Originally Posted by
Monarch Man
4468, get off your high horse man. Do a few sums on 180k GBP tax free and figure it out. I'm not a trainer, nor do I do a lot of overtime, but Harry's assessment is correct in both financially terms and workload. My salary last year as a mid seniority 777 CPT was in the range of 160 GBP take home after deductions. The money isn't the issue, the workload is, hence the continued exodus.
Agreed, FWIW as a bog standard line cpt with BA on the 777 my gross income last year was around 180k, i.e.similar to yours, and TBH I'm not sure how anyone at BA can avoid deductions/ tax, "commuter" or not...however the workload/rostering isn't anything like as nasty as it sounds at EK.