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Pilots' Detailed Payscale- please state whether payscale is before or after tax
(pension, per diems and brief payscale are listed further down the page)
Effective from:
2024
Listed pay rates are:
(yearly, hourly etc)
Yearly Basic pay
Currency:
GBP
(click here to use the currency converter)
Guaranteed hours:
(if applicable)
Addtional notes:
Older 24 Point Payscales no longer avail included are the first 20 years of the new 34 pay point pay scales.    
 
Fleet
Short haulLong HaulShort HaulLong HaulShort Haul
Rank
FO-34FO-34Capt-34Capt-34FPP pay
Year
 
20
110218
124474
146953
165965
19
108242
121749
144325
162336
18
106270
119028
141695
158705
17
104297
116306
139063
155072
16
102324
113584
136433
151443
15
100324
110860
133800
147813
14
98383
108137
131174
144184
13
96407
105414
128544
140551
12
94436
102693
125916
136922
11
92463
99967
123285
133291
10
90490
97247
120653
129659
9
88520
94523
118025
126029
8
86548
91800
115394
122399
7
84572
88513
112764
118770
67810+
6
82602
85884
110135
115139
64451+
5
80627
83630
107504
111505
60423+
4
78656
80908
104875
107878
52365+
3
76685
78183
102245
104248
42969+
2
74712
75460
99614
100616
36254+
1
72738
72738
96983
96983
29541+
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update

Capt top Short Haul £183,773 Long Haul £216,795 29/Sep/24
Capt base £96,983
29/Sep/24
FO top Short Haul £137,832 Long Haul £162,595 29/Sep/24
FO base £72,738 29/Sep/24
SO top

Future Pilot Program steps onto mainline pay scales at year 8

9/Mar/23
SO base Future Pilot Program base £28,959 + training loan repayment.
9/Mar/23
FE top
FE base
Additional Duty Pay / Per Diems for British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs
last update
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.
2/Aug/24
FO
SO
FE
Pension Details for British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs
last update
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
Conditions for British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs
last update
Roster Varies massively
9/Mar/23
Leave 6 weeks. + wrap days.
10/Mar/23
Staff travel Yes
9/Mar/23
Discounted holidays Yes
9/Mar/23

British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs Situation

last update
Current Situation:  
Recruitment is only being held up by training capacity.
 
9/Mar/23
Outlook:  
Ongoing SH and LH recruitment.  
 
2/Aug/24
Overall Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):
Positive   2/Aug/24
British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements (including preferred pilot schools)
last update
Captain  
BA Mainline do not hire Direct Entry Captains (DEC). DEC opportunities available with BA Euroflyer and BA Cityflyer 2/Aug/24
   
FO  
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. 2/Aug/24
   
SO  
   
FE
   
Scholorship  
 
Recruitment Process for British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs
last update
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
Fleet
last update
Current:  
Short Haul: Airbus: 143(some parked) Long Haul: A350: 13 B787: 35 B777: 59 A380: 12 9/Mar/23
 
Orders:  
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
British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact
last update
Preferred method of application:  
Via company careers website 2/Aug/24
   
Name:  
 
Job Title:  
 
Address:    
     
Tel:
Fax:
Email: (To find out whether your email application has been read use VisualCV)
     
Website:  
 
Pilot vacancies webpage:  2/Aug/24
ba.com/careers  
Online application form link:  
   
Bases For British Airways Mainline Pilot Jobs (including restrictions for recent pilot school graduates)
last update
LHR
(click to look-up airport codes)
11/Mar/23

 

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