Wizz Air

Hungary flagHungary | Low-Cost
2.8
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4 reviewsFleet:227On order:306
ICAO: WZZIATA: W6Callsign: WIZZ AIRFounded: 2003

No future airline

Star icon1.9Captain - Current employee
01.25.2025
Cross markRecommended to other Pilots Cross markPositive business outlookCheckmarkApproval of management

Pros

New aircrafts

Cons

The worsest salary on the market. Other comparable airlines are earning 40% more for even less workload. The unions are the greatest enemy of management but no big success especially in Italian bases. The local italian pilots shut up and take the pain if they have a family. All copilots are running away as soon their atpl is unfrozen. Got copilots with payslip showing 1850€ after 80 hrs flight duty caused by the bond the company deducts from their salary.

Advice to management

You continue to treat your pilots on that level, you better cancel all the new aircraft deliveries as none is soon left to fly your planes!

Advice to future employees

If you are happy with lowest market salaries and flight hours till deep fatigue, then go for it. But you just waste your time as the principle of sucking out the employees till last drop of energy without properly payment will not change. Remember... this is an "Ultra Low cost" sump..

Great airline to start your career or upgrade

Star icon3.9Captain - Former employee
04.25.2023
CheckmarkRecommended to other Pilots CheckmarkPositive business outlookCheckmarkApproval of management

Pros

Pristine training, new aircraft, great SOP's and lots of upgrade opportunities. Extremely fair and down-to-earth management.

Cons

The money is simply too low to consider Wizz as a long-term employer. Schedules are pretty intensive, as one may expect from a ultra-lowcost carrier.

Advice to management

Increase salaries.

Advice to future employees

Great place to come and build up experience - but don't forget to move on.

good for progression but bad T&C overall

Star icon3.1First Officer - Current employee
02.05.2023
Cross markRecommended to other Pilots Cross markPositive business outlookCross markApproval of management

Pros

fleet is being renewed to neos, good command upgrade opportunities, reasonable salary for eastern european standards

Cons

unstable rosters, incompetent management, disorganized crewing and HR, newcomers get bad bases like Albania, Georgia. lots of employees are pessimistic, morale is at an all time low, high number of resignations

Advice to management

build a foundation for the upcoming fleet expansion and streamline processes in the office. improve communication between departments. stabilize rosters and rebuild the image of the company

Advice to future employees

If you dont care about where you work (initially probably Craiova, Suceava, Tirana or Kutaisi), if you dont mind being bonded to get a 'free' type rating for a320 this is the place for you. we fly 900 h a year. Good command upgrade opportunities. Good training

Nothing for long time employment

Star icon2.3First Officer - Current employee
12.30.2022
Cross markRecommended to other Pilots Cross markPositive business outlookCross markApproval of management

Pros

New airplanes at low age

Cons

Work and pay conditions the worsest of all european low cost airlines with more than 150 aircraft.

Advice to management

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Advice to future employees

High workload with low payment. During bonding time after release a cabin chief earns more compared to FO.

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