Originally Posted by Typhoonpilot
I probably wasn't clear. On the SQ ads it states Flying and Out of Base Allowance and gives a figure of S$5700 per month. What former F.O.s have told me is that when they don't fly in a month, whether it be SARs related or vacation they don't get paid that money. All they get is the base salary, which is quite low.
I'm not taking the **** on SQ, just trying to nail down details for those who may not know the right questions to ask. On my first overseas contract I went thinking I'd make $7500 per month. I ended up making $12,000 per month so I was ecstatic. If I'd ended up making less than $7500 per month I'd have been disappointed. This is the problem with the convoluted pay schemes that some airlines have. It is really hard to figure out what you might reasonably expect to earn and what your expenses might be.
TP
You are correct, if you don't fly you don't get the allowances, you get your base salary. However, most people don't take an entire month off. If you do, you take the last two of one month and the first two of the second month. It's not really tough to figure out. In addition, for Capts, if you take 28 days off, you are back in the sim for landings....So, most Capts don't get that much time off at one clip.