Starting wage for 777 china southern F/O cadet is about 300 Aussie a month . Don't confuse expats wages with locals . Air china where paying local 737 cpts about RMB 13,000 a month 5-6 years ago (2000 Aussie a month ) , airbus fleet cpt on 23,000 (3500 a month) 8 years ago . Expats a whole different story .