I would get PIC time in the States if possible. That will always be valued. Plus probably gives you more options down the road. The Wizz pilots I have talked to work very hard for not much dosh.

With your experience and position I would stay away from Wizz. Take the command and after some time it shouldn't be difficult to change the type and go somewhere where your hours will be accredited normally. In Wizz they even factorize hour on Bus with 0.8 :ugh::ugh
And the company is in chaos. Managment and planing are doing everything they can to make you miserable. New agency contracts, I wouldn't sign even if it would be the only job in the world.
On top of all the other :mad:, now they canceled all commuting contract for July, without any approval from pilots on those type of rosters and only with an e-mail from managment few days before the roster was published

Even many of those who previously defended Wizz Air now left the company. And I don't think its because they have reached the retirement age.

I work with several new to the airline FO's who have come from WIZZ . All were close to promotion but chose to leave and sit in the right seat a bit longer. Says it all really.

That's for the replies.

What's the current SFO pay? Is it still €1666/month plus €51/sector average? Is there a per day of €90 too I've heard?

Thank you!

Anybody know when the next scheduled interviews are? Or when the last ones were?

PPJN is roughly accurate - 25k EUR/year (minus TR bond if applicable), ~50EUR/sector (more in case of sectors 2h+). The per day is not applicable in every country it seems, they do adjust the numbers so that you get roughly the same amount net considering taxes and cost of living in particular country.


I know of two interviews in May, one in June, but I guess there were more.

Any comments on good or bad bases to be in please and why?

Hey all,

Any updates on Salary and base options for NTR (1000hr) FO positions available?
Invited to Assessment / Interview / Sim middle of Aug.

Thx in advance for your time.

It vastly depends on if and where you need to commute.

I'd be living wherever I'm based. Thanks.

Looking for a good mix of routes, ability to fly max hours, good crews and decent amount of aircraft in base

You will fly max hours anywhere. And if you badly ask for it you clearly have no idea how unpleasant it is to do that. Flying 900 hours a year with earlies/lates as wizzair with 30 min turn around is simply soul destroying.
Even just flying 700 or 800 hours would be a big difference, in positive.

You ask only company/base related info, but I remind you that you have to live in this places, not only work.
Living in let's say Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Gdansk, Riga or Vilnius is tremendously different than living in Kutaisi, Chisinau, Craiova or Skopje, quality of life wise.

If you are just interested in the number of planes and network, look at wizzair website on the network map, it's easy to establish where the variety is better. Not helping much when you come back home after 13 hours duty or when you have two days off in the weekend, but if that's not what you are looking for...

Hi everybody!

I have an assesment with Wizz next month and I would greatly appreciate it if anyone can answer my following questions:
1. Where would you recommend doing sim prep on an A320?
2. What ATPL subjects are the most important for the written test and the interview?
3. Are there any things, other than the above, I should prepare for?

Thank you for your time!

Thank you. My wife and I have lived in Prague and Warsaw before and had no issues. Thanks for the list of places not like those two.

I'm currently flying 1000 per year with 4-7 sectors and 30 min turns. 900 will be easier and far easier than previous jobs I've had.

Do people normally get a 10-20 min phone interview before being invited to an interview? Any ideas on what to expect? Thanks

Wizz bases with 4 or more aircraft: Budapest, Bucharest, Cluj, Skopje, Warsaw, Katowice, Gdansk, Vilnius, Sofia.

Budapest is impossible to get as new entry. For the others it's about personal preference, but having been in all of them my choice would be Warsaw, Vilnius or Gdansk.
Money wise Gdansk is the base with highest number of sectors (due to short flights).

FL240 -
I am slightly intrigued, you say "I'm Australian and also hold a British passport" but you working in the USA on the CRJ, out of personal interest and curiosity, how you managed to get work permit in the USA?

Australian pilots can get work visas for the US.

How come? British or EU pilots can't get work visa for USA or Australia as far as I know.

I am just curious on what criteria Australians can get for a commercial job.

They do get E3 visa. There are several threads about this on here.