The facts:
There are about 55 A330 S/Os in Qantas.
The most junior of them has been in Qantas for 6 years now. They earn about $130K.
Year 1 pay after completing check to line for an A330 S/O is circa $95K rising to circa $115K by the end of year 2.
S/Os are only carried on routes to/from Asia where the flight and duty time limitations require them to be.
Current A330 S/O routes (return trips obviously):
SYD-BKK 9:50 stick.
MEL- HKG 9:40 stick
BNE- HKG 9:10 stick
SYD- HNL 9:45 stick.
SYD- MNL 8:20 stick*
BNE- NRT 9:15 stick
SYD- PVG 10:55 stick
*This used to be 2 man on the 767 in some directions on some days but the lengthy taxi out in sydney at that time of the day consistently pushed the blox time beyond 8 hours. CASA would have Qantas strung up if they were scheduling a service that regularly exceeded the limits.
Last edited by Keg; 24th Jul 2015 at 08:12.
Reason: Typo on the SYD-MNL stick time.