Originally Posted by
Bellerophon
Riddler
...Does anyone know how other foreign (particularly European and Asian) carriers pay?...
Big Airways
- These are GROSS BASIC SALARIES, based on flying 900 hrs per year.
- These do not include any overtime (x1½) or training pay (+20%).
- Hourly rates are included for comparison purposes only.
- B747 Capt ..... Year 24 ..... £147,089 ..... $ 300,000 ..... $ 333 / hr
- B777 Capt ..... Year 17 ..... £123,861 ..... $ 252,600 ..... $ 280 / hr
- B737 Capt ..... Year 12 ..... £ 97,206 ...... $ 198,300 ..... $ 220 / hr
- A320 Capt ..... Year 07 ..... £ 85,191 ...... $ 173,800 ..... $ 193 / hr
- B747 SFO ..... Year 10 ..... £ 77,731 ....... $ 158,500 ..... $ 175 / hr
- B777 SFO ..... Year 07 ..... £ 65,286 ....... $ 133,200 ..... $ 150 / hr
- A320 FO ...... Year 01 ...... £ 55,330 ...... $ 112,800 ..... $ 125 / hr
- Big Airways pilots paid primarily on Years of Service, then Seat, then Aircraft type.
- On upgrade, change pay scales at your length of service point, Yr 07 SFO → Yr 07 Capt.
- 6 weeks paid annual leave per year, plus a few unpaid days leave if requested.
- Ballpark figure, most pilots will take home 60%-65% of their gross salary in the UK.
- Cost of living and housing is undoubtedly higher in the UK than most of the USA.
- Time to B747/B777 command currently around 17 years.
Regards
Bellerophon
Nicely done, and very interesting. It's a difficult comparison at best, since most European nations dabble in socialism style benefits. But encouraging none the less.
What would be even more interesting to know, and this is a question better asked in it's own forum, is how would a merger look between a foreign and US carrier? Does anybody know how the KLM-Air France thing went together?