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Old 9th Jun 2014, 17:26
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oicur12.again
 
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Australopethicus,

Mate, no one is earning 320k flying for a Chinese airline. CSA are paying more than the old CA rates but not 320k.

But the point still stands; the wages bill in the cockpit of a Chinese airliner is very low compared to the west despite them carrying 1-2 more crewmembers per sector. Expat salaries even using your inflated figure still represent a very small sample of crewing costs.

You will notice we are not arguing on the same page. I made reference to COST to the airline; your approach is INCOME to the pilot.

Very different things from a personal perspective yet one is much more important than the other.
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