Originally Posted by CloudSailor

This is what I heard directly from all of the most senior captains in CGN, most of whom didn't get tuition allowance anyway, since they weren't there with kids, and had been WB captains in MEM/ANC for over a decade before EUR.



Housing allowance is around $45k/year, TAX FREE. That surpasses the $40/hr difference bewtween 15 NB and WB captain pay, particularly when that hourly rate is taxed. Then take into account all CH and perdiem are international, and in some cases the travel expenses paid by HILO and HILO/perdiem only. As I said - it's not all pensionable. I also lived it. Made more as a NB FO there than most MEM WB FO's in my seniority (except for some of the 777 guys).



My point was that the oft-repeated "going to Europe for low NB pay is unsat" does not cover the full story.