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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:
2023
Listed pay rates are:
(yearly, hourly etc)
Currency:
Euros
(click here to use the currency converter)
Guaranteed hours:
(if applicable)
Addtional notes:
Utility: You have to pay for your own private medical insurance (Medical cover on while on duty - Accident cover on and off duty) DHC6 Twin Otter: 20k€ bond if you join without type rating    
 
Fleet
DHC6DHC6
Rank
FOCMD
Year
 
20
3780
4480
19
3740
4440
18
3700
4400
17
3610
4310
16
3520
4220
15
3430
4130
14
3340
4040
13
3250
3950
12
3160
3860
11
3070
3770
10
2980
3680
9
2890
3590
8
2800
3500
7
2600
3300
6
2400
3100
5
2200
2900
4
2000
2700
3
1800
2500
2
1400
2100
1
1200
1900
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 7000 - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion. 4/Feb/24
Capt base CHF 5900 - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion.
4/Feb/24
FO top 3900CHF - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion. - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion. 4/Feb/24
FO base CHF 3600 - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion. 4/Feb/24
SO top

CHF 3300 - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion.

4/Feb/24
SO base CHF 1980 - Salary during the Type Rating, and Line Training until the release.
4/Feb/24
FE top No FE position in the company
4/Feb/24
FE base No FE position in the company
4/Feb/24
Additional Duty Pay / Per Diems for Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs
last update
Capt 60€ per-diem each day outside Home Base, plus for every flight duty day above 12 in a single calendar month: CHF 300 / day (CHF 150 / half day). Further allowances according to position: TRE CHF 500 TRI CHF 400 GI / TC CHF 300 Office Duty CHF 1000 Reliability Bonus assigned according performance of the flight operated by the company. Company on-time schedule between 98.5% and 99% - CHF 15 / Duty Day; between 99.1% and 99.5% - CHF 20 / Duty Day; between 99.6% and 100% - CHF 25 / Duty Day
4/Feb/24
FO 60€ per-diem each day outside Home Base, plus for every flight duty day above 12 in a single calendar month: CHF 180 / day (CHF 90 / half day). Further allowances according to position: GI / TC CHF 300 Office Duty CHF 1000 Reliability Bonus assigned according performance of the flight operated by the company. Company on-time schedule between 98.5% and 99% - CHF 15 / Duty Day; between 99.1% and 99.5% - CHF 20 / Duty Day; between 99.6% and 100% - CHF 25 / Duty Day
4/Feb/24
SO 60€ per-diem each day outside Home Base.
4/Feb/24
FE Not Aplicable.
4/Feb/24
Pension Details for Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs
last update
Providing second and third Pilar via Swiss Life.  
4/Feb/24
Conditions for Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs
last update
Roster Travels, all trainings and medical on your time off: - Utility: closer to 6 weeks On (full-time abroad) / 4 weeks Off instead of the contractual 5/5. - ATR: 2 weeks On (night work mostly) / 2 weeks Off. Expect to be called during your holidays.
17/Jul/22
Leave Crews unhappy because holiday only on off days. Expect to work the same amount of duty days regardness if you have vacation or not.
27/Jul/23
Staff travel Travel from home to departure airport at your own expense. No interline agreements whatsoever, positioning to/from duty with legacy carrier, rarely used LC unless no viable solution
14/Sep/23
Discounted holidays None
21/Apr/15

Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs Situation

last update
Current Situation:  
Not Accepting. Holding Pool formed.
 
4/Feb/24
Outlook:  
A couple of planes out of contract / being sold.  
 
1/Jul/23
Overall Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):
Neutral   4/Feb/24
Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements (including preferred pilot schools)
last update
Captain  
EASA licence only DHC6 type rating: you must sign a 20k€ bond 20/Oct/23
   
FO  
EASA licence only DHC6 type rating: you must sign a 20k€ bond Upgrade: you must agree on another 12k€ bond to qualify 20/Oct/23
   
SO  
   
FE
   
Scholorship  
 
Recruitment Process for Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs
last update
General Knowledge test, Simulator assessment, Psychological assessment, Panel interview Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here.  6/Aug/18
Fleet
last update
Current:  
ATR, DHC6, PC6 8/Feb/23
 
Orders:  
None   6/Jul/12
Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact
last update
Preferred method of application:  
Per instructions provided on website. 6/Aug/18
   
Name:  
- 8/Feb/23
 
Job Title:  
- 8/Feb/23
 
Address:    
Zimex Aviation Ltd, Cherstrasse 4, 8152 Glattbrugg, Switzerland 8/Feb/23
     
Tel: - 8/Feb/23
Fax: - 8/Feb/23
Email: pilotapplication@zimex.ch (To find out whether your email application has been read use VisualCV) 8/Feb/23
     
Website:  
www.zimex.ch  
Pilot vacancies webpage:  
 
Online application form link:  
   
Bases For Zimex Aviation Pilot Jobs (including restrictions for recent pilot school graduates)
last update
Bases vary as contracts change: AT72 crews are based in Europe, when on duty crew stays in hotel >4 stars when available such as: Scandic, Comfort Hotels, Best Western, Hilton. Utility fleet is based in remote areas / hostile environment: for oil & gas operations, be mentally prepared to stay in a basic container in the desert 5 weeks in a row and be extended. Most of these DHC6 bases are located in dangerous / unstable countries: civil war, high insecurity, terrorism (No risk incentive).
(click to look-up airport codes)
4/Feb/24

 

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