Salary of QF Pilots
 

Hi

I was just wondering if anyone knew the wage for Qantas Pilots. A friend has a friend who is a qantas first officer (domestic) and they claim to be on $400 000 a year!!! :oh:

I didnt think they got that much? So is there any qantas first officers here that can proove this right or wrong?

Thanks a lot

GOH

This "friend of a friend" wasn't in the pub trying to pull chicks was he? Probably in a pilots uniform! I wouldn't believe everything you hear! :yuk: :p

Haha I knew the friend of a friend would get some unnesessary attention!

But, I would like to find out what QF pilots are paid, infact what any Australian pilots are paid!

Thanks

GOH

$400K sounds about right

assuming he's getting $300k in allowances

There is a fed dept that has this type of info online-www.wagenet.gov.au

So basically your saying $100 000 a year?

I went to that site and I didnt find anything.

Thanks

GOH

www.wagenet.gov.au
Select Option 2
Type Qantas Shorthaul
Read one of the current ones

I am not in QF so have no precise idea of who earns what, suffice to say I seriously doubt your mates mate is on $400k, and yes my GUESS would be around 100G. If you wade through the agreements you will find a number of figures varying by about 30k.

Maybe one of the fearless steely eyed aviators from the esteemed paragon of aviation perfection.......


...can give you a more accurate idea.

GOH

It is all there on the website - includes EBA for long and short haul. Just modify your search and you will find the relevant documents.

I always find the fascination about what other people are paid somewhat interesting - particularly when it concerns professions that are perceived to be "glamorous" and/or "highly/over paid" by the general populace.

Nobody ever seems to be interested in the earnings of say a tradesperson - several of whom I know earn considerably more than the majority of QF F/O's and captains.

However think I think your friend's friend may perhaps have been suffering from alcohol-induced exaggeration in order to impress!!

YES but make sure you have a look at the General Aviation pilots Award after you see the salary at QF. THAT might put in into perspective!!!!

cheers

Then check out the wages for the office cleaner. The fact he/she works in the same building as the chief pilot doesn't mean they should get the same salary.

Then compare the GA award and the office cleaners and notice the office cleaner is probably getting paid more... :eek: :D

GOH,

400k does sound rather excessive.

There would only be a handful here on that sort of money and we're talking very senior long haulers there.

Your average domestic (737) FO would be on somewhere around 120-140k.

It all depends on the bidding for flight patters (rostering) as they are only paid for stick time.

Its quite a complicated system for the uninitiated.

Not even the senior long haul captains are on that sort of money or anything near it.

400K sounds very excessive for QF, but I heard the other day that Dragon Captains are on about that. Ofcourse the guy could have been joshing me, also heard Dragon F/Os are close to 200k.

Is that right?


Sheep

At todays FX rates, a KA f/o should be netting around 200k, though this includes housing and yearly bonus.
400k for left seat, might be a bit of a stretch, but if you take net income, and work it backwards through the Aus. tax mincer, it is very likely they are earning the equivalent to 400k gross in Aus.