This is something that has been bugging me for a long time. Why is it that Ryanair pilots based at Luton, subject to the same tax office as easyJet pilots, pay no tax at all on their sector pay, whereas easyJet guys have to? The same applies at Stansted. Why the difference and how come the different tax breaks? Anyone know, cos the Ryanair Captains take home pay is about £500 - to a £1000 more a month than an easyJet Captain, for about the same amount of work. Love to know the answer.

To answer noblues: after working for ezy for one year you can apply to go part-time, 50% or 75%. (It is subject to availability)

Going part-time takes you off the "6 & 3" (sic) fixed pattern and onto a conventional free rostering pattern.

A full time roster is over 28 days with 8 days average off; so as a 75%'er your roster is over 21 days with 6 off, and 7 days, usually in a block, Mon - Sun, designated p/t (or off ), so you effectively work 15 days a month.

The working days are much the same as on the full time roster and depending on basing are 2 - 6 sector days.

Pay and leave are factored by 75%. Sector pay is paid in full.

I believe that there are no direct entry commands being offered to first officers from outside at the moment.

To answer the original question, as a full timer I grossed over 70k: what you would net from that depends on many variables.

Mr Ree, my understanding is that Ryans pay the sector pay seperately as a gross amount and leave it up to the pilots to sort out their tax.

Nearly right Fred but in fact.... wrong!

The Ryan's sector pay is tax paid....... :ok: