110+Flight Pay.
The unmentionable pays you flight pay the same way, but then you are also paid 23 AED per hour (for Europe/America) whilst off duty on the ground. So for the same 48 hour example you'll end up with an extra 1100AED/$300USD. $300+Flight Pay.
Granted yes it is paid monthly in arrears - but it's still a whole lot more than $110.