Wizzair
 

I have some numbers in my mind for SFO, please correct me if i'm wrong or if you can add some info.

Basic : 30.000 Euros / years
KM: 0,037€/km (approximately 30.000 to 60.000 km per month)
Landing : 20€ per landings (PF or PM)

ALL numbers are Gross and without multiplier (depending on the base)

This was presented during assessment:
Before April 2022:
FO Base 18375 EUR
SFO Base 22750 EUR

After April 2022:
FO Base 21000 EUR
SFO Base 26000 EUR

Flight pay 0.022 FO, 0.037 SFO
Landing 12 FO, 19 SFO

We were told to expect 30-50k net (from April) as SFO.

No information was given on how long to command, just basic requirements. Anyone knows more?

Hi boys, going for the interview in September, i see a lot of people telling that the interview is getting harder, i guess the market is in their favor and they want to keep exactly what they want.
I'm type rated with 2k+ hrs and have already experience in ultra low cost, do i fall in the SFO category for Wizz ?
If anyone has any feedback of the interview that would be amazing! :O

If you have 1500 hrs factorised, you do.

the market is in their favor? Maybe will not be when most of their expats run away and escape of this company.
I have seen rosters of friends! Just one word define WIZZAIR now. Mad house! Let see if they don’t collapse.

Well, with how many pilots looking for jobs i believe it's in their favor yeah!
Hopefully the new hires will help change your friend schedule :rolleyes:
And tbh which LCC doesn't have crazy schedule ?

yeah agree but not many pilots accept to move their families and be a slaves in Eastern Europe non popular base or go alone without Roster.

which other LCC has not crazy roster? Easy, Ryan, Vueling...
some of them fly a lot yeah but Ryan still complying with 5 on 4 off in Western Europe bases which in WIZZAIR it doesn’t happen because they do not have and will not have enough pilots to guarantee a roster. Salary is worst and bases are mostly non popular. They don’t offer local contracts anymore just broker contract, while Ryan is finishing their broker contracts and putting all their pilots in local contracts. Ryan recognize Unions so some kind of protection for pilots is given...
so as soon as Ryan start their recruitment, EasyJet, Volotea... lot of pilots from WIZZ will try to jump in in order to have a little decent life.

And WIZZ will collapse... time will give me the reason

Doubt if they ever collapse. Stop growing, maybe.

Having friends in both Ryanair and Volotea I would say that i rather work my backside off during the summer season and chill during the winter months in a Volotea base or having more or less a life with the Ryanair 5/4 than getting shafted and shifted around by the clowns in Wizz HQ all over the show with no roster, insurance, pension and worker's protection.

Pearlharbour

I don’t think RyanP2FAir will be hiring experienced pilots anymore. Easy is still running part-time. Eurowings…you might as well work at McDonald’s with what they’re offering. I don’t know about Volotea and Vueling but it’s probably not much more than Eurowings.

booze

buddy I saw how Ryanair collapse in 2017 because of lack of pilots during summer. Cancelling thousand of flights. They just said that it was a misleading about pilots vacations.

that will happen to WIZZ but worst

Indeed. Sorry I thought you meant collapse as bankruptcy. Now it's clear. Definitely coming to them.

Anyone knows people who passed the interview and got hired ? Seems a lot of people passed but no starting dates.

I've got mine. After 8 days.

Starting dates ? Congratulations mate

Thanks. Very quick start. Almost immediate.

Good news to hear, some of my ex colleagues are still waiting to start :rolleyes:
Any advice for the assessment ? Thanks

Five consecutive days OFF in a month and 24 calendar days of vacation annually is nothing if you're commuting. Out of the five days, one or two will have to be spent travelling (if you're on an early shift on the final day of work, you might be lucky enough to get home on the same day), leaving you with three or four days at home every month. So, unless a proper commuting roster is reinstated, there will be a mass exodus of commuting pilots the moment other places start hiring on a significant scale.

Giuff

Which base? Congratulations!

Was this applicable to the U.K base?

Very low for a professional career and the cost of living etc, do they offer retirement like pensions?

HGV drivers are paid more than this in the U.K

Who would want to train to be a professional pilot considering the investment if salaries and benefits are no longer their.

turbine100

Indeed, some people made redundant during the pandemic have turned down Wizzair given they would have to take an unacceptably high pay cut from their current non-aviation job.

Interesting times.

Pearlharbour

As pilots we will still have our back against the wall for a little while, till things will really start to improve from a travel freedom point of view. Considering that only 18 months ago we were all shafted and were losing jobs around the world like it had never happened before, I think we came a long way in such a small amount of time. Airlines are more or less hiring around the world (where there is some kind of travel freedom as of today, i.e. Europe, US) so that's good for the pilot population. They need 1 pilot out of 10 applications as of today and therefore can run the show as much as they want with respect to terms and conditions and hiring requirements. Sooner or later this will change, vaccines will improve in effectiveness over time and new treatments will see the light. Fingers crossed but I believe by 2023 or so covid-19 will be entirely manageable allowing unrestricted travel to resume and hence the market will regain its natural stability, with pilots supply and airlines demand intersecting naturally with improved terms and conditions.

Rumours suggest mandatory vaccination or testing for all crews starting 1 December 2021. Can anyone confirm or deny? If it's true, it has to be the first major EU airline with such a policy.

Mandatory testing every 72 hours or vaccine in France for all crew. Already implemented

Only if you're operating domestic flights in France, not applicable at the moment for european. Don't ask me why, I'm neither the one who wrote this, neither the one who voted for it !

PilotLZ

I really hope thats the way to go.
We must deal with that for another 2 or 3 years at best. Vaccinations + green pass = airlines jobs

Absolutely correct. A 4 sector including a domestics require it as well. I guess that’s how it’s gonna be for now🤷‍♂️

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Hi I have a question about bases. If you pass the interview process when do they tell you about base allocation? Is this in the offer letter? At the interview do they say which bases are hiring?

For insiders, what are the bases in need?

Ryanair will hire lot of experienced Captains this winter... even non rated. That day you will see how the market move to O’Leary company.
and when Ryan recruit is not just 100 pilots.
you will see on time

non popular bases... Do not expect Italy, Budapest etc etc

Like eastern europe ?
Do you know about Abu Dhabi based ? (i have a GCAA license also)

You will earn more at McDonalds in AUH...

Oh really, whats the salary like there ?

Banana Joe

I take it that the guy needed to get back flying, don't blame him one iota. What are they offering him in terms of contract and salary. Is it the zero hours with Warsaw Aviation. I have a few ex colleagues who are interested.
They are just about surviving but are getting mires desperate with winter onset.

Does the floating base still exist?

just20sent

perhaps WAH+ 500/1000€ equivalent per month all up.

Pay
 

Hi

Whats a uk FO / SFO Looking at pay wise? Are the uk bases LTN, DSA and BHX?

Thanks

To those of you who are thinking of joining this company, listen to this (secret) recording to understand what you are getting into:

It was not sacked for the orrible speech , but because it leaked out . That s say a lot regarding the outfit..