Payscale is at PPJN.com, quite accurate.
Rosters done via PBS and according company FDR/FTLs, which are a bit better than JAR-OPS et alt. No lazy life, though...
Base ZRH (GVA is a sort of base, but all these guys travel back and forth on their own expenses on reduced company tickets to ZRH, a additional stress to one's private life)
Upgrade everything between 8 and 25 years, very much depending on the industry's development.
Lufthansa is the mother and tells what to do and not to, but as long as LX performs as it does (right now), they won't interfere too much. Some sort of protection as well...
Life is fine as long as one knows how to un-stress the rosters and private life is not affected too much by the work. Note that rosters go 6-3-5-3ish (total of 32+/- days off in 3 months), some single days off now and then and changes are frequent these days. Stbys all from 0 to 10 per month.
Lack of crews mainly due to better options (mainly cash wise) in Switzerland, but improved conditions from now on and only option in Switzerland if you want to get on Longhaul at some point. And if the industry is still there in 20 years, LX could be one of the survivers...
Glad to help
Last edited by N1 and ITT; 18th July 2008 at 09:26.