10%
The 10% you quote has been going on year after year. The government even reports the figures annually. It is almost always double digit. If not very close. Meaning after 3 years your cost of living will have gone up 32%. This is my point to new hires. EK will not magically change its stance from the past 8 years. Also the transport allowance was stolen 3 years ago. The education allowance increase never covers the actual increase. So every year more and more of your paycheck goes there. I know of one pilot who puts 2 months of his pay into schooling costs alone. I think for most it's about 2-3 weeks, but that is still a 5-7% pay cut. And your contribution will also only increase year on year. Boiling the frog. These are a few, very few, of the reasons your pay will be slowly and quickly deminished year over year. It has been this way for almost a decade. It will not change. IMHO. I politely stand to be corrected.