Twenty something..It's an entirely accurate representation, however, as you point out it's not a " basic" as always, the smoke obscured the mirror! The real point being in ANY airline it is reasonable to expect additional payments for working off days, night stops, duties over 80 hours a month etc, in essence we are still comparing apples with apples..apart from during training I have never worked a " basic pay" month..my biggest gripe now is the fact many flights are full and getting back home can be an issue..even with the " special paper" from Flight Ops and with the DGCA rules post the German Wings nonsense jump seats are like hens teeth..