British Airways salary 2026 for new joiners, realistic monthly numbers
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#1 Considering moving from easyJet to BA in a couple of years. What does a new joiner at Heathrow actually earn per month with allowances?
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#2 New joiners on the Heathrow contract: a base salary plus flying pay and allowances that on a normal long-haul-heavy month put take-home in the low-to-mid £2,000s after tax, more with a heavy month. It has improved through the recent pay deals. The real value is the network, the staff travel and the pension, not the headline number in year one.
