View Full Version : VB Board Approves Regional Jets
jetblues
10th Feb 2005, 11:45
Hot rumour doing the rounds today is that the VB Board has approved the introduction of Embraer Jets on the VB network.
SilverSleuth
10th Feb 2005, 12:03
Cold rumour (although accurate compared to your hot rumour)!!!!
There will be NO decision at all made on a regional network or type until the Take-over bid is finshed/resolved. Only thing confirmed at latest board meeting is that this will be looked at sometime in the next 18 months........ Sorry to burst your bubble!
T-bone
11th Feb 2005, 01:11
Imagine the pay....after the endorsement costs you may as well pay them.
Icarus2001
11th Feb 2005, 01:23
T bone perhaps you failed maths at school. The 737 situation is :endorsement cost of around $20,000, usually tax deductible. F/O earns $85K+ Captain $145K+
Why would a regional jet operation be significantly worse in terms and conditions?
Yep, sounds awful, imagine having to live in an awful place like Brisbane on that sort of salary. What a scandal.
:rolleyes:
Kanga767
11th Feb 2005, 01:38
But Silversleuth, you said, on the 30th January 2005, on this thread,
"Patrick Corp launches full take-over bid for Virgin"
that the EMB190 had been ordered!
K
topend3
11th Feb 2005, 02:28
F/O earns $85K+ Captain $145K+
correct me if i'm wrong but i think your figures are a little out...
Icarus2001
11th Feb 2005, 02:41
Which way? :D
These figures have been published on Pprune and I checked with three different current VB crew. Mostly they take home more than those quoted minimums. However if you have more accurate figures perhaps you would like to share them rather than simply suggesting that the ones I have posted are incorrect.
Wouldn't that be more constructive?
Crusty Demon
11th Feb 2005, 04:19
Saw a QF S/O's payslip recently and would conservatively estimate he will get $150 this year. Still a big disparity in pay scales in this country.
Anything less than say about $180 to $200 for a Captain in VB should be the norm based on existing conditions in this country. Hopefully the wages go upwards well and truly in the next EBA periods.
Spotlight
11th Feb 2005, 04:28
Hey Crusty, Jousting Sticks going; excellent condition............
The Riddler
11th Feb 2005, 08:08
Crusty,
Your QF S/O mate must have been top of the B744 list. This is not the norm with the S/O scales varying greatly.
Guys on the B767 are lucky to get $85K for the same job. (Actually more work these days seeing they can still be in the seat till 5000ft unlike the A330 and B744 guys).
Woomera
11th Feb 2005, 08:19
The topic was "VB Board Approves Regional Jets" which appears to be nothing short of a wild rumour - then in ten posts the thread turns into "My QF SO wages are bigger than yours."
What a useless waste of Danny's band width!
Time for the big lock!
And if you don't like the decision, complain to management!! :mad:
Woomera