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Good point, but I would say less than 12500 lbs as this would be cca.5700 kgs and the word "Light twin" would be considering the Navajo/Chieftain as a light twin below that limit.
Good point, but I would say less than 12500 lbs as this would be cca.5700 kgs and the word "Light twin" would be considering the Navajo/Chieftain as a light twin below that limit.
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BusinessMan, supramkiv is about right. You will be paid in Euros, so your sterling may vary with the exchange rate. I would suggest that you base any financial calcs on worst case and assume more like E1500 (sector) + E2000 (base) per month.
Pension; the company will match your contribution, into their own fund. This goes up after a while - I can't remember off the top of my head. Standard stuff.
Pension; the company will match your contribution, into their own fund. This goes up after a while - I can't remember off the top of my head. Standard stuff.
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Thanks oompa loompa, appreciate the time you guys take to give us wannabes the picture. I actually didnt apply in the end because I couldn't make the financials balance, hopefully next year after more saving.
Best of luck to all of you who've gone for it
! BM
Best of luck to all of you who've gone for it
! BM
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Any body who is thinking about taking a loan to fund the City Jet FTE scheme needs their head read I reckon. City jet take home pay, basic and flight amounts to 4000euro per month. At current exchange rates that is:
£2798, which after tax comes to:
£2040.
Accommodation in london will set you back AT LEAST £550 per month including bills and council tax, so if the loan repayments come to £900 per month, that leaves you with
£590 per month spending money.
You will need to use the DLR to get to City Airport, this will cost at least £60 per month for a travel card, leaving you with the grand total of £530 per month, or £133 per week to spend on food, beer, haircuts, etc in the world's most expensive city, and thats a conservative estimate, based on the cheapest accommodation and travelcard.
In reality you could easily have less than £100 per week, or £14.70 per day spending money.
And this will be 25% less in the first year leaving you with £10.70 per day to spend on food and other essentials.
You'll be barely able to survive on that, take it from me!
£2798, which after tax comes to:
£2040.
Accommodation in london will set you back AT LEAST £550 per month including bills and council tax, so if the loan repayments come to £900 per month, that leaves you with
£590 per month spending money.
You will need to use the DLR to get to City Airport, this will cost at least £60 per month for a travel card, leaving you with the grand total of £530 per month, or £133 per week to spend on food, beer, haircuts, etc in the world's most expensive city, and thats a conservative estimate, based on the cheapest accommodation and travelcard.
In reality you could easily have less than £100 per week, or £14.70 per day spending money.
And this will be 25% less in the first year leaving you with £10.70 per day to spend on food and other essentials.
You'll be barely able to survive on that, take it from me!
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for a start it was outlined in thread 12 that
Also, take home pay is what you actually take home. Tax has already been deducted at source.
Sector pay is a great feature of the job, tax free and adds between 2-3k Euro on top of salary.
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Trust me, it isn't. I should know, it was all outlined in detail to me at interview. you will e getting 4000 euros per month on average before tax.
Plus the fact that a very large part of your sallary consists of flight pay is a very bad thing, as when you go on holiday or are off sick your income will be severely reduced. Also, what are you going to do if they decide one month to give you hardly any hours? Which could quite easily happen.
Plus the fact that a very large part of your sallary consists of flight pay is a very bad thing, as when you go on holiday or are off sick your income will be severely reduced. Also, what are you going to do if they decide one month to give you hardly any hours? Which could quite easily happen.
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I have applied but I must admit the money does worry me. Mind you Flybe dont exactly offer a brilliant package in terms of money, but I guess the salary is good rather than paying per sector like cityjet. Having second thoughts to be honest about whether it is such a good scheme to apply 
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This TAX FREE Flight Pay deal......how tax free is it?
I assume they pay it into a bank in Dublin for you to txfr into your bank, or does it go straight into your current account?
This regular payment cannot go unnoticed by the tax man and if asked to full out a self assessment, when declaired, they are surely going to tax you or even fine you for tax evasion. Allowances are one thing....but flight pay is like overtime.
How do you guys make it work?
I assume they pay it into a bank in Dublin for you to txfr into your bank, or does it go straight into your current account?
This regular payment cannot go unnoticed by the tax man and if asked to full out a self assessment, when declaired, they are surely going to tax you or even fine you for tax evasion. Allowances are one thing....but flight pay is like overtime.
How do you guys make it work?