I want safe and legal employment for pilots and cabin crew in Europe (shouldn't be too much to ask in 21st Century aviation). That's not axe grinding, it's highlighting and campaigning - here at least so that prospective pilots know what's going on.

If you don't stand up to illegal practices, then the race to the bottom continues unhindered.

Funny, many years in Wizz and I've never heard of anybody having problems due to fatigue report (submitted a few myself), nor do I recall any recent directives being issued to the crews...Did I miss something?

True , but pilots never “ stand up “ because they know there’s another 1000 potential cadets who can’t wait to get an Instagram photo with some stripes on right behind them who’ve spent a ridiculous amount on their training .

What I mean by axe to grind is - if you don’t work for them you are either quoting second hand , basing it on Chinese whispers or making it up -

I have the fortune of not working there but have read the recent fatigue directive. It’s a rumour network; take it or leave it.

how does it look like in terms of base transfers?

There are waiting lists, but apparently now DECs get the spot in some bases, and this is pissing some off - including me!

Hard work? I spat my coffee. Looking good on IG and LinkedIn def helps to be a good apple though. As does relaying company messages on forums.

Serious?

Wizz Air are a bunch of immature Managers
 

Even inquiring about difficulties to log in or if obtaining the type rating independently disqualifies your candidacy in this fastidious company they want to refer an Airline. There is a German lead pilot recruiter named Philipp Metzger. He is acting as though he is some wing commander of Luftwaffe. Childish at best with a dictatorial orifice.

There's always one of those. In my time it was an allegedly "ex-Lufwaffe, fmr-been there done that everything, don't need to be a wannabe coz i got the t-shirt while teaching the birds to fly". Luckily he buggered off to RYR leaving a gaping, radioactive and pest infested hole behind him which couldn't been fully covered up to this day (of course the covid bad apple thingy pulled the scab right off that scar). If actions of a single individual in an organization can deter a pilotgroup forever getting together and organize then he should get an effin gold medal for that effort.

It seems Wizz is sending pilot assessment dates to anyone who applied, at least for cadet entry, a couple of my mates got their email yesterday.

Desperate club

As far as I know they were to restart hiring FOs around summer. Im flying around 50h/month due to engine issue etc. Last year closed +850h.

Many(I mean Many) FOs left for their country. I bearly know anyone from my assesment days/or Type rating group who are still with us. Some considered ME majors.

Growth expected second half of this year and next year with engine returns + new deliveries I think we wont be able to sustain ops at peak25.

lets see how it goes from here.

Cheers.

cheap
 

Its cheap in many ways, cheap tickets, cheap employees and its cheap to climb career ladder, have been there, got my t-shirt, happy I disappeared. People staying too long are self responsible human, nobody to blame, just a heads up to think about if you really wanna stay cheap for ever......

Hey! Student Pilot here! Can anyone tell me how is the salary/contract with Wizz Air, let’s say Bucharest maybe. What figures could I expect as FO, SFO and CPT. (Please state gross or net). Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I applied yesterday for NTR low hour fo position.
I received a mail with a link to fill flight hours etc, but after i filled and submitted it nothing happened.No confirmation , or "application received" mail.
Is that usual?

I applied two years ago to WUK. Similar fashion I never heard back and still haven’t except from a random email from them about 11 months later that didn’t explain much. I’ve been an FO at another airline for a year now and still never had a real response from Wizz.

Wizz have plenty of cadets for the next year or so.
I suggest to try other routes.
Best of luck.

Hey!

Student Pilot here!

Could you please message me the details for a Junior First Officer and SFO at WIZZAIR?

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I am currently looking for assessment dates with Wizz Air Direct entry captain non type rated, anyone else did one recently ? Can I expect ATPL questions or ? I have no clue what type of cheese a Mercator is, and I have forgotten all POF formulas, and the rest.

Peace,

I haven’t but been offered it in the past . I reckon a months lead time and use one of the commercial preparation packages like Pass. There’s seems one of the hardest assessments with lowest pass rate

Wizz UK assessment
 

Hi guys anyone done an assessment recently in the UK for a SFO position? Be grateful for any info regarding the interview process etc… Thank you

Money
 

For those asking about money,

FO= 0,022€/KM (GCD) , 12€ Landing , Basic 21k/Year
SFO= 0,0429€/KM, 21,47€/Landing Basic, 26k/Year
CPT= 0,0769€/km, 37,2€/Landing Basic, 45k/Year and +4k/year to your basic for every 1000h Pic flown in company.
If bonded you should do -5000€ from yearly basic for 3 years for TR.

- At 1500h factorised you are an SFO. at 3000h if ready, you have a shot for upgrade.
At my base yearly kms, basic salary and sectors calculated and devided by 12, gives around 5k net for SFO and 9k net for CPT. This may vary significantly with the country and local taxes etc. The calculation above is for around 850h/year.
- Roster= If expat, on bases with +3 or 5 planes (dont remember exactly), you have 14/7, 5/4, Flexible. but 5/4 first day off can be rest day so dont count on it too much if you want to go home to the west. Best is reverse roster if you live in a place with at least 4 flights to your base you can reverse with somebody which is ''Heaven'' acording to some colleuges.
- Again, This suits me good as I live at my base but if you have kids and wife from a small town in France, best to go for Volotea or something while waiting for AF. If you are from a major city with wizz flights, you will be fine.
From my experience people are nice and viberent. And overall ambience is nice. The only thing I would like in the futur is the HP bidding rules to improve. The rest is same low cost standarts.

Enjoy your flights,
Cheers,

A320 TypeRated, FI with 800h (no on type only Base Training) : not any news from them in 3 months.

I suggest you brush up a bit with one of the preparation sites. Interviews are mixed so you get cadets, experienced FO and CPT both TR and NTR. Up until the SIM the assesment is same for everyone. First step is a computer based exam. 60 minutes and if i recall correctly around 40ish questions. Mix of company-related questions like how many aircraft they have, who is the CEO etc. ATPL theory questions, nothing too crazy they are balanced in my opinion and its stuff you shoud know, minimums, fuel policy, runway and taxiway markings, lights, METAR or TAF, like stuff you actually use on a regular basis. I recall only one weird question it was about how many firefighting vehicles should be on a certain class of airport or something like that. High school math with, volume, time distance speed, if a wheel has a certain diaemeter how many times it have to roll to complete a certain distance. Division, multiplication with big numbers. Like multiply 35067 x 3242. No calculator, pen and paper. If 5 workers complete some task in x amount of time. How long it would take for 9.
There is 2-3 chart questions and i remember they are a bit tricky, The answer that seems obvious is wrong so take your time with that. Once you finish they will split you in groups for the group excersise. With some ridiculous task, goal is not to complete but they watch you communicate. After that they will let you know the results from the first exam. Some stay, some go home.

After that HR and Technical interview, 2 guys, one observing and taking notes the other one talking to you. This will obviously depend on your experience and varies wildly, with some guys they really went deep into technical stuff. Also if you give a wrong answer is not an automatic fail I found out. I nailed the whole thing it went really well until the last question. I don't remember what was it but i was confidently incorrect. They asked me if i am sure. Im like yeah sure. They laughed and told me that once i leave the room i should read up on it. Then you are finished for the day. You will receive an email if you should go for day 2. In my case it was super late because our group was more than 90 people. Next day they will organize you into groups for the sim. Its early, like 5AM. Briefing before that. They told us that no feedback will be given and do not ask for it.

Cadets go with cadets, NTR experienced together and TR experienced together. So sim will depend on that. If you are type-rated pretty much guaranteed to get an emergency. You do both PF and PM around 30-40 minutes each.

After the SIM they will tell you shortly if you passed or not. You go for the aptitude tests. I mean the usual **** like COMPASS test but it's not called that. The most annoying part is the psych evaluation. It's like a stupid amount of questions many asking for the same thing and you have to reply on a scale like strongly disagree to strongly agree.

Results can vary. Some guys received the pass or fail while walking out. For some it took weeks.

Good luck!

May I ask you, how many time did you spend in the holding pool? After the congrats mail how many time did you get an offer?

Offer
 

I got the email offer after a week or so …

Hello guys,

How long does it take for them to offer you the assesment date once you submitted the application?

Q
 

Hi everyone,
Do they offer local contract ? Or via broker ?
Thanks.

Thank you so much for your input, greatly appreciate it! With regards to the preparation sites, can you recommend any good ones that are similar to the actual Wizz test?

Thanks in advance

How are things at Wizz UK? I'm hearing it's a 40k bond, for 5 years for cadets. This seems a lot, they must be losing a lot to other airlines, does anyone there see things improving?

Define improving?
Giving you a type rating and letting you leave after 6 months for free?

The bond has never stopped anyone from leaving Wizzair, and good luck to the company if they try to enforce it in court

No, just how are things generally. What's the culture like, how's the roster, are people happy there etc. 5 years is a long time to commit, worth knowing what it's actually like to work there.

Hi guys & girls

As you probably know there is a kind of roadshow-assessment for experienced FO and Capt(invited only) around Europe; Rome, Madrid, Bucarest etc

They also call ”assessment “ does anyone know if the program is the same they use to have in Budapest; technical test(FO) technical interview and SIM if successful?
I don’t understand if all the selection process start and finish in this slot or if this is the first step before the final assessment in Budapest later on.

Not really clear for me! Thanks for any feedback!

I have been waiting for almost a year now and still nothing

Stay clear. Extremely toxic place.
Better jobs out there right now.

Could you elaborate? do you work there?

Not much changed then in over ten years.

Not the best airline, far from it. That much is clear.
However, there are not that many options for those freshly minted CPL ME/IR pilots with a frozen ATPL and 250TT. Especially, if they do not speak the obscure language of any small country at a native level and haven't completed some insanely expensive training at the legacy airlines' own schools to have the opportunity to work for them.

Are all of these better jobs here with us in the room right now?