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Operator Classification
Operator name: Wizz Air
Operator type: Major/National/Low Cost
Region: Europe
Country: Hungary
 
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:
Listed pay rates are:
(yearly, hourly etc)
 yearly
Currency: EUR
Guaranteed hours:
(if applicable)
 No guaranteed hours but expect to fly as much as possible, close to 900h/year
(click here to use the currency converter)  
Addtional notes: Country multipliers to balance different tax rates and/or cost of living: Austria 1.25; Bosina 1.0; Bulgaria 1.0; Latvia: 1.30; Lithuania: 1.19; Macedonia: 1.45; Moldova: 1.1; Poland: 1.05; Romania: 1.45; Serbia: 1.1; Ukraine: 1.0; Cyprus: 1.10; Albania: 1.05; Italy: 1.27; Russia: 1.0; Germany: 1.50    
 
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Fleet
 A320A320A320
Rank
 CAPTSFOFO
Year
  
20
CAPT
SFO
FO
14
81 000
13
81 000
12
77 000
11
77 000
10
73 000
9
73 000
8
69 000
7
69 000
6
65 000
5
61 000
4
57 000
3
53 000
26 000
2
26000
21000
1
32400
22750
18375
Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)

last update
Capt top Base 65000EUR/yr after 5000hours+ 0.0769eur/km+ 37.20eur/landing+aditional elements
9/May/23
Capt base Base 45000EUR/yr+ 4000eur/yr after very 1000hours as a captain up to 5000+0.0769eur/km+ 37.20eur/landing+aditional elements
9/May/23
FO top Base 26000EUR/yr +0.0429eur/km+ 21.47eur/landing, expect about 30-35& km/month 9/May/23
FO base Base 21000EUR/yr+0.022EUR/km+12EUR/landing, expect about 30-35k km/month 28/Oct/22
SO top 21000
20/Sep/21
SO base 16020
23/Oct/22
FE top
FE base 12000
23/Oct/22
   
Flight Pay / Per Diem
last update
Capt 30euro per landing no mater who land+0.062EUR/km+4000euro/yr per 1000 captain hours+additional elements
31/Oct/22
FO Distance pay 0.038EUR/km+19EUR/landing
10/Jul/22
SO FO Distance pay 0.022 EUR/km+12EUR/landing
9/Feb/20
FE
   
Pension Details
last update
Additional elements (beyond state pension of relevant country): CAPT: Office duty(daily):225-450 euro Off day/holiday(daily): 300 euro Out-of-base flying(per positioning): 100 euro Random roster: 600 euro SFO: Office duty(daily):150-200 euro Off day/holiday(daily): 200 euro Out-of-base flying(per positioning): 50 euro Random roster: 400 euro FO: Office duty(daily):150-200 euro Off day/holiday(daily): 120 euro Out-of-base flying(per positioning): 30 euro Random roster: 400 euro  
31/Oct/22
   
Conditions
last update
Roster fixed 6on/4off or 14/7 with commuting
28/Oct/22
Leave as per Hungarian Labor code
15/Apr/10
Staff travel €25 per ticket for employee (unlimited), -25% off wizz discount club for 5 companions, number of free tickets varies per time in company
14/May/18
Discounted
holidays		 None
15/Apr/10
 
Employment Situation For Pilots
last update
  Current Situation:  
Need a lot of pilots.Management is very optimistic. They expect busy summer. Currently severly lacking crew for such amount of aircraft. Recruitment team running at maximum capacity for 2 years now. Many are leaving the company. Increase in variable pay by 24% for CPT and 13% for SFO designed to stop experienced crew from resigning. 9/May/23
   
  Outlook:  
Hiring all kind of Profile. Starting from May 2022, hiring NTR cadet with low hours. Ukraine situation is managed but still a threat for their growth plan. 10/Jul/22
     
  Overall Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):  
Positive   9/May/23
   
Entry Requirements
last update
  Captain  
3500 factored hours, including 1000 hours PIC A320 or 1500 PIC Jet aircraft 15/Apr/10
     
  FO  
TR FO A320 : Minimum 500 hours on A320 NTR FO A320 : Minimum 1000 hours MEP OR 500 hours ME turbo-prop OR turbo-jet 8/Feb/16
     
  SO  
Low hour cadets, type rating cost 20000euro bonded for 4 years. 415eur/month deduced from salary. Type rating for FO and CPT. 415eur/month for 3 years or self sponsored about 10000-13500 euro. They promise to repay 10000 euro back after 48 months if you stay in the company. 9/May/23
     
  FE  
     
  Scholorship  
Cadet working with Egnatia Aviation, in Greece.   5/Dec/22
   
Recruitment Process
last update
First stage: Technical test and group exercise. Second stage: Personal and technical interview. Third stage: Simulator. Last stage: Psycometrical assessment 10/Sep/21
     
Fleet
last update
  Current:  
64 x Airbus A320-200, 6 x Airbus A320neo, 41 x Airbus A321-200, 29 x Airbus A321neo, 1 x Airbus A330-200F 9/Jul/21
     
  Orders:  
34 A320neo, 254 A321neo, 47 A321XLR   9/Jul/22
 
Recruitment Contact For Pilots
last update
  Preferred method of application:  
online via their website 27/Nov/06
     
  Name:    
 
  Job Title:  
 
  Address:    
 
       
Tel:
Fax:
Email: pilotrecruitment@wizzair.com 27/Nov/17
       
  Website:   
http://www.wizzair.com/   27/Nov/06
  Pilot vacancies webpage:   
https://wizzair.com/en-gb/information-and-services/career/pilots#/   27/Nov/17
  Online application form link:   
 
     
Bases For Pilots
last update
GDN,KRK,KTW,WAW,WRO,DEB,BUD,SOF,IEV,CLJ,KIV,OTP,BEG,TSR,SBZ,CRA,IAS,TZL,KUT,SKP,VNO,VAR,LTN,LGW,VIE,LWO,LCA,TIA,MXP,FCO,BRI,PMO,CTA,NAP,VCE,AUH Closed: PRG,DTM,RIX,POZ,TGM,LED   29/Oct/21

 

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