All DEPs start on the same pay, longhaul and shorthaul. Every year, the short haul payscales go up by around 2/3 of that on long haul, however you may then go long haul after 5 years and you go straight onto long haul paypoint 5, roughy a £6-7K pay rise. I net about £4500 per month, sometimes more or less, on a short haul roster PP4 albeit I am on the PP24 pay scales. I have pretty much total control over my life as more join below me. Longhaul beckons next year, on blindlines
, so I may stay on short haul especially as i have small children. Joining as a DEP on long haul, means you stay junior for a very very long time, as those senior to you bid on to your fleet as they move off from short haul.
I also wasn't that far off a LGW command this year! food for thought.