2020 Pilot Employment Satisfaction Survey

 
Rank Airline
(sample size)
Likelihood to recommend employer (%) (median average) Positives Negatives
1 British Airways (6) 91% Job security, career path Roster and work-life balance, management-pilot relations
2 Jet2 (9) 90% Winter roster, company atmosphere Summer roster
3 Easyjet (20) 84% Roster, terms and conditions, culture, stability, management-pilot relations No common complaints
4 Austrian (6) 80% Atmosphere between pilots Prospects of the company
4 Vueling (6) 80% Flexibility, company atmosphere Salary
6 Qatar Airways (5) 75% Salary, job security Rosters
7 Wizz Air (14) 71% Training, roster, hours building, company atmosphere Salary, commuting
8 Air Baltic (8) 67% Career progression, good atmoshphere between pilots Roster, management-pilot relations
9 Norwegian (22) 63% Working environment, roster Financial stability
10 CityJet (7) 60% Working environment, salary Management-pilot relations
11 Lufthansa (7) 59% Salary Roster, career development
12 Smartlynx (7) 52% No common themes Unstable winter season
13 Flybe (16) 51.5% Roster, colleagues Job security
14 Ryanair (30) 51% Roster Management-pilot relations
15 Etihad (6) 38% Staff travel, company atmosphere Management-pilot relations, job security
16 Emirates (13) 25% Pay Roster, hours, company culture
17 SAS (6) 17% Atmosphere between pilots Pilot outsourcing
18 Laudamotion (6) 5% No common themes Management-pilot relations