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Operator Classification
Operator name: Finnair
Operator type: Legacy
Region: Europe
Country: Finland
 
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Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

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Capt top All figures are before tax: Widebody A330/350 after 28 years in the company 12 535 eur + extras. Extras mostly consist of long duty (>9h) and overtime (>150 duty hours/month) pay, and is approximately 20–40% of the mentioned fixed pay.
6/Mar/24
Capt base All figures are before tax: Widebody A330/350: 12 010 eur + extras A330/320 mixed fleet: 11 440 eur + extras Narrowbody A320: 10 885 eur + extras Extras mostly consist of long duty (>9h) and overtime (>150 duty hours/month) pay, and is approximately 20–40% of the mentioned fixed pay.
6/Mar/24
FO top All figures are before tax: Widebody A330/350 after 14 years in the company 7 735 eur + extras. Extras mostly consist of long duty (>9h) and overtime (>150 duty hours/month) pay, and is approximately 20–40% of the mentioned fixed pay. 6/Mar/24
FO base All figures are before tax: Widebody A330/350: 6 070 eur + extras A330/320 mixed fleet: 5 710 eur + extras Narrowbody A320: 5 455 eur + extras. Extras mostly consist of long duty (>9h) and overtime (>150 duty hours/month) pay, and is approximately 20–40% of the mentioned fixed pay. 6/Mar/24
SO top All figures are before tax: Cruise relief co-pilot: fixed pay 4 450eur + variable extras (gross). Extras mostly consist of long duty (>9h) and overtime (>150 duty hours/month) pay, and is approximately 20–40% of the mentioned fixed pay.
6/Mar/24
SO base See SO top.
6/Mar/24
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
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Capt Per diems are paid tax-free and depend on time away from home-base and destination(s). Country rates are common tax-exempt business travel allowances as per the Tax authority Finland. Approximately 200-500€/month depending on roster.
14/May/18
FO Per diems are paid tax-free and depend on time away from home-base and destination(s). Country rates are common tax-exempt business travel allowances as per the Tax authority Finland. Approximately 200-500€/month depending on roster.
14/May/18
SO Per diems are paid tax-free and depend on time away from home-base and destination(s). Country rates are common tax-exempt business travel allowances as per the Tax authority Finland. Approximately 200-500€/month depending on roster.
14/May/18
FE
   
Pension Details
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Conditions
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Roster Random roster with at least 10 days off per month. Possible to bid up to 5,5 specific days off, but those are quite poorly granted. For every "burnt" off day request you are compensated 300 eur, so basically off day requests have been sold to the company. Roster published against the EASA rules only 7 days beforehand. Possibility to plan life ahead is very poor, and the company is not very interested in doing anything about it.
6/Mar/24
Leave According to the Finnish annual leave act. At least 30 paid days off per year.
6/Mar/24
Staff travel Yes
10/Sep/12
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holidays
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
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  Current Situation:  
150 new pilots to join the company between fall '23 and spring '24, and now again a new major recruitement round started for pilots who will join during the 2nd half of '24. Overall the company is very different than it was before covid and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Due to much less own flying between Europe and Asia, company now has had various welease and co-operation schemes with other airlines. Currently flying BKK/SIN–SYD for Qantas until 2025, which means frequent week long trips down under for A330/350 pilots. Also HEL/CPH/ARN–DOH co-operation with Qatar airways on A330 going on until 2025. Return to the solid pre-covid strategy of flying mostly 3 day trips to Asia and back is not possible anymore due to Russia. 6/Mar/24
   
  Outlook:  
Good at the moment. A320 upgrade to commander at the moment happens after around 8 years in the company. 6/Mar/24
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Positive   6/Mar/24
   
Entry Requirements
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  Captain  
No direct entry for CPT´s. 14/Dec/05
     
  FO  
CPL+ME/IR+MCC or Finnair MPL. You need to pass the same Finnair selection process regardless of your background. 30/Apr/18
     
  SO  
     
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  Scholorship  
MPL program is discontinued UFN. Most pilots join from Finnish Aviation Academy, which is a state sponsored integrated ATPL program. Cost for student 18 000 eur. No type rating costs when joining. Only bond for 3 years.   6/Mar/24
   
Recruitment Process
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Fluent in finnish or swedish is mandatory for this test. It`s a little bit like Lufthansa DLR. 1) First round: numerical, verbal and logical reasoning as well as personality test 2) Second round: multi-tasking capacity, memory, coordination and vigilance tests + some more personality assasment tests 3) Interviews with captains and a psychologist 4) Company medical (more strict rules than for JAA medical) 29/Sep/08
     
Fleet
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  Current:  
15x A321, 10x A320, 5x A319, 8x A330, 17x A350 (12x E190 and 12x ATR operated by Nordic regional) 8/Apr/23
     
  Orders:  
2x A350   8/Apr/23
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
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  Website:   
www.finnair.com   4/Apr/05
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
https://company.finnair.com/en/careers/pilots   18/Nov/19
  Online application form link:   
www.finnair.com/jobs   23/Feb/11
     
Bases For Pilots
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Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL / EFHK)   9/Nov/05

 

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