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Operator Classification
Operator name: Swiss International Air Lines
Operator type: Legacy
Region: Europe
Country: Switzerland
 
Pilots' Detailed Payscale - please state whether payscale is before or after tax
(pension, per diems and brief payscale are listed further down the page)
Effective from: May 2023
Listed pay rates are:
(yearly, hourly etc)
 yearly
Currency: CHF - Swiss Francs
Guaranteed hours:
(if applicable)
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Addtional notes: Extra payment depending on company performance not listed below. Figures are from current GAV2018    
 
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Fleet
 ALLALLAllAll
Rank
 F/OCMDCDR SHCDR LH
Year
  
20
155912
196666
19
152045
192672
18
149705
190631
17
147299
188522
16
144824
186231
15
140829
182231
14
138241
118056
13
135585
177594
12
132857
147065
11
128744
143273
10
124629
139480
9
120525
135631
8
116401
131838
7
112265
128046
6
109234
124824
5
106140
121306
4
101918
117157
3
97621
113008
2
93301
118854
1
88979
104694
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update
Capt top CHF 17574,-/month (SCDR yr.28, 210'888,-/year) before tax
8/Jun/15
Capt base CHF 8897,-/month (CDR yr.1, 106'772,-) before tax. In theory only, as years as F/O are awarded towards salary.
8/Jun/15
FO top CHF 13946,-/month (SFO yr.28, 167'362,-/year) before tax 8/Jun/15
FO base 89000 CHF,-/year before tax 7/Mar/25
SO top
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt Shorthaul 3CHF/h, Longhaul 4CHF/h.
22/Jan/14
FO approx. 75-88 BH/month Freedays on SH: 9-12 Freedays on LH: 13-15
20/Mar/17
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
last update
Years with the company(regardless of position), pension contribution in percent of salary, all paid by the company: 1, 2: 19.4% 3-5: 19.5% 6: 20.5% 7-12: 22.6% 13: 23.8% 14: 25.1% 15, 16: 26.3% 17: 27.6% 18: 28.9% 19-24: 30.2% 25: 30.0% 26: 29.7% 27ff.: 29.4% when passing age 60: 18%  
8/Jun/15
   
Conditions
last update
Roster published around 20th
20/Mar/17
Leave til 8th year: 36 days, from 9th year: 40 days, from age 47: 42, from age 52: 44, from age 56: 46
10/May/23
Staff travel myIDTravel on all major airlines & some smaller airlines
26/Jul/19
Discounted
holidays		 yes
30/Oct/08
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Hiring Ready Entry and Direct Entry FOs 26/Mar/24
   
  Outlook:  
Positive 26/Mar/24
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Positive   26/Mar/24
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
No direct entries 24/Dec/18
     
  FO  
Cadets only if max 33 year old. Ready entry with frozen ATPL only if proof of German language (Goethe) 3/Aug/15
     
  SO  
N/A - No SOs 7/Jan/09
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
New minimum age 18 years. SWISS is presently hiring ab initio pilots. A scholarship is usually granted to applicants successfully passing the assessment. Requirements: You have to be a Swiss or EU/EFTA citizen or in possession of a work permit C. Age between 20 - 33 years. Minimum school requirement for Swiss citizens is Volksschule + 3 years Berufsausbildung and for others Abitur/Matura or equivalent. Excellent command of the german language. https://careers.swiss.com/index.php?ac=jobad&id=970   28/May/19
   
Recruitment Process
last update
4 Step Recruitment. You have to be in fit condition. Rejections due to higher BodyMassIndex have happened. upper BMI limit is 28 4/Nov/15
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
9 x Airbus A220-100, 21 x Airbus A220-300, 18 x Airbus A320-200, 3 x Airbus A320neo, 5 x Airbus A321-100, 3 x Airbus A321-200, 2 x Airbus A321neo, 14 x Airbus A330-300, 5 x Airbus A340-300, 12 x Boeing 777-300ER 9/Jul/21
     
  Orders:  
5x A350-900   4/Feb/25
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
via website 3/Aug/15
     
  Name:    
-   31/Jan/23
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
Swiss International Air Lines AG, Flight Crew and Management Assessment Center, Postfach ZRH S/OFR, 8058 Zürich, Schweiz   24/Dec/18
       
Tel: +41 44 564 57 70 30/Oct/08
Fax:
Email: pilot.application@​swiss.com 26/Jul/19
       
  Website:   
https://www.swiss.com/corporate/de/careers/job-vacancies   22/Apr/23
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
http://www.swiss.com/web/DE/career/career_entry/cockpit/Pages/cockpit.aspx   18/Dec/09
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
ZRH   6/Mar/17

 

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