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Operator Classification
Operator name: Lufthansa German Airlines
Operator type: Legacy
Region: Europe
Country: Germany
 
Pilots' Detailed Payscale - please state whether payscale is before or after tax
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Currency: Euros
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Addtional notes: Salary may vary depending on hours flown. Extra hours start at ca.70/hours per month. Contains ~623E TAX FREE Flugzulage. Yearly Bonus depending on companies performance. Consider about 40% Taxes in Germany. Different Contracts regarding Extra hours: some start a 70 some at 80    
 
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Fleet
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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 217.500 EUR/year
4/Feb/08
Capt base LH+LH Cargo: 131.500 EUR/year before tax
1/Dec/09
FO top 135.000 EUR/year (needs long time), 115.000 EUR/year after 10 years 4/Feb/08
FO base 62.400 EUR/year 4/Feb/08
SO top
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
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Capt 37 EUR per 24h within Europe, 46 Eur per 24h out of Europe
21/Aug/07
FO 36 EUR per 24h within Europe, 44 Eur per 24h out of Europe
21/Aug/07
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
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Conditions
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Roster monthly. minimum 10 days off per month and 35 days per quarter of a year, reduced pro rata when vacation or sick.
27/Aug/07
Leave 42 days
Staff travel Yes
Discounted
holidays		 Yes
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
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  Current Situation:  
Waiting List for LFT cadets is ~300 as of Jan 2010 expected to be ~450 by Jan 2011. Most Cadets will fly at Germanwings meanwhile. UPDATE: Lufthansa and its pilots have settled a pay dispute through arbitration, fending off the prospect of further strikes, the airline and the pilot union said. Lufthansa agreed to guarantee job security and pilots accepted a salary freeze until March 2011, Cockpit union spokesman Joerg Handwerg told The Associated Press. 3/Jul/10
   
  Outlook:  
Correction - ALL pilots need DLR. 15/Apr/08
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Neutral   3/Jul/10
   
Entry Requirements
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  Captain  
No direct entry captains. Promotion from F/O according to seniority list after about 12-14 years 24/Jan/05
     
  FO  
No more ready entries with cpl ir atpl theory credit. Others will be on hold until market situation is calculatable. Many Pilots will come back from Condor in the next 3-4 years, they all have DLR. 20/Nov/08
     
  SO  
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
 
   
Recruitment Process
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Ab-Initio: BU + FQ (DLR-Test) + LH-Medical for Flight School or GU+Sim+FU (at DLR Hamburg)+LH Medical for direct entry ("ready entry"). School costs: 60.000EUR. At the moment the application process takes more than 2 years due to the low demand for new pilots. 21/May/09
     
Fleet
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  Current:  
30xB744, 19xMD11F, 24xA346, 27xA343, 15xA333, 42xA321, 37xA320, 18xA319, 33xB733, 30xB735, 1 x A388 4/Jul/10
     
  Orders:  
14 x A388, 20xB748, 19xA321, 13xA320, 11xA319   12/Jul/10
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
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  Preferred method of application:  
via website (see below) 27/Feb/08
     
  Name:    
Christina Buck   14/Mar/08
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
Lufthansa Pilot Recruitment, BRE NT/A, Verkehrsfliegerschule/pilot school, Flughafendamm 40, 28361 Bremen  
       
Tel: +49 421 5592 804
Fax: +49 421 5592 863
Email: career@lft.dlh.de
       
  Website:   
 
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
www.lufthansa-pilot.de   21/Oct/04
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
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FRA, MUC, HAM, DUS  

 

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