"BA hero pilot plans to quit in disgust at bosses' unfair treatment"

[Teller1900]

The British Airways pilot who saved 152 lives in the Heathrow crash landing claims he has been mistreated and is planning to quit.
Captain Peter Burkill has reportedly been grounded since the incident and has had his salary cut.

The hero pilot, 43, feels "betrayed" by the airline, claiming it has not been supportive enough since the Boeing 777 lost power on January 17th.

After taking time off with post traumatic-stress, the married father-of-five's salary was halved from £120,000 through lost bonuses.

His pay was eventually raised to £90,000 but his bonus is still being withheld as BA claim he cannot fly again until an inquiry into the crash is complete - despite Second Officer Coward and the plane's third pilot returning to work as normal.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

FYI (from the other, inferior, blue board):

£120,000 = $238,824

£90,000 = $179,118

$59,706 paycut.

 

[KennyFlys]

That's a hefty cut for someone who hasn't been proved to do any wrong. I'm betting he won't get it back if he does stay.

 

[woodstock]

It's not a 59K dollars pay cut, it's a 30K pounds pay cut. Which, on the British economy, is roughly like saying (here) that you made 120K dollars per year and they took away 30K dollars.

Ditto his regular salary - while it looks great to say "wow, a pilot makes 239K" - he isn't, he's making 120K pounds. I've found in London if you just ignore the pound sign, the figure that you pay for something isn't out of line with the figure you would expect to pay here - it just doubles for us due to the exchange rate. For example, 20 pounds per person for a resto meal - appetizer, meal, and drink - is cheap over there and 20 dollars per person would be cheap here too. However, because we start with dollars - when you buy a "cheap" meal in London for two people, you've walked out spending 80 bucks or so.

I've no idea if 777 pilots here make 120K dollars per year or not - do they make as much or more?

It still sucks though.

 

[ScottM]

I've no idea if 777 pilots here make 120K dollars per year or not - do they make as much or more?

American Airlines

Year B-777 Captain
12 $199
11 $197
10 $196
9 $194
8 $193
7 $191
6 $190
5 $188
4 $187
3 $185
2 $184
1 $35

Monthly guarantee of 64 hours with a reserve of 73

That put them in that 120,000 sterling catagory and then some.

 

[woodstock]

Year one is 135K? I assume you didn't mean 35K...

So right off the bat, an AA Captain is making more than a BA Captain on a triple 7.

 

[ScottM]

Year one is 135K? I assume you didn't mean 35K...

So right off the bat, an AA Captain is making more than a BA Captain on a triple 7.

And a UAL capt form what I see of the published paylists

Year B747-400, B777 Captain
12 $182
11 $180
10 $179
9 $177
8 $176
7 $175
6 $174
5 $173
4 $172
3 $171
2 $170
1 $169

Monthly Line Guarantee: 65 Hours
Reserve Guarantee: 70 Hours (partial bid period availability)