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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
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SH 189309
LH 223326 |
11/Aug/25 |
Capt
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99905 |
11/Aug/25
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FO
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SH 141984
LH 167493 |
11/Aug/25 |
FO
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74930 |
11/Aug/25 |
SO
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Future Pilot Program steps onto mainline pay scales at year 8
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9/Mar/23
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SO
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Future Pilot Program base
£28,959 + training loan repayment. |
9/Mar/23
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FE
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FE
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Additional
Duty Pay / Per Diems for British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs |
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Capt |
Time away from base (same for all ranks) to £4.86/hr Annual flight pay circa £14,161 based on average annual hours of 713 plus holiday pay.
Flying pay (same for all ranks) circa £19/hr |
12/Aug/25
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Pension
Details for British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs |
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All new joiners will have access to a British Airways Pension Plan.
Personal 6%
Company 15%
Smart pension credit 0.6%
Total contributions 21.6%
Pensions pay scales are slightly different to displayed following the old 24 point payscale and therefore sitting slightly higher in value. |
9/Mar/23
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Conditions
for British Airways Mainline Pilot
Jobs |
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Roster |
Varies massively |
9/Mar/23
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Leave |
6 weeks. + wrap days. |
10/Mar/23
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Staff
travel |
Yes |
9/Mar/23
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Discounted
holidays |
Yes |
9/Mar/23
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British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs Situation
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Current
Situation: |
Massive recuitment ongoing, especially for LH (787,777) still flying around 800H + a year due to shortage of pilots.
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12/Aug/25
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Outlook: |
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Ongoing LH recruitment.
SH recruitment slowed down due to Speedbird Pilot Academy cadets starting imminently. |
12/Aug/25 |
Overall
Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve): |
Positive |
12/Aug/25
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British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements
(including preferred
pilot schools) |
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Captain |
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BA mainline upgrade time
SH - 3 to 5 years
LH - 15 to 18 years
Ba euroflyer
LGW less than 2 years (but working pattern and working condition not the best) |
26/Jul/25
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FO |
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Pilots with A320 experience require a minimum of 500 hours to apply for SH.
LH applicants require a minimum 1500 hours on a ZFTT qualifying aircraft.
(Pilots without A320 experience must wait until they have 1500 hours to apply for mainline or may apply for BA Euroflyer with 100 sectors/500 hours on ZFTT qualifying aircraft.
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2/Aug/24
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Scholorship |
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Recruitment
Process for British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs |
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Online application followed by motivational recorded video interview.
In person capacity and special reasoning test, group exercise, interview and simulator assessment. Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here. |
2/Aug/24 |
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Fleet |
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Current: |
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Short Haul: Airbus: 143(some parked) Long Haul: A350: 18 B787: 35 B777: 59 A380: 12 |
1/May/25
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Orders: |
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Short Haul:
Part of a 200 aircraft order for IAG almost one a month arriving mostly as aircraft replacement.
Long Haul:
A350: 5
B787: 2
B777: 77x on order
More of all 3 expected. |
9/Mar/23
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British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact |
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Preferred
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Via company careers website |
2/Aug/24 |
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(To find out whether your email application has been read use VisualCV) |
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Website: |
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Pilot
vacancies webpage: |
2/Aug/24 |
ba.com/careers |
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Online
application form link: |
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Bases
For British Airways Mainline Pilot
Jobs (including
restrictions for recent pilot
school graduates) |
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update
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British airways - LHR (B777 LHR - LGW)
Euroflyer - LGW
Cityflyer - LCY
(click
to look-up airport codes) |
26/Jul/25 |
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