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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
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Basic Salary    
 
Fleet
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Rank
CadetSOFOSFOCAP
Year
 
16
128342
15
126551
14
124792
197433
13
123061
194678
12
120579
191976
11
118159
189313
10
115797
185493
9
113490
181768
8
111244
178133
7
88778
109050
174589
6
86001
106910
171129
5
79955
104820
167752
4
78601
102783
164459
3
77499
100795
161248
2
63667
88778
98866
158115
1
61312
86001
96945
155060
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update

Capt top £207,485 (90 Annual Sectors) 14/Jul/24
Capt base £155,060 (60 Annual Sectors)
14/Jul/24
FO top SFO £134,876 (90 Annual Sectors) FO £93,298 (90 Annual Sectors) 14/Jul/24
FO base SFO £96,945 (60 Annual Sectors) FO £86,001 (60 Annual Sectors) 14/Jul/24
SO top

£84,025 (90 Annual Sectors)

14/Jul/24
SO base £78,601 (60 Annual Sectors)
14/Jul/24
FE top
FE base
Additional Duty Pay / Per Diems for Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs
last update
Capt Y1 Cap (60 Sectors): £14,096 Y14 Cap (60 Sectors): £17,948
14/Jul/24
FO Y1 FO (60 Sectors): £7,818 Y16 SFO (60 Sectors): £11,967
14/Jul/24
SO Y1 SO (60 Sectors): £7,146 Y2 SO (60 Sectors): £7,269
14/Jul/24
FE
Pension Details for Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs
last update
15% employer, 6% employee.  
5/Aug/24
Conditions for Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs
last update
Roster Significantly improved. Protections returned to pre-pandemic agreements. Minimum 10 days off , avg is 14. 750 hour, booster and commuter contracts available. Protections still not implemented after the deal was agreed. Updates from management stating this is due to establishment figures but in the same verse the company believes we have the correct establishment on some fleets. Leave wrap around days will not be honoured and no word on when the enhanced contracts will be available.
6/Sep/24
Leave
Staff travel 7 standby tickets per year on Virgin Atlantic Airways with reduced rates for additional tickets and other carriers via myIDTravel. After 10 years' employment, high priority standby ticket (PAFT) which 'may' be confirmed before departure.
9/Oct/24
Discounted holidays Yes, through Virgin Holidays.
5/Aug/24

Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs Situation

last update
Current Situation:  
Hiring. The company hasn’t implemented several key lifestyle elements of the latest pay deal signed months ago. They have not implemented Wraparound days for leave, they are not honouring the positioning section of the agreement as intended and there has yet to be one 750 contract given out. This is now several months after the deal was signed. The pilots union has started a formal failure to agree process over elements of the agreement not been honoured by the company and pilot generally are not happy with the way the company has avoided implementation of the agreement.
 
1/Nov/24
Outlook:  
Recruiting for all fleets.  
 
5/Aug/24
Overall Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):
Positive   1/Nov/24
Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements (including preferred pilot schools)
last update
Captain  
Internal upgrades based on seniority only. Upgrades for recruits between '17-'20 is 7-8 years. Any recruits after 2023 is about 12+ years. No more company expansion expected. 7/Aug/24
   
FO  
Hold a current UK Class One Medical • Unfrozen ATPL licence issued by the UK CAA at the date of joining. • A valid type rating on your UK license, on one of the aircraft types highlighted above. • The ability to demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English (certified as ICAO level 6 English Proficiency when applying) 3/Jun/24
   
SO  
No more S/O recruitment. 7/Aug/24
   
FE
   
Scholorship  
 
Recruitment Process for Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs
last update
Recruitment dealt with exclusively by Zenon. STAGE 1: Pre-screen (all documentation submitted via an online application, which is then screened and the best are selected). STAGE 2: Telephone interview (45 minutes). (Idea of for Zenon to get to know you a bit better, and assess your motivations for working for VAA). STAGE 3 Online aptitude tests, featuring psychometric, verbal reasoning and mathematics. STAGE 4: Competency interview (REMOTE with Zenon)(1.2 hours). STAGE 5: 737 Simulator assessment, in partnership with Jet Masterclass. All raw data flying, no use of A/P allowed. Scenario based. 2 hours, 1 hour as PF and 1 hour as PM. STAGE 6: Final interview at VAA HQ, Gatwick. Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here.  3/May/24
Fleet
last update
Current:  
5x A339, 10x A333, 12x A350-1000, 17x B787 5/Aug/24
 
Orders:  
14x A339   5/Aug/24
Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact
last update
Preferred method of application:  
Through Zenon 3/Jun/24
   
Name:  
 
Job Title:  
 
Address:    
     
Tel:
Fax:
Email: (To find out whether your email application has been read use VisualCV)
     
Website:  3/Jun/24
https://www.zenon.aero/virgin/?term=1  
Pilot vacancies webpage:  3/Jun/24
https://www.zenon.aero/virgin/?term=1  
Online application form link:  3/Jun/24
https://www.zenon.aero/virgin/?term=1    
Bases For Virgin Atlantic Airways Pilot Jobs (including restrictions for recent pilot school graduates)
last update
LHR and MAN
(click to look-up airport codes)
5/Aug/24

 

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