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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)
Performance bonus per year of service. Year 1: 10% performance bonus. Year 2: 13% Year 3: 13% The increasing 1% every year and capped at Year 10 at 20%. New payrise by January 2024: +5%
Brief
Payscale (please state whether
before or after tax)
(please
ignore if the detailed payscale
above is up to date)
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update
Capt
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Global/Falcon/Lineage E 131250 Challenger/Legacy/Praetor E 120750 Citation/Phenom E93450 + Annual Bonus up to 20% of base salary + Extra Days + 10k bonus every 5 years increasing a further 5k every 5 years (5yr 10k, 10yr 15K etc)
5/Aug/24
Capt
base
Following 6 Month FLC Global/Falcon/Lineage E 111300 Challenger/Legacy/Praetor E 98700 Citation/Phenom E82950 + Annual Bonus min 13% of base salary + Extra Days + 10 Bonus every 5 years increasing by 5k every 5 years (5yr 10k, 10yr 15k etc)
5/Aug/24
FO
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Salary as above pay scales Global F/O eligible for extra 5k per year for cruise relief pilot role. All bonuses same as Captain above
5/Aug/24
FO
base
Salary as above pay scales Global F/O eligible for extra 5k per year for cruise relief pilot role. All bonuses same as Captain above
17on / 13 off. Very stable patterns. Training in off days for which you are paid an extra 800 per day for PIC and 400 per day for SIC.
14/Jul/24
Leave
See above
7/Aug/23
Staff
travel
Premium ECO / Business Class on proceeding more than 6 hrs based on availability/price, UBER Preferred , crew meals only when catering order is available and Company regulations
VistaJet
Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements
(including preferred
pilot schools)
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update
Captain
Min 4500hrs TT Global, min 3000hrs TT on CL350/605 and XLS, min 3500hrs TT on CL850
23/Jan/24
FO
Min. 2500 TT for Global/Challenger fleet except CL35 1000hrs min considered for Citation/CL35. Upgrades take about 3 years - bare in mind the company does hire direct entry captains with low experience.
12/Jan/26
SO
FE
Scholorship
On the challenger and citation fleets. Low hour cadets: Will be considered for first officer positions on the Challenger fleets only. The individual has proven themselves to the company, by working in the various departments within the company. Simulator session in Berlin, will still be required to confirm that the low hour pilot applicant can make the high standards required by VistaJet. It is not guaranteed that office pilots will get into the cockpit
Bases
For VistaJet Pilot
Jobs (including
restrictions for recent pilot
school graduates)
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update
Airports around Europe which can be used as gateways. 11- Germany 8- UK 1- The Netherlands 1- Denmark 5- Spain 7- Italy 1- Malta 1- Austria 2- Switzerland 1- UAE (click
to look-up airport codes)
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