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Brief
Payscale (please state whether
before or after tax)
(please
ignore if the detailed payscale
above is up to date) |
last
update
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Capt
top |
219.956 CHF/year
(Year 27) before tax |
23/Jun/25 |
Capt
base |
105.000 CHF/year
(Theoretically only, as years as FO/SFO are awarded)
Expect approx. 155000 CHF in 1st year Captain) before tax |
23/Jun/25
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FO
top |
170673 CHF/year
(S/FO, YEAR 27)
before tax |
23/Jun/25 |
FO
base |
89000 CHF,-/year before tax |
7/Mar/25 |
SO
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SO
base |
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FE
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FE
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Additional
Duty Pay / Per Diems for Swiss International Air Lines
Pilot Jobs |
last
update
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Capt |
Results in approx.
700-900CHF/month |
23/Jun/25
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FO |
Shorthaul:
minimum 33days per quarter OFF
Longhaul: minimum 37 days per quarter OFF
NO extra payment for overtime (same salary if 50BH or 90BH flown) |
23/Jun/25
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SO |
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FE |
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Pension
Details for Swiss International Air Lines
Pilot Jobs |
last
update
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Years 1-4 ~8.5%
Years 5-6 ~21%
Years 7-28
24-31% |
23/Jun/25
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Conditions
for Swiss International Air Lines Pilot
Jobs |
last
update
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Roster |
Published around 17th |
23/Jun/25
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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
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Staff
travel |
myIDTravel on all major airlines & some smaller airlines |
26/Jul/19
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Discounted
holidays |
yes |
30/Oct/08
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Swiss International Air Lines
Pilot Jobs Situation
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last
update
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Current
Situation: |
Hiring Direct Entry FOs
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30/Aug/25
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Outlook: |
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Positive |
26/Mar/24 |
Overall
Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve): |
Positive |
30/Aug/25
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Swiss International Air Lines
Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements
(including preferred
pilot schools) |
last
update
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Captain |
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No direct entries |
24/Dec/18
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FO |
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Cadets only if max 33 year old. Ready entry with frozen ATPL only if proof of German language (Goethe)
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3/Aug/15
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SO |
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N/A - No SOs |
7/Jan/09
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FE |
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Scholorship |
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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
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Recruitment
Process for Swiss International Air Lines
Pilot Jobs |
last
update
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4 Step Recruitment. You have to be in fit condition. Rejections due to higher BodyMassIndex have happened. upper BMI limit is 28 Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here. |
4/Nov/15 |
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Fleet |
last
update
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Current: |
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9 x Airbus A220-100,
21 x Airbus A220-300,
11 x Airbus A320-200,
11 x Airbus A320neo,
3 x Airbus A321-100,
3 x Airbus A321-200,
6 x Airbus A321neo,
14 x Airbus A330-300,
4 x Airbus A340-300,
12 x Boeing 777-300ER |
13/Jul/25
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Orders: |
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5x A320neo,
3x A321neo,
10x A350-900 |
13/Jul/25
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