Ab initio airline pilot (Verkehrspilot:in)
A320 · ZRH · permanent · apply on flyedelweiss.com
Listed on vacant positions page (late 2026); details not retrieved.
Pay & conditions · Europe
Edelweiss Air: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Switzerland · Leisure · WK / EDW
Hiring selectively
Direct Entry FO A350 (A350/A330-rated) and ab-initio pilot programme advertised.
Pay
Unofficial figures. Not from an agreement or the airline: collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Treat them as indicative.
First officer
CHF 74,000–160,000 a year
about €80–174k a year
Captain
CHF 118,000–200,000 a year
about €128–218k a year
Pilot conditions blog (Ready for Takeoff, 7 Mar 2026), estimates compiled from AircrewNetwork, PilotJobsNetwork and ERI data: FO CHF 74,000-85,000 in year 1 up to CHF 125,000-160,000 at 10+ years; Captain CHF 118,000-140,000 on entry (A320) up to CHF 175,000-200,000+ (senior widebody). Edelweiss does not publish its pay scales; the Aeropers CLA in force since 1 Jul 2024 is not public.
Agreement news
- New pilot collective agreement adopted (Aeropers GAV, 5 years from 1 Jan 2019) ↗
Edelweiss Air · summary · 2019–2023
Open vacancies (3)
Direct Entry First Officer A350
A350 · ZRH · minimum 1,000 hours · permanent · apply on flyedelweiss.com
1,000h A350 or 2,000h A330; German C1; full-time; mixed fleet with A320.
Direct Entry Freelance Commander A350
A350 · Zurich (ZRH) · minimum 5,000 hours · contract · apply on lufthansagroup.careers
Freelance, part-time. EASA ATPL with A350 type rating; 5,000 h incl. long-haul experience; 1,500 h as commander on Airbus A3XX; Class 1 medical; German C1 and English B2/ICAO 4; Swiss or EU-27/EFTA citizen. Benefits include pension fund and profit sharing.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Profit sharing per advert.
- Roster
- Mixed-fleet A350/A320 from ZRH.
- Bases
- ZRH
- Fleet
- A320, A340, A350
- Benefits
- Pension fund, profit sharing, travel benefits.
- Union
- Aeropers
- Careers site
- flyedelweiss.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- varies
- Licence
- EASA ATPL
- Other
- Swiss/EU/EFTA citizen; German C1; ICAO L4; 1,000h A350 or 2,000h A330
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-10 · checked 31 Oct 2026
- jobup.ch – Edelweiss DE FO A350
- Edelweiss – vacant cockpit positions
- Ready for Takeoff: Edelweiss Air pilot conditions
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