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Operator Classification
Operator name: airBaltic
Operator type: Major/National/Low Cost
Region: Europe
Country: Latvia
 
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: August 2024
Listed pay rates are:
(yearly, hourly etc)
Personal taxes are 33% from the gross salary
Currency:
Guaranteed hours:
(if applicable)
45 BLH
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Addtional notes: Company will cover all expenses towards maintaining latvian license and medical. Foreign licenses and medicals will be reimbursed to a maximum of 142 EUR    
 
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Fleet
A220A220A220A220A220A220
Rank
FO FLEXFO FIXSFO FLEXSFO FIXCPT FLEXCPT FIX
Year
 
11
106800
96600
10
106800
96600
9
99600
90000
8
99600
90000
7
90000
81000
6
90000
81000
5
72000
64800
4
63600
57000
3
58800
52800
2
54000
48600
1
40800
N/A
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update

Capt top Gross FLEX - 8900 Gross FIX - 8050
16/Aug/24
Capt base Gross FLEX - 7500 Gross FIX - 6750
16/Aug/24
FO top SFO gross FLEX - 6000 SFO gross FIX - 5400 FO L3 gross FLEX - 5300 FO L3 gross FIX - 4750 16/Aug/24
FO base FO L1 gross FLEX - 4500 FO L1 gross FIX - 4050 16/Aug/24
SO top FO base level gross (until 500 hrs) - 3100
16/Aug/24
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt 30-36 per BLH above 45 30-36 per sector above 23
16/Aug/24
FO 20-26 per BLH above 45 20-26 per sector above 23
16/Aug/24
SO 10 per BLH above 45 10 per sector above 23
16/Aug/24
FE
   
Pension Details
last update
Latvian state pension.  
28/May/13
   
Conditions
last update
Roster Summer season: 3-4 layovers per month for most captains and FOs. Less expected in winter season. Outlook for 2025 similar to 2024, but with pilots stationed in BRU, MUC or VIE for 3 months. Layover rotations are usually 4-6 days, with 2-4 legs per day. Depening on the rotation, every night might be in the same hotel, or every night in a different hotel. Up to 95-100 block hours in summer 2024, winter block hours might be around 50. Blocks of 1-4 days off given in between. A typical summer (wetlease) roster pattern usually looks like 5-(4)-5-(2)-5-(2)-5-(2). Starting from 2025, two blocks of 4 days off per month will be scheduled instead of one.
27/Aug/24
Leave During the first 6 months: free tickets on all airBaltic Flights (with ZED airlines only for home leave). After 6 months free on all ZED airlines.
6/Sep/23
Staff travel In addition to direct family members, 2 friend can travel along. Recent addition: all eligible foreign Employees starting from August 1, 2023, can now travel to their Home Leave destination from any airBaltic operating base, including Tallinn, Vilnius, and Tampere. Unmarried partners, friends, relatives can be added to ID travel, allowing this person to travel independently after 12 months of employment.
6/Sep/23
Discounted
holidays
Special offers for employees for hotels and car rentals, staff discounts for purchases on BT flights.
6/Sep/23
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Will recruit 100+ FO during end of 2022 and during 2023 24/Oct/22
   
  Outlook:  
Up to 15 aircrafts wetlease for other airlines. Airline still working its way towards pre-pandemic levels. Good outlook! 24/Oct/22
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Positive   24/Oct/22
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
TR/non TR captains position open since August 2024. Minimum of 4000 total flight hours of CAT operations on modern aircraft with EFIS, FMA and FMS systems. Minimum of 2000 hours on multi-pilot/engine turbine airplane (CS-25). Minimum of 1000 hours of Command experience on a CS-25 aircraft. 27/Aug/24
     
  FO  
Minimum of 2750 hours of Commercial Air Transport (CAT) operations on modern aircraft with EFIS, FMA and FMS systems Minimum of 1500 hours on CS25 (MTOW >5,7t). 1/Sep/23
     
  SO  
At least 1000 hours of Commercial Air Transport (CAT) operations on aircraft with EFIS, FMA and FMS systems on CS25 (MTOW > 5,7t). 1/Sep/23
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
 
   
Recruitment Process
last update
Screening process online: application, screening by HR, online safety screening test. Screening process on-site: Day 1 - SIM assessment, technical & HR interview, on-site safety assessment test; Day 2 - Psychological assessment, management interview 29/Nov/23
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
49 A220-300 17/Nov/24
     
  Orders:  
49 A220-300 (97 total, plus options for another 10)   15/Aug/24
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
online applications via website 9/Aug/17
     
  Name:    
Olga Kolesnikova   18/Jan/23
  Job Title:  
Pilot Recruitment Manager   18/Jan/23
  Address:    
Riga International Airport, Tehnikas 3, Marupe, Marupes novads, LV-1053   29/Nov/23
       
Tel:
Fax:
Email: pilotjobs@airbaltic.com 29/Nov/23
       
  Website:   
www.airbaltic.com   28/Mar/05
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
https://www.airbaltic.com/pilots/   9/Aug/17
  Online application form link:   
https://careers.airbaltic.com/en/vacancies/pilots/first-officer-tr-ntr-on-a220-300   1/Sep/23
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
Riga home base/contractual base. Tallinn, Vilnius, Tampere so called base crews and aircraft just rotate 4 to 6 days. Newly announced permanent bases in Tallinn and Vilnius will be opened in november 2024 for limited amount of pilots. For summer 2025, 3 temporary 'bases' will be opened in Brussels, Munich and Vienna for wetlease operations, where pilots will be stationed for 3 months. Winter and other wetlease layovers are 4 to 6 days.   27/Aug/24

 

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