Hi all, soon I will have an assessment. Can anyone please share any information about the interview, test, or SIM check?

Hi Turpio,
Contact me in PM.

Can you give information on how it was in the Berlin assessment?

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clean ii up. I'll send words.

hey, can I send you as well the PM?

Hi, yes of course

any new info?

Sadly speaking to some former colleagues at VJ - it sounds like a genuinely crappy place to work now. I hope they manage to change things and get it back to being hard work but fun but so rarely does it get better.

I suspect working there is a bit of a poisoned chalice.

Hi

I hear there was some salary increase in Vista....what is monthly gross for CPT Global or similar? Without per diems.

Many thanks.

Cheers

Hi guys,
Could anyone provide up-to-date and reliable information about the selection day in Berlin, please? I’ve been invited to attend next month.
Please feel free to send me a PM if you prefer.

Last I heard was around 110k € gross for the big birds, around 100k for Medium, less for the smaller ones. Per diems are the German if I remember correctly, so 25-75€ depending on where you lock the aircraft

Wow!

I can't imagine how much are making the newbies FO's on the challenger 350.
About 40k to 50k gross?

Seriously !!
So 5-6k net per mouth.
Perdiems 25€ !! And no meal provided in flight for crew ?

for a Captain, yes. There’s complicated bonuses which make it less terrible, but it’s pretty low really. I believe after 10 years it becomes ok.

Per diems vary unless you’re in the uk, which I think is still £35 a day
FO should be roughly 3500 net. But you get a lovely shiny type rating and because of the relatively high turnover you get to upgrade within 5 years. It’s a pretty crummy package but still they have guys lining up, so why should they change?!

Hi guys!
Can anyone give me any information on how it was in the Berlin assessment?

For anyone considering Vista America, go in with your eyes open regarding the reality of the 15/13 schedule.

On paper, the schedule sounds competitive. In practice, many pilots find the “13 days off” are regularly consumed by recurrent training, simulator events, meetings, and mandatory CBT requirements. The CBT load alone is approximately 40 hours per year and is largely expected to be completed during pilots’ scheduled days OFF.

In my opinion, that materially changes the true quality-of-life equation and makes the advertised schedule somewhat misleading in practical terms.

One of the biggest differences compared with competitors like NetJets and Flexjet is that those operators generally conduct training during scheduled work periods, whereas Vista often places significant training obligations into off days.

Prospective pilots should also ask detailed questions about hotel standards, crew meals, and duty days.

Crews can experience long duty periods with limited access to proper meals, and unlike many premium operators, there is often no consistent inflight crew catering provided. Combined with airport-area hotels that are frequently isolated from food options and meaningful rest, the cumulative fatigue effect becomes significant over a 15-day rotation. In fact after 7 days your cooked, but wait management says do better.

The operation itself has many good people and capable crews, but there is also considerable frustration surrounding scheduling, fatigue management, attrition, and overall work/life balance.

Before accepting a position, I would strongly encourage applicants to ask direct questions about:

• how many “days off” remain truly free of duty,
• how much mandatory training occurs during off days,
• annual CBT hour expectations,
• reserve expectations,
• average duty day length,
• hotel selection philosophy,
• crew meal policies,
• and actual pilot turnover.
• +60 pilots left last year out of 400

Most importantly, speak privately with current line pilots rather than relying solely on recruitment messaging. Don’t believe management pilots.

None of that should come as a surprise for anyone doing their due diligence (such as reading this thread)