Originally Posted by
finis72
I just looked up the AF/KLM payrates and I saw 9000 euros/mo after taxes for their highest paid position ($12,4000), maybe I looked in the wrong area.
Actually it's 9,700 euros or 13,190 US after taxation. Income tax alone is 41%, and other mandated taxation deductions takes you above 50%. But let's just say 50% to be conservative. To make 13,190 after taxes, it means you gross over 26,000 per month or 312,000 per year. And that's living in a semi-socialist environment with lots of "free" stuff.
Now do you see why ALPA just couldn't find the time to compare us to Air France?
Carl