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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)
Salaries in Luxembourg are indexed according inflation. Increase is usually +2,5% Gross when indexation occurs.
This is regulated by the State of Luxembourg.
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Taxation also depends on your marital status. Single people pay significantly more taxes on income than Married people.
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Luxair provides a yearly increase in Base salary.
Fleet
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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
Highest captain salary using normal scales is 18900 gross (~10800 after tax for a single person).
Although reaching this scale is becoming more and more difficult with a standard career. Especially if minus scales for captains are enforced.
28/Mar/23
Capt
base
If minus scales for captains are enforced, minimum salary will be 7700 gross (~4900 after tax for a single person).
After 10 years captain, minimum salary will be 10100 gross (~6100 after tax for a single person)
If normal scales enforced, minimum salary will be 8300 gross (~5200 after tax for a single person).
After 10 years captain, minimum salary will be 11600 gross (~6800 after tax for a single person)
28/Mar/23
FO
top
If not upgraded until then, after 15 years of service : 8700 gross (~5400 after tax for a single person).
FO scales run until 12000 gross (~7000 after tax for a single person). That scale is reached after 29 years of service on the Right-hand seat.
28/Mar/23
FO
base
FO Scales reached on the 10th year of service.
7800 gross (~4900 after tax).
28/Mar/23
SO
top
6800 gross (~4400 after tax) after 9 years in company.
28/Mar/23
SO
base
3000 gross (~2500 after tax) during initial Training (6 months).
5400 gross (~3700 after tax) after Training completed.
There's an ongoing contentious issue with the usage of Minus scales for captains. If these scales are used, new captains might start with 7 payscales below the former lowest captain salary.
28/Mar/23
Outlook:
Positive due to general lack of staff. Especially since the MAX aeroplanes are now confirmed.
EoaHrV
Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements
(including preferred
pilot schools)
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update
Captain
No direct-entry captains. Promotion according to seniority list.
8/Jun/15
FO
High school diploma EASA CPL+IR (frozen ATPL) Class 1 medical 70h PIC Completed MCC course Additionally: EU/EFTA national No criminal records Have a swimming certificate / able to demonstrate Speak and write fluently English Rating or recent experience is a plus, UPRT certificate
Ready Entry: 1. Initial interview in Luxembourg (Chief Pilot+ Training Manager or DO) 2. English version of the DLR test in Hamburg Germany 3. Assessment Center with group work and stress interview with selection Board and DLR psychologists 4.Grading at Lufthansa Flight Training in Frankfurt/Main on the B737-300 5. Final interview in Luxembourg ( Training Manager + Management Pilots + Psychologists) 6. Drug screening. Seasonal FO's B737: English DLR in Hamburg, followed by grading and interview in Monchengladbach Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here.
2 B737-8MAX are dry-leased from Summer 2023 until Summer 2026. 4 B737-8MAX are ordered and 2 will be received in Summer 2026 and 2 in Summer 2027. 4 B737-7MAX are also on order.
Fleet renewal is also in talks to replace ageing B737-700 and DHC-8-400 in the coming years. No aircraft decided on yet.
Bases
For EoaHrV Pilot
Jobs (including
restrictions for recent pilot
school graduates)
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update
Base LUX, Q400 up to ten nightstops in LCY, B737 increasing number of nightstops and very long flight duties with additional dead heading/positioning in economy (click
to look-up airport codes)
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