Your own man Barry Jackson said four years ago the average A380 captain was only earning $415K (AUD) , that is before the pay rise.
That is $20K Aussie a month clear think you are up 10% since the payrise, anyone got a link to the actual contract ?
Emirates is $12/13K Aussie a month clear , oh but you get a donga to stay in & we pay your power bill , but you will be flying 90 hours a month. Temps of 45 degrees for months it just sounds wonderful.
Who HooOOOO. What a deal mate !!!. Private school fees there are exorbitant and they are capped in terms of amount, no of kids. There are actually great high schools particularly the selective ones around Sydney (I went to one of them) , high schools in Perth regularly out gun the top private schools (Applecross , Rossmoyne HS etc etc) - don't cost a cracker.
Barry tried saying the QF pilots were in the middle of the pack , in terms of pay , bollocks - you are absolutely miles and miles in front
South America & Africa - no contest there
The Sand- see data above , good coin for a bloke from a developing country
EU- BA 747 clearing 165,000AUD , QF 747 clearing $240K - so 50% up
Lufthansa & Air France/KLM very seniors might get near but lets have a closer look.
Luft: It is in Germany, and Germany is the strongest economy in Europe , and it has advanced manufacturing and other things like a pharmaceutical industry. Germany has more people than we do and Australia is not Germany
Air France/KLM : A financial basket case which the froggie Govt still owns 20% of , losses for years
China: The best you will do is $18K USD for 80 hours a month. The quote of $350USD pa is complete Bull as is the 42 days annual leave.
I posted some of the other disadvantages on earlier.
But likely the biggest one is that you are relying on Flight Crew Agency men telling you the big kind airline is paying all your Chinese tax, you can commute from home or be based at home and have to pay no tax to your Govt - sure thing !! I am so sure the ATO has given the Flight crew agency men a binding private ruling , so sure so sure. The Agency men are very knowledgeable to provide this advice and are complete experts on international tax law.
The QF pilots are icons and are special and deserve to be paid 50% more than their other first world counterparts. Lefts give them a three billion dollars of tax payer money - we should organize a protest march.
I have to go now , I have a date