Originally Posted by
macpao
Hi GalleyHag,
Thank you so much for the useful information.
I'm just curious given the 42k annual base salary + allowances (food allowance and incidental pay) = approximately how much wound a starting cabin crew member earn per year? Do you reckon it can reach 70-80k?
Thank you so much.
Short answer NO 70K would be at the very top end and to achieve that you would need to be on the A380 and even then im not sure its possible. If you are trying to establish how much you will have each fortnight the only consistent is your base salary. Depending on the fleet you are on and the routes you fly will depend on how much you earn. As you have zero control over that its best not to over commit beyond your base salary for fortnightly to fortnightly expenses eg rent, loan etc.
Having said that some fortnights and months you may make a lot in overtime and allowances and others not so much due to a lot of days off etc its really difficult to say.
If you look at say something like the mainline fleet 747/A330 and you have 2 months of regional flying (Asia) you will receive zero overtime and lets say AUD $150.00 per trip you will need to eat, drink and incidentals from your allowance exchange it back to AUD so you might depending on your expenses in the slip port and favourable exchange rates bring home AUD $80.00 from the trip based on a 3 day trip.