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Pilots' Detailed Payscale- please state whether payscale is before or after tax
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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 Captain TRE - £171,672 28/Feb/26
Capt base Line Captain - £142,164
28/Feb/26
FO top Senior First Officer - £91,992  28/Feb/26
FO base First Officer - £69,624 28/Feb/26
SO top

SO base Second Officer/ Cadet - £53,256
28/Feb/26
FE top
FE base
Additional Duty Pay / Per Diems for AirTanker Pilot Jobs
last update
Capt £3.61 - £4.75/ duty hour
28/Feb/26
FO £3.61 - £4.75/ duty hour
28/Feb/26
SO £3.61 - £4.75/ duty hour
28/Feb/26
FE
Pension Details for AirTanker Pilot Jobs
last update
10% Matched  
13/Nov/20
Conditions for AirTanker Pilot Jobs
last update
Roster Random, mix of short haul and long haul.
7/Jan/24
Leave 33 days per year.
7/Jan/24
Staff travel None
13/Nov/20
Discounted holidays None
13/Nov/20

AirTanker Pilot Jobs Situation
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Current Situation:  
A mix of ACMI/ MOD/ Jet2 flying, including 10 day trips to The Falklands through Ascension Island.
 		 7/Jan/24
Outlook:  
Fleet size remains static for now, but a very buoyant ACMI market.  
 		 7/Jan/24
Overall Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):
Neutral   7/Jan/24
AirTanker Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements (including preferred pilot schools)
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FE
   
Scholorship  
 
Recruitment Process for AirTanker Pilot Jobs
last update
Recruitment closed for now, command upgrades from within. Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here.  7/Jan/24
Fleet
last update
Current:  
4 x A330 13/Nov/20
 
Orders:  
Nil   10/Sep/18
AirTanker Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact
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Website:  7/Mar/16
www.airtanker.co.uk  
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Bases For AirTanker Pilot Jobs (including restrictions for recent pilot school graduates)
last update
RAF Brize Norton and Manchester Airport
(click to look-up airport codes)		 14/Sep/23

 

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