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12-08-2016, 07:48 AM
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Joined APC: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by MEMFO4Ever
757 pay to live in Eurabia. What a deal. 
Obviously higher in HKG, but the majority of guys who were senior MEM WB captains for well over a decade before going to CGN, still made more in CGN as NB captains. Tax-free housing allowance, in addition to tuition allowance, all CH and perdiem international, and HILO perdiem only (we gave some of that up, but not all), added to NB pay puts you above WB pay (although extra $ is not pensionable).
If you and your family, or as an empty nester couple, or young single guy/gal, want to get to truly know Europe, not in a 3-week-vacation-at-a-time style, it actually is a phenomenal deal, IMO.
Last edited by CloudSailor; 12-08-2016 at 08:00 AM.
12-08-2016, 11:09 AM
#9
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Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: MD-11
Posts: 673
Originally Posted by CloudSailor
A common misconception, because in fact the FDA guys are the highest paid pilots in the company.
12-08-2016, 11:33 AM
#10
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Joined APC: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,052
Originally Posted by Pakagecheck
Not sure where your fact is from...
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.
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