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Operator Classification
Operator name: Edelweiss Air
Operator type: Major/National/Low Cost
Region: Europe
Country: Switzerland
 
Pilots' Detailed Payscale - please state whether payscale is before or after tax
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Currency: Swiss Francs (CHF)
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Fleet
Rank
Year
  
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 188'868 / year after 28 years of employment
1/Nov/19
Capt base CHF 118'000/year
14/Jan/19
FO top CHF 121'608 / year, after 28 years of employment 1/Nov/19
FO base CHF 74'000/year 14/Jan/19
SO top
SO base
FE top
FE base
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt CHF45/D SH,CHF 70/D LH
14/Jan/19
FO CHF45/D SH,CHF 70/D LH
14/Jan/19
SO
FE
   
Pension Details
last update
pension contribution in percent of salary: 26%, paid by company  
1/Nov/19
   
Conditions
last update
Roster min. 9 days off per month / min. 32 days off per 3 months. LEAVE: depending on age: up to age 29: 29 days age 30-50: 35 days age 50+: 42 days additional 14 days once every 5 years
1/Nov/19
Leave 28d to 42d depending on age. Restrictions: hard to get during summer.
2/Sep/04
Staff travel yes
2/Sep/04
Discounted
holidays		 yes
2/Sep/04
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Hiring pilots https://apply.lufthansagroup.careers/index.php?ac=jobad&id=86463 22/May/23
   
  Outlook:  
Network expansion, increased frequencies as from march 2023 27/Oct/22
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Positive   22/May/23
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
DEC A320: -EASA ATPL and typerated on A3xx - Min. 6000h of which min. 1500h as PIC on Airbus - experience in Longhaul Ops - valid Medical Class 1 - good conduct of German (min. C1) and English (B2/ICAO Level 4) - Swiss citizenship or EU-25/EFTA 1/Nov/19
     
  FO  
integrated ATPL training completed or Swiss military pilot training completed or modular ATPL training at a Swiss flight school, Medical Class 1, impeccable criminal record, fluent in German, good conduct of English, Swiss citizen or EU citizen with the right to work and live in Switzerland 15/Feb/20
     
  SO  
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
ATPL courses (18 month until type rating A320) in cooperation with SWISS/Lufthansa Aviation Training   27/Dec/16
   
Recruitment Process
last update
Ab-initio: Stage 1 Swiss DLR GU (in Zurich), Stage 2 group game assessment, Stage 3 "Gupsomat", Stage 4 Pilot Instrument Trainer (PIT), Stage 5 Medical examination, Stage 6 Interview, Stage 7 Board decision. Ready-Entry: Stages 1-3 in one day (stage 2 shortened) and a320 SIM in stead of PIT, otherwise same as ab-initio 23/Jul/18
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
13x Airbus A320, 5x 5 Airbus A340 27/Oct/22
     
  Orders:  
Longhaul fleet to be replaced with orders from Lufthansa Group in a few years (B787 or A350)   2/Sep/22
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
online 27/Dec/16
     
  Name:    
 
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
Edelweiss Air AG, P.O. Box, Operations Center, CH-8058 Zurich-Airport, Switzerland   2/Sep/04
       
Tel: ++41438165060 2/Sep/04
Fax:
Email:
       
  Website:   
https://www.flyedelweiss.com   24/Oct/19
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
https://www.flyedelweiss.com/DE/jobs/cockpit/Pages/requirements-first-officer.aspx   24/Oct/19
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
ZRH   2/Sep/04

 

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