Pay & conditions · Europe
Lufthansa: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Germany · Legacy · LH / DLH
Hiring status unknown
Group 'flybig' drive targeted 2,000+ pilots to 2025; mainline intake is mainly European Flight Academy graduates. No 2026 DE vacancy confirmed.
Pay
First officer
EUR 55,500 a year
Captain
EUR 193,000 a year
FO start base €55.5k (~€73k incl. allowances); top captain base €193k (>€255k incl.). Year not stated. 2023 VC deal: +18% min over 3 yrs.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Flight/duty allowances and per diems on top of base (start ~€73k incl. allowances).
- Bases
- FRA, MUC
- Fleet
- A320, A321, A350, A380, B747-8, B787, A340
- Benefits
- Company pension, Group staff travel, seniority-based career.
- Union
- Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)
Requirements
- Type rating
- varies
- Bond
- Cadets self-fund training (loan available) since 2016
- Licence
- EASA ATPL/MPL
- Other
- DLR/group aptitude selection; EU right to work
Sources
From published reports in the aviation press · figures from 2023-2026 · checked 27 Oct 2026
- Aero International – Was verdienen Piloten?
- Frankfurt Flyer – VC deal (Aug 2023)
- Lufthansa Group newsroom – Wanted: Pilots
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