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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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Speedbird Pilot Academy basic pay: year 5- £67,199
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10/Nov/25
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| SO
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Speedbird Pilot Academy basic pay: year 1- £36,759 |
10/Nov/25
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| Additional
Duty Pay / Per Diems for British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs |
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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 |
Seniority based bidding with junior pilots working more weekends.
New roster improvements introduced in winter 2025-
LH- 3 days off after all trips
SH- 86 hours (3.5 days off) after 5 day working block meaning a pilot can’t go from ending on a late to starting on an early- unless they actively choose to do so. |
20/Nov/25
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| Leave |
6 weeks + wrap days.
12x golden days per year (taken individually or in pairs- max 3 per month)
Parental leave, unpaid leave and co-parent leave offered above the 6 weeks entitlement |
20/Nov/25
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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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Situation: |
Recruitment for all fleets ongoing. Pilots flying circa 750-780 hours per year.
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20/Nov/25
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| Outlook: |
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LH recruitment campaign open. SH recruitment currently closed.
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22/Nov/25 |
| Overall
Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve): |
| Positive |
22/Nov/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 (Euroflyer now offering a very attractive and popular 5/4/5/3 roster pattern) |
10/Nov/25
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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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Campaign for Second Officers launched 17/10/25 (newly created role- campaign closed 6 weeks early due to mass interest.
Qualifications required, UK CAA CPL with type rating on A320 & base training completed. Have flown type in last 12 months & 0-500hrs on type |
20/Nov/25
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| Scholorship |
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Speedbird Pilot Academy- fully funded pilot training. Applications open in Spring |
22/Nov/25
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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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Large order of aircraft. SH replacements with A320 Neos.
42x 787s, 24x 777-9X, 6x A350 |
2/Nov/25
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| British Airways Mainline
Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact |
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method of application: |
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All applications via specific vacancy on careers website. Can only apply for one airline in the group at a time- mainline, Euroflyer, Cityflyer |
2/Nov/25 |
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| Name: |
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Lucy Silvester- Pilot Recruitment Manager, Emma Wooledge- Pilot Recruitment Assistant Manager |
22/Nov/25 |
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(Project Pilots: Captain Jai Dillon, SFO Guy Bowen, SFO Alex Fraser, SFO Genevieve Pearmaine) |
22/Nov/25 |
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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/Nov/25 |
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https://careers.ba.com/pilots |
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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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