it's an European airline not banana air.... so it is normal to have some standards and basic commun sence expectations.. if you relate to the worst than.. yes there will always be a company that is worst than other. However.. human nature is to strive for better...or at least this is how I see things.

That is a Spot on argument!

:)) you preatty much said it all.

Nobody can say you are factually incorrect, because you are NOT. I don't agree with insults as they benefit no one, but I agree with everything elese you posted so far on this topic and I trully think people should open their eyes and read carefully what you say as nothing and I repeat norhing you said so far was incorrect.

Spot on - I agree ! At the end of the day, everybody who accepts to be part of these low cost companies is him-/herself willing to be "cheap", its an ethical question in my opinion, if you wanna to go on the "cheap" way . I did it myself, learnt, escaped, not anymore "cheap".

Can anyone give me an estimate on how much a captain would make, after tax, on a floating base contract?

Probably around 7500 euros. With no expenses except food, since hotac is paid for.

He is Dutch 👍

As with every European airline be it SAIL Ryanair etc with dodgy contracts you are responsible, yes. Nothing new...

Assessment 23-24 of april
 

Anybody else on the assessment on the 23rd of april, would appreciate some fresh feedback from someone. PM.

Wow, what an absolute ****!

Base and TR costs
 

I am looking at spending on an MCC and JOC in order to apply for Wizz as a cadet first officer and I wonder if any of you chaps could help me with a couple of queries:

1. At what point do you find out your allocated base?

2. What are the chances of getting Luton as a base (strong personal reasons)?

3. Are base transfers easy or hard?

4. Do you pay for the A320TR up front, from salary or bonded?

Thank you in advance,

RL

Which is better? Applying directly or going through Sigma Aviation?

Usually, how long does it take them to get back to you with either an invitation to Budapest or a PFO email following the video interview?

Disregard my previous question 🙂
How much can a junior FO expect to take home after tax based on a typical roster in a busy base?
And what are the busy bases besides Warsaw and Budapest.
I heard about the floating contract but I haven't found much on it.

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Roasters depend on the base you are allocated. But you can expect like 6/4 or 14/7.
Salary depends on what type of contract you have (Local or Confair). Confair has low tax as it is declared in Switzerland. But around 2500-3500€ seems fair as cadet pilot not FO. You will get slightly more with a foreign contract (confair).
Floating contract, you add 600€~ of monthly allowance to your salary, roaster is 20/10 not available in all bases.

What is the Confair contract with Wizz Air like?
I have a friend working for another operator under Confair but he will soon change due to several reasons...

Maybe its a little off topic (still Ryan Air and Wizz Air offer some of the best contracts with bases in Poland for example) but I can really not understand why so many people on the forum write stuff like "where even the employees (pilots that is) think it is OK to bend the contracts, avoid taxes, disrespect the labour laws and just fire anybody who would like to form a trade union".

While in reality one of the greatest financial bonuses in the pilot job is that you are: FREE. By that I mean you can have your place of residence almost everywhere in the world and get a decent paying job. What can be greater than being able to move to another country if for example a socialist government (or any other you dislike) get elected or a government that wish to restrict your personal freedom? Its almost like with stock trading the greatest financial and social benefit of the job to live wherever the politics of the nation suit you.

Any feedback on "Wizz Interview Preparation" package sold on latespilotjob.com ? Is it accurate? Usefull? Other similar package available around?

@Flytster: Well you have to pay the legal tax of course but you are free to choose where you live as a pilot. For example as a pilot I can live in Poland and pay the minimal ZUS for companies + 19 % linear tax for companies (I am not yet done with my fATPL + FI but I own a plane that I rent) instead of for example 47 % tax in Norway and extra tax on everything you can imagine is fun to have (like a car) in your daily life + tax if you own more than about 150 000 Euro (because you keep investing your money for example instead of spending it wildly on unnecessary things). And its not barely legal but 100 % legal to live wherever you wish to live in Europe if you are a pilot and you have to pay the tax in the country where your company is active. As a pilot you are actually flying everywhere where the airline want you to so some people can probably have an official base in Switzerland and where they do actually live depends on where they are actually performing their work for the airline. As for me the Polish system is currently good enough after living in Norway its almost as a tax free heaven. As for social security, pension, health insurance.... you get much more "bang for your buck" if you buy private insurance and keep saving your money in some stock fund or keep investing in aircraft, flats, homes for rent literally anything (except for risky shares or scams) will be much much much better than government programs that are invented to make you pay more than you get back as pension.

PS. You do not make a deal with society, over 50 % of society do not even vote. You are being governed by politicians and as a pilot in addition to having the best job in the world (Its almost not a job (maybe except the paperwork bit) because its fun and enjoyable so its almost as being paid to do something you love) you are able to say "I do not like this government so I move somewhere where the government suit me". Try that with any other land based job (other than being a stock trader) without knowing the local language to where you wish to move.