flyingbusy:
What you have heard is only part of the story. Your basic salary is relatively low. It is then very fleet dependent whether you improve significantly on the basic salary or not. The 777 and the A320 do well, but the guys on these fleets complain they work too hard with lots of minimum rest and few days off. The A330 is probably the worst where you work a lot but fly few hours. The embraer and 747- Don't expect much more than the basic salary. 777 layovers generally are minimum i.e. JFK- 24 hours or less, LAX- 48 hours (I think), LHR-24 hours.