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Old 29th Dec 2016, 16:09
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Mr Gammon Flaps
 
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Alternatively; you could leave - get a job in China flying the A330 out of CDG, earning £15k net per month after tax, with 15 days off per month, then retire after two contracts?

I'm one of the few who have left BA, and am doing exactly that.

You can PM me if you want.

BA is just a job. Quite frankly, it was the least fun I ever had in an airline, in 20 years of flying. Passive aggressive, rude and unfriendly crew, an above average percentile of entitled priggish flight crew, and relentless grinding downward pressure on terms and conditions.

Yes....staff travel is ok.....the 42 days leave is good.....but thats about it.

At the end of the day; we're all guns for hire now. The likes of Norwegian and the new IAG low cost long haul outfit being set up in BCN are the future. You might as well bugger off to China with a Euro base, save £6/7k per month; then hang up your wings at 50, and go and do something less damaging to your physical and mental health.

Just my 2c.
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