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Operator Classification
Operator name: BH Air
Operator type: Major/National/Low Cost
Region: Europe
Country: Bulgaria
 
Pilots' Detailed Payscale - please state whether payscale is before or after tax
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Fleet
 A320/A330A320/A330
Rank
 FOCAPT
Year
  
15
N/A
3300 EUR
14
N/A
3300 EUR
13
N/A
3300 EUR
12
N/A
3300 EUR
11
N/A
3300 EUR
10
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
9
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
8
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
7
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
6
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
5
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
4
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
3
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
2
2300 EUR
3300 EUR
1
2100 EUR
3300 EUR
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update
Capt top
Capt base 3300 EUR
5/Oct/15
FO top
FO base 2300 EUR 5/Oct/15
SO top
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt 140 EUR per flying day while based out of Bulgaria.
15/Aug/16
FO 110 EUR per flying day while based out of Bulgaria.
15/Aug/16
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
last update
 
   
Conditions
last update
Roster Bad roster for both A320 / A330 crews, roster received once a week, on Wednesday for the next week (starting next Friday + additional revisions received during the week end). Permanent unofficial standby, as you need to live close to the airport in Bulgaria or in company hotel while abroad to be ready to take any additional flight. Expect 100 hours per month during the summer charter in Bulgaria. No Holiday allowed from May to October.
20/Jun/16
Leave
Staff travel Officially unlimited on BH Air flights (summer only) but as the flight are almost always full during charter season, nobody can use it.
5/Oct/15
Discounted
holidays
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Stopping A330 ops 27/Mar/17
   
  Outlook:  
Positive hiring both F/O and Captains since more than 50% of the pilots left the company since last year, due to very bad conditions (permanent standby and very low salary). 20/Jun/16
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Neutral   27/Mar/17
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
Direct Entry Captain for Vietnam Contract, flight hours: 5,000 hours, A320 PIC flight time: 500 minimum 20/Jun/16
     
  FO  
Direct Entry First Officer for Vietnam Contract, flight hours: 1,000 hours, A320 flight time: 500 minimum 20/Jun/16
     
  SO  
N/A 11/Jun/13
     
  FE  
N/A 11/Jun/13
     
  Scholorship  
N/A   11/Jun/13
   
Recruitment Process
last update
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
1xA319 (LZ-AOA), 5xA320(CFM-IAE), 1xA321 (LZ-BHK), 1xA330-223 (LZ-AWA), 1xG200, 1xG550 15/Aug/16
     
  Orders:  
None, buying only very hold aircarfts, latest one LZ-BHJ (Airbus Serial number 142), even older than the first one that they ordered many years ago LZ-BHB (MSN 294).   15/Aug/16
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
Direct contact at BH Air headquarter. 23/Feb/13
     
  Name:    
CEO Ianko Ivanov: iankoivanov@bhairlines.com   12/Oct/15
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
BH Air Ltd. 7A Dyakon Ignatii Street Sofia, 1000 Bulgaria   11/Jan/12
       
Tel:
Fax:
Email: office@bhairlines.com 5/Mar/18
       
  Website:   
www.bhairlines.com   11/Jan/12
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
bhair@bhairlines.com   11/Jan/12
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
Current: Sofia, Burgas (Summer Charter in BG) and Ho Chi Minh flying for VietJet (Vietnam). Past, Delhi/Ahmedabad flying for SpiceJet (India), Asmara (Eritrean Airlines), Yangon (Myanmar International Airlines), Bangkok (Thailand), Ras Al Khaimah (RAK Airways), Sharjah (Air Arabia), Lagos (Virgin Nigeria), Ghana, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan...   20/Jun/16

 

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