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Jet Aviation: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Switzerland · Business
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Part of the General Dynamics group
Jet Aviation runs aircraft management for private owners and has posted captain and first-officer adverts in Switzerland and the US for large-cabin Gulfstream and Bombardier jets.
Jet Aviation pilot salary
First officer
Not published
No pay in the operator's own adverts. A pilot-pay compilation site lists base figures of 8,000 (first officer) and 12,000 (captain) euro, with a captain top figure of 15,000, last updated 2020 to 2022; it does not state the period or whether they are gross, so they are not entered as scale figures. Per diem listed there as 125, unit not stated.
Open vacancies (1)
Captain G650
Gulfstream G650 ·

Hong Kong · minimum
3,000 hours · permanent · apply on gd.com
Job 5661. 1,700 hrs on G650; FAA, UK or EASA ATPL with type.
Conditions
- Roster
- Aircraft and crew bases worldwide. A compilation site lists 14 days on / 14 off or month on / month off, with 35 to 42 days leave (data from 2020).
- Bases
- Zurich (Kloten), Basel, Los Angeles, Teterboro, Chicago, Dubai
- Fleet
- G650, Global 6000, Global Express XRS
- Benefits
- US adverts list health, dental and vision, matching 401(k), HSA/FSA, disability and life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and employee discounts.
- Careers site
- gd.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Captain
- 3,500 hours minimum
- Type rating
- BD700 type rating an advantage for FO (Zurich); captain adverts require the aircraft type rating
- Licence
- Zurich FO advert: FAA ATPL only; US captain adverts: FAA ATP and first-class medical
- Other
- Zurich FO: 1,500 total, 500 multi-pilot, corporate experience essential, multilingual with excellent English, worldwide base. US Global 6000 lead captain: 3,500 total, 1,500 PIC, 5 years' experience. US G650 captain: 4,000 total, 2,000 PIC.
Jet Aviation pilot requirements
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · checked 4 Nov 2026
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