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Thanks for the replies guys,
Guess I'll spend the summer at my current outfit and apply in the autumn
Just as i expected and schweizer confirmed, there has to be a long line of cadet applicants waiting, so it definitely seems a better option to apply for the experienced FO position
Cheers and good luck to all of you
Guess I'll spend the summer at my current outfit and apply in the autumn
Just as i expected and schweizer confirmed, there has to be a long line of cadet applicants waiting, so it definitely seems a better option to apply for the experienced FO position
Cheers and good luck to all of you
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Super Ludosky, thanks for sharing.
Does anyone have similar information on other bases? Or will the T&Cs be the same?
Since the way of living will be more expensive in some places compared to others, does anyone know if Wizz makes small adjustments to the pay to make it somewhat competitive- and make it possible to have a life in that place?
20K/year won't get you anywhere in Vienna/Luton compared to Bucharest?
Anyone currently in Wizz who would like to share their thoughts on their bases? Origin? Pros & cons on their base?
Does anyone have similar information on other bases? Or will the T&Cs be the same?
Since the way of living will be more expensive in some places compared to others, does anyone know if Wizz makes small adjustments to the pay to make it somewhat competitive- and make it possible to have a life in that place?
20K/year won't get you anywhere in Vienna/Luton compared to Bucharest?
Anyone currently in Wizz who would like to share their thoughts on their bases? Origin? Pros & cons on their base?
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Super Ludosky, thanks for sharing.
Does anyone have similar information on other bases? Or will the T&Cs be the same?
Since the way of living will be more expensive in some places compared to others, does anyone know if Wizz makes small adjustments to the pay to make it somewhat competitive- and make it possible to have a life in that place?
20K/year won't get you anywhere in Vienna/Luton compared to Bucharest?
Anyone currently in Wizz who would like to share their thoughts on their bases? Origin? Pros & cons on their base?
Does anyone have similar information on other bases? Or will the T&Cs be the same?
Since the way of living will be more expensive in some places compared to others, does anyone know if Wizz makes small adjustments to the pay to make it somewhat competitive- and make it possible to have a life in that place?
20K/year won't get you anywhere in Vienna/Luton compared to Bucharest?
Anyone currently in Wizz who would like to share their thoughts on their bases? Origin? Pros & cons on their base?
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Conditions in Wizz are every thing but clear. When asking agencies how much money is expected they give a range of money as wide as 4900 to 8000 euros because it depends on contract base blablabla.
But as we cannot choose the base finally we don't know where to live and what to earn.
I asked as well the salary for Luton but agency advised me that they wanted preferarely British guys without give me any figures. Are they close to what offers EZY or RYR in Luton?
What about Vienna? Do they have a good deal to attract guys.
But as we cannot choose the base finally we don't know where to live and what to earn.
I asked as well the salary for Luton but agency advised me that they wanted preferarely British guys without give me any figures. Are they close to what offers EZY or RYR in Luton?
What about Vienna? Do they have a good deal to attract guys.
How about you, are you in Wizz currently? And what is your experience?
Does anyone have any updated info on Wizz regarding anything from: need of pilots, vision, assessment, terms & conditions?
Anyone going for assessment?
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It is either very low salary either bad place. Right now I am between both...
Regarding Wizz. I think they will have good future as now company is very strong.
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The truth is wizz is not a career airline, unless you are from eastern europe, and dont want to move.
Good to build experience, have good training, have a lot of fun (nice collegues and great social life in EE) and then leave for greener pastures.
Good to build experience, have good training, have a lot of fun (nice collegues and great social life in EE) and then leave for greener pastures.
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If you work in Wizzair as a Captain for more than 3 years and doing more than 450 sectors per year you bearly reach 90k before the tax (I'm talking about the local contract). It means that you get 60- 65k gross less than RYR guys for the same 900hrs/year job (difference is that you get free water and so called "supplementary crew meal").
Captain in Wizzair earns the same money as SFO in RYR... and this nasty top management is proud of it. During the base meeting if you will ask one of them why the hell this situation is so terrible you will be told: "there is no place in Wizzair for the pilots that want to earn more". Simply - if you start to have expectations than they want to replace you with some NTR direct entry Cpts without previous big jets experience- thats the fact...
By the way- good luck and Happy Easter
Captain in Wizzair earns the same money as SFO in RYR... and this nasty top management is proud of it. During the base meeting if you will ask one of them why the hell this situation is so terrible you will be told: "there is no place in Wizzair for the pilots that want to earn more". Simply - if you start to have expectations than they want to replace you with some NTR direct entry Cpts without previous big jets experience- thats the fact...
By the way- good luck and Happy Easter
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There is no doubt that Wizz is not at the bottom of the market with the real rock bottom operators. Also, the latest base at London Luton looks like it will pay good money in line with Western salaries. That said, there are better employers out there. The good news is that they have so many aircraft arriving plus losing pilots to other better-paying airlines that they are being forced to up their game in terms of salary etc. They are also quite a professional outfit by all accounts, which means that you are not facing some of the depressing pressures you can experience when working for some of the bottom feeders. Typically, this can be issues like you have a technical problem the Chief Pilot says is not really a big deal even if the MEL says 'no dispatch'. Or you can have a performance issue at dispatch and the captain says performance is only a guide for people who think they are likely to lose an engine, which you of course will not. Do you want to be a team player and keep your job or be a loser and spout lots of stupid rules nobody cares about? And so it goes on. To be free of all that is a great relief and I hear no such reports from Wizz. That alone makes them worth looking at frankly.
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There is no doubt that Wizz is not at the bottom of the market with the real rock bottom operators. Also, the latest base at London Luton looks like it will pay good money in line with Western salaries. That said, there are better employers out there. The good news is that they have so many aircraft arriving plus losing pilots to other better-paying airlines that they are being forced to up their game in terms of salary etc. They are also quite a professional outfit by all accounts, which means that you are not facing some of the depressing pressures you can experience when working for some of the bottom feeders. Typically, this can be issues like you have a technical problem the Chief Pilot says is not really a big deal even if the MEL says 'no dispatch'. Or you can have a performance issue at dispatch and the captain says performance is only a guide for people who think they are likely to lose an engine, which you of course will not. Do you want to be a team player and keep your job or be a loser and spout lots of stupid rules nobody cares about? And so it goes on. To be free of all that is a great relief and I hear no such reports from Wizz. That alone makes them worth looking at frankly.
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I don’t know in which Wizz are you working but the one I left last year, training is bad and standards of the crews are low. Most of the guys from training department are totaly incompetent to be professional pilots and not to mention instructors ( there are some really good exceptions, of course). Crew knowlegde is very poor generaly. Yes, guys know how to operate Airbus, but you can train a monkey to do that probably. They lack some serious basics. Again, there are some really good guys, but they are very, very rare.
It’s fun enviroment and the cabin crew is generaly nice, but they are also far from being to ‘good standards’.
Just culture is one of the rare very positive things in that company.
It’s fun enviroment and the cabin crew is generaly nice, but they are also far from being to ‘good standards’.
Just culture is one of the rare very positive things in that company.
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Then we were in different companies, because I flew both in Wizzair and easyJet and I didn’t find any significant difference in training and standards on the line, in either flight deck or cabin.
And it seems general opinions that the standards in easyJet are decent, so...
Not by chance many instructors/examiners are in common, and ex Wizz Head of flight ops is now in Easy in the same position.
And it seems general opinions that the standards in easyJet are decent, so...
Not by chance many instructors/examiners are in common, and ex Wizz Head of flight ops is now in Easy in the same position.
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Also according to my own experience training is top notch, got to fly with some great people from around the World, but the only thing they couldn't get right was a decent roster in the bigger bases and the fair allocation of holidays.
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Booze, don’t forget about the main issue- lack of decent salary :P
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And let me guess... You were a cadet from some “top gun” british flight school ? 
Because as I look at it everything in wizz is bad besides training department... as a proof I can only tell that majority of people from wizz that decide to leave have no problem getting the job of their preference, and quite often at company’s better than EasyJet
And getting back to the company itself, it is bad. They treat You with now respect like their slave. Constant max hours, minimum rest, flying out of different base then in your contract with no chances to commute etc.
Last year they canceled all duty duty patterns for the high season with one email ending with “thank You for understanding” and I guess this year it is going to be the same...
Because as I look at it everything in wizz is bad besides training department... as a proof I can only tell that majority of people from wizz that decide to leave have no problem getting the job of their preference, and quite often at company’s better than EasyJet
And getting back to the company itself, it is bad. They treat You with now respect like their slave. Constant max hours, minimum rest, flying out of different base then in your contract with no chances to commute etc.
Last year they canceled all duty duty patterns for the high season with one email ending with “thank You for understanding” and I guess this year it is going to be the same...
I can bet that this new 5/4 fixed roster pattern wont survive till the beginning of summer season
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There has been update at pilotjobnetwork about their recruitment process "Online application, then First step is a video interview. 7 questions, 30 seconds before each question to prepare your answer before camera records you. Then 2. Tech test, group exercise 3. Interviews 4. Sim evaluation". What do you guys think, how it may differ from the previous assesment system? Cheers!
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I have to strongly disagree with your comment regarding the training, when I did my linetraining my thoughts were that the guys are very experienced, know a lot and teach in a nice way. Cabin crew aswell, during the pre-flight briefs I never had the impression that people had poor knowledge. I think that flying with an experienced instructor is more rule than exception. Regarding your other comments, I fully agree...
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Pilot_GDN. I am not sure which companies you are thinking of that are better than easyJet, but do share here as we all want to go there. I can only think of national carriers like BA and for some people Emirates, but even that is open to question. My point is that there is no magic 'Air Utopia' out there, but if you have found one let us all into the secret.
I do think that schweizer2 is going to be proven correct about Wizz being unable to fulfil their plans this summer. The problem they face is self-defeating - they are short of crews so they have to over-utilise the ones they have and make endless roster changes and minimum rest days with no thought for commuters (who are a huge part of the pilot fraternity there). That makes the pilots hate the Company, the situation being exacerbated by poor pay, and therefore more leave to the likes of easyJet and that makes the lot of those remaining all the more difficult. And so the situation gets worse instead of better. To an extent the demise of Air Berlin and Monarch has rescued Wizz in the short term as it has generated enough unemployed and very capable Airbus pilots to steady the sinking ship. That has not happened in the 737 world where there is an acute shortage of experienced and capable pilots - hence RYR's difficulties. Interesting times.
I do think that schweizer2 is going to be proven correct about Wizz being unable to fulfil their plans this summer. The problem they face is self-defeating - they are short of crews so they have to over-utilise the ones they have and make endless roster changes and minimum rest days with no thought for commuters (who are a huge part of the pilot fraternity there). That makes the pilots hate the Company, the situation being exacerbated by poor pay, and therefore more leave to the likes of easyJet and that makes the lot of those remaining all the more difficult. And so the situation gets worse instead of better. To an extent the demise of Air Berlin and Monarch has rescued Wizz in the short term as it has generated enough unemployed and very capable Airbus pilots to steady the sinking ship. That has not happened in the 737 world where there is an acute shortage of experienced and capable pilots - hence RYR's difficulties. Interesting times.
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And let me guess... You were a cadet from some “top gun” british flight school ?
Because as I look at it everything in wizz is bad besides training department... as a proof I can only tell that majority of people from wizz that decide to leave have no problem getting the job of their preference, and quite often at company’s better than EasyJet
Because as I look at it everything in wizz is bad besides training department... as a proof I can only tell that majority of people from wizz that decide to leave have no problem getting the job of their preference, and quite often at company’s better than EasyJet
I cannot judge about Easy as I haven’t flown there
Busting altitudes because guys don’t differentiate TA and TL, flying for months constantly close to MAX LDG WGT on one of the small, ****ty airports with PCN restriction of about 55T, putting lower flaps instead of higher during app, going around from circling in the opposite direction, after RTO senior giving PA to calm the PAX without CANCEL ALERT........ just some of the exapmles
I wouldn’t call it a good training