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Operator Classification
Operator name: Air France-KLM
Operator type: Legacy
Region: Europe
Country: France
 
Pilots' Detailed Payscale - please state whether payscale is before or after tax
(pension, per diems and brief payscale are listed further down the page)
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Fleet
Rank
Year
  
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update
Capt top CPT A320 18 years : 8500 to 11000 E CPT B777 25 years : 11500 to 15000 E
28/Apr/08
Capt base CPT A320 10 years : 7500 to 9500 E
28/Apr/08
FO top FO B777 6 years : 6500 to 9000 E 28/Apr/08
FO base FO A320 2 years : 3500 to 4200 E FO A320 4 years : 5500 to 6300 E (these are NET amounts) 28/Apr/08
SO top
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
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Capt
FO
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
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Conditions
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Roster
Leave 48 days (if Summer days are = or - than 20), or 41 (if Summer days are + than 20)
9/Feb/06
Staff travel Yes
9/Feb/06
Discounted
holidays		 Yes
9/Feb/06
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
BBC is reporting between 2,500 and 3,000 job losses (not all pilots). (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7999718.stm). UPDATE: no compulsary redundancies are currently expected for pilots. 15/Apr/09
   
  Outlook:  
Neutral 15/Apr/09
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Neutral   15/Apr/09
   
Entry Requirements
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  Captain  
Internal upgrade. (from 8 to 12 years to wait ) 2/Mar/07
     
  FO  
ex military pilots, experienced pilots from other companies (turboprop, jet), and pilots from Regional Airlines, Britair and CityJet have now an easier way to join 24/Jan/08
     
  SO  
Same as F/O. Flying experience is not important. About 70 new cadet pilots are taken every year (training is free, and cadets get a salary during training as well ) 2/Mar/07
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
 
   
Recruitment Process
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To meet the requirements ( completely fluent in french, and get the right age/flying experience), then : 1st Step: 8 hours of psychometric test (arithmetic, logic, french fast reading and comprehension). 2nd step: a series of several group exercises with lots of calculation and commun problem to be solved. 3rd step: individual interviews, one with Air France pilots, one with the psy. Last step: commission and final decision... 2/Mar/07
     
Fleet
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  Current:  
23 B744, 25 B772, 26 B773ER, 16 A332, 19 A343 18 A318, 45 A319, 64 A320, 20 A321 10 B744 Cargo 18/Jun/08
     
  Orders:  
 
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
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  Preferred method of application:  
Online application, or by sending CV+ cover letter. 2/Mar/07
     
  Name:    
 
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
 
       
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
       
  Website:   
www.airfrance.com   28/Mar/05
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
http://www.devenirpiloteairfrance.com   5/Apr/05
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
Paris (ORY and CDG), but lots of AF staff live all over France and in the rest of the world.   2/Mar/07

 

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