Originally Posted by
papazulu
Can you tell us something up-to-date re. salaries, per diem, hours/month, etc for both seats in VJ, pal? Or are the figures on PPJN still realistic?
Happy landings
PZ
I can confirm that the payscale in PPJN is fairly accurate. However, on a UK contract you are paid at a fixed exchange rate (reviewed twice per year) plus your per diems on top (17 x £35 per day on a UK contract if you fly a whole rotation) and so those EUR figures actually translate to approx the same in GBP as a gross salary. EU bases it's a variable per diem but averages about the same by the end of the month. Ok you need to feed yourself etc but that's the same in any job - and hotel breakfast is normally included plus crew meals from certain airports. Hours wise, I'd say somewhere between 400-500 a year is probably about right. Medicals and basic loss of license insurance paid for by the company, with voluntary top-ups to the insurance if you wish.