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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:
2025
Listed pay rates are:
(yearly, hourly etc)
Currency:
Swiss Francs (CHF)
(click here to use the currency converter)
Guaranteed hours:
(if applicable)
Addtional notes:
   
 
Fleet
ALLALLALL
Rank
CMDCRPFO
Year
 
10
154234
120909
114132
9
154234
119621
112844
8
152880
118334
111558
7
152880
117048
110271
6
151525
115760
108983
5
151525
114473
107697
4
150170
113186
106409
3
144805
111899
105122
2
139439
101169
94392
1
134075
90439
83662
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update

Capt top CHF 188'868 / year after 28 years of employment 1/Nov/19
Capt base CHF 118'000/year
14/Jan/19
FO top CHF 121'608 / year, after 28 years of employment 1/Nov/19
FO base CHF 74'000/year 14/Jan/19
SO top

SO base
FE top
FE base
Additional Duty Pay / Per Diems for Edelweiss Pilot Jobs
last update
Capt CHF45/D SH,CHF 70/D LH
14/Jan/19
FO CHF45/D SH,CHF 70/D LH
14/Jan/19
SO
FE
Pension Details for Edelweiss Pilot Jobs
last update
pension contribution in percent of salary: 26%, paid by company  
1/Nov/19
Conditions for Edelweiss Pilot Jobs
last update
Roster min. 9 days off per month / min. 32 days off per 3 months. LEAVE: depending on age: up to age 29: 29 days age 30-50: 35 days age 50+: 42 days
13/Mar/24
Leave 28d to 42d depending on age. Restrictions: hard to get during summer.
2/Sep/04
Staff travel yes
2/Sep/04
Discounted holidays yes
2/Sep/04

Edelweiss Pilot Jobs Situation

last update
Current Situation:  
Hiring pilots https://apply.lufthansagroup.careers/index.php?ac=jobad&id=86463
 
22/May/23
Outlook:  
Network expansion, increased frequencies as from march 2023  
 
27/Oct/22
Overall Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):
Positive   22/May/23
Edelweiss Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements (including preferred pilot schools)
last update
Captain  
DEC A320: -EASA ATPL and typerated on A3xx - Min. 6000h of which min. 1500h as PIC on Airbus - experience in Longhaul Ops - valid Medical Class 1 - good conduct of German (min. C1) and English (B2/ICAO Level 4) - Swiss citizenship or EU-25/EFTA 1/Nov/19
   
FO  
integrated ATPL training completed or Swiss military pilot training completed or modular ATPL training at a Swiss flight school, Medical Class 1, impeccable criminal record, fluent in German, good conduct of English, Swiss citizen or EU citizen with the right to work and live in Switzerland 15/Feb/20
   
SO  
   
FE
   
Scholorship  
ATPL courses (18 month until type rating A320) in cooperation with SWISS/Lufthansa Aviation Training   27/Dec/16
Recruitment Process for Edelweiss Pilot Jobs
last update
Ab-initio: Stage 1 Swiss DLR GU (in Zurich), Stage 2 group game assessment, Stage 3 "Gupsomat", Stage 4 Pilot Instrument Trainer (PIT), Stage 5 Medical examination, Stage 6 Interview, Stage 7 Board decision. Ready-Entry: Stages 1-3 in one day (stage 2 shortened) and a320 SIM in stead of PIT, otherwise same as ab-initio Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here.  23/Jul/18
Fleet
last update
Current:  
13x Airbus A320, 5x 5 Airbus A340 27/Oct/22
 
Orders:  
6 A350s coming to replace A340s, starting 2025   21/Dec/23
Edelweiss Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact
last update
Preferred method of application:  
online 27/Dec/16
   
Name:  
 
Job Title:  
 
Address:    
Edelweiss Air AG, P.O. Box, Operations Center, CH-8058 Zurich-Airport, Switzerland 2/Sep/04
     
Tel: ++41438165060 2/Sep/04
Fax:
Email: (To find out whether your email application has been read use VisualCV)
     
Website:  24/Oct/19
https://www.flyedelweiss.com  
Pilot vacancies webpage:  24/Oct/19
https://www.flyedelweiss.com/DE/jobs/cockpit/Pages/requirements-first-officer.aspx  
Online application form link:  
   
Bases For Edelweiss Pilot Jobs (including restrictions for recent pilot school graduates)
last update
ZRH
(click to look-up airport codes)
2/Sep/04

 

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