What Did You Take Home This Month?
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FO British World Airlines, Stansted base, B737. STG 3,100 (Good Month)
After deductions and 5% pension contribution (Company adds in 10%)
580 hrs in last year / 48 hrs per month (used to be 400 - 500 per year)
Excellent variety, enough short / long trips. Usually there and backs.
Rosters issued 1 week before they start !!
B757 arrives soon.
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After deductions and 5% pension contribution (Company adds in 10%)
580 hrs in last year / 48 hrs per month (used to be 400 - 500 per year)
Excellent variety, enough short / long trips. Usually there and backs.
Rosters issued 1 week before they start !!
B757 arrives soon.
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Emirates Junior Captain on the Airbus fleet.
*USD 7,850/mo to the pocket. That includes so-called "provident" (retirement)fund.
* No taxes
* 4 bdrm. villa with ALL utilities paid for.
* One-off Interest-free car loan
* 90% of schooling fees paid for (3 kids)
* Transportation to/from work (flt or gnd)
* Varied routes w/short layovers and turnarounds alike
* Avg. 15 days at home
* 3 yrs seniority in the company, joined as F/O
* No Union
*USD 7,850/mo to the pocket. That includes so-called "provident" (retirement)fund.
* No taxes
* 4 bdrm. villa with ALL utilities paid for.
* One-off Interest-free car loan
* 90% of schooling fees paid for (3 kids)
* Transportation to/from work (flt or gnd)
* Varied routes w/short layovers and turnarounds alike
* Avg. 15 days at home
* 3 yrs seniority in the company, joined as F/O
* No Union
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Hey Teco as a 'Junior Captain', how do you manage to get that much?
If you pay the minimum into the fund of 5%, you would need to earn $8250 to get $7850 in your pocket. That is over 30,000 Dirhams a month which rates you as a 10 year Captain on my pay scales.
Of course you might be counting the companies 12% contribution to the fund as money going into your pocket. Then the numbers would work but you would have no end of service benefit.
As far as I can tell a Captain with 3 years seniority after deductions and payrise actually makes $6200. If my maths are wrong, please tell me coz I'll be rushing into the office tomorrow.
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If you pay the minimum into the fund of 5%, you would need to earn $8250 to get $7850 in your pocket. That is over 30,000 Dirhams a month which rates you as a 10 year Captain on my pay scales.
Of course you might be counting the companies 12% contribution to the fund as money going into your pocket. Then the numbers would work but you would have no end of service benefit.
As far as I can tell a Captain with 3 years seniority after deductions and payrise actually makes $6200. If my maths are wrong, please tell me coz I'll be rushing into the office tomorrow.
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Will someone describe in detail a long 12-14 hour day, which was preceded by 5 hours sleep in a noisy hotel, and how many weather/technical problems were involved, which earned some of you just part of those salaries?
A neighbor (a very fortunate CPA) down the street asked me how much we work per month, and I forgot to qualify our average 80-hour month. Forgot the preflight times, long delays with no rest periods etc, rapidly changing weather/mechanical/fuel status, living many days on lousy stale sandwiches, lousier coffee and Pepsi-Colas, and gone from home on many Christmases and birthdays, relatives' funerals...
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A neighbor (a very fortunate CPA) down the street asked me how much we work per month, and I forgot to qualify our average 80-hour month. Forgot the preflight times, long delays with no rest periods etc, rapidly changing weather/mechanical/fuel status, living many days on lousy stale sandwiches, lousier coffee and Pepsi-Colas, and gone from home on many Christmases and birthdays, relatives' funerals...
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Stansted based Corporate 737 captain (6 years with the company), £3200 take home.
2 cars (1 with petrol paid for), final salary pension, PPP and loss of licence.
Very little work! Same destinations again and again... Actually fly about 25 to 30 hours a month.Work 3 weekends a year, 2 weeks off every christmas........
Downside? Its SO BORING that I could scream!!
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2 cars (1 with petrol paid for), final salary pension, PPP and loss of licence.
Very little work! Same destinations again and again... Actually fly about 25 to 30 hours a month.Work 3 weekends a year, 2 weeks off every christmas........
Downside? Its SO BORING that I could scream!!
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I'm very fortunate, despite the age of our DC-9 series 10, 30, 40 & 50s (our smallest jets, but largest fleet of these in the world). Our contract is about the average Captain pay for a US major, whether DC-9/737/maybe F-100. If on reserve, 12 days off. On a "block" schedule for the month, maybe 12-17 days off: it varies with type and how you bid etc. Each month different. My seniority could hold A-320 Captain (block) here, but it doesn't interest me yet.
Without a union contract, our pay and benefits would be cut by a half to two-thirds.
Many of you comment on the pay at British Airways. Here are some nosy questions: do all the BA pilots belong to "the" union, and if so, are the members serious about receiving comparable pay to the average (western) European major airlines?
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Without a union contract, our pay and benefits would be cut by a half to two-thirds.
Many of you comment on the pay at British Airways. Here are some nosy questions: do all the BA pilots belong to "the" union, and if so, are the members serious about receiving comparable pay to the average (western) European major airlines?
[This message has been edited by Ignition Override (edited 29 June 2001).]
