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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)
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
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
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
DHC6: 1900$ / month and Jersey contract not euro (Deduction of 300€ from your salary if you opt for the voluntary pension plan)
3/May/25
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
DHC6: 1200$ / month and Jersey contract not euro (Deduction of 300€ from your salary if you opt for the voluntary pension plan). ATR: CHF 3600 - Base Salary will be increased of 200 CHF each year after the second year from the promotion.
3/May/25
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.
Additional
Duty Pay / Per Diems for Zimex Aviation
Pilot Jobs
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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
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
Use of the business lounge not reimbursed by the company unless stopover time > 6 hours
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)
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