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Operator Classification
Operator name: Highland Airways
Operator type: Charter
Region: Europe
Country: UK
 
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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
Capt top £44,000 - Pay your own medical
19/Oct/08
Capt base £38654 - Pay your own medical
19/Oct/08
FO top £24,000 - Pay your own medical 19/Oct/08
FO base £22142 - Pay your own medical 19/Oct/08
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FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt GBP35 tax free for overnight away from base. GBP15 tax free for 8 hr away from base.
13/Dec/09
FO GBP35 tax free for overnight away from base. GBP15 tax free for 8 hr away from base.
13/Dec/09
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
last update
5% of salary contributed by company if employee contributes a min of 2%  
20/Apr/08
   
Conditions
last update
Roster Normally 2 weeks in advance. New Crewing manager taken on and new policies being set - 12 new pilots will ensure roster is stable.
21/Mar/09
Leave 20 days plus 8 lieu days per annum.
21/Feb/10
Staff travel No
19/Oct/08
Discounted
holidays		 touchdown
9/Apr/09
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Company now in Administration. Operations ceased as of 25/04/2010. 25/Mar/10
   
  Outlook:  
Only CWL and INV remain as Jetstream bases. 28/Feb/10
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Negative   25/Mar/10
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
ATPL plus suitable experience. Willing and able to load and unload newspapers. 15/Dec/08
     
  FO  
? 9/Apr/09
     
  SO  
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
Scheme has been put on hold. Cadets were given the choice to move to a PAYE position within the company but decided not to.   7/Jan/10
   
Recruitment Process
last update
Interview, technical paper and flight test. Flight test was done on a F406 but as this type is not flown anymore (apart from Fisheries) this might be a sim check now but not sure. 18/Nov/09
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
1 x Operational J41, 1 x J41 long term maintenance, 6 x J31, 2 x F406, 1 x BN2 21/Feb/10
     
  Orders:  
Nil   9/Oct/09
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
Email 10/Feb/08
     
  Name:    
Nicholas van der Meer, Flight Operations Director   10/Feb/08
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
Highland Airways, Inverness Airport, Inverness, IV2 7JB   12/Jul/05
       
Tel:
Fax:
Email: pilotjobs@highlandairways.co.uk 10/Feb/08
       
  Website:   
http://www.highlandairways.co.uk/   19/Jul/05
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
 
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Bases For Pilots
last update
Inverness, Cardiff and Oban   21/Feb/10

 

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