Direct Entry First Officer A320
A320 · ZRH · minimum 800 hours · permanent · apply on lufthansagroup.careers
Evergreen ad, still live Oct 2026. 800h on A320; German C1; max age 56.
Pay & conditions · Europe
SWISS International Air Lines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Switzerland · Legacy · LX / SWR
Hiring now
Direct Entry FO A320 (800h on type) advert live; non-rated FO and Swiss Aviation Training ab-initio routes. CLA expires end-2026, talks stalled (Jul 2026).
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 70,000–150,000 a year
about €76–163k a year
Captain
CHF 190,000–320,000 a year
about €207–348k a year
Annual gross estimates compiled by a pilot-conditions site: FO CHF 70,000-90,000 at entry rising to CHF 130,000-150,000 after 10+ years; captain CHF 190,000-220,000 narrowbody entry to CHF 280,000-320,000 senior long-haul. Pay set by the Aeropers agreement, which is not public.
Open vacancies (1)
Conditions
- Allowances
- 'Attractive financial bonuses' per advert.
- Bases
- ZRH, GVA
- Fleet
- A220, A320, A321, A330, A340, A350, B777
- Benefits
- Permanent contract, pension fund, LH Group staff travel.
- Union
- Aeropers
- Careers site
- swiss.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 800 hours minimum
- Type rating
- varies
- Licence
- EASA ATPL/CPL-IR+ATPL theory/MPL
- Other
- Swiss or EU/EFTA passport; German C1 (DE) / B2; ICAO L4; max age 56; height 160-198cm
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026
- Ready for Takeoff - SWISS International Air Lines pilot conditions
- jobs.ch – SWISS DE FO A320
- aeroTELEGRAPH – Swiss CLA talks (Jul 2026)
- Moneycab – Swiss GAV 2023
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