Working as a First Officer. Truly challenging.

We offer a temporary contract with a duration of 5 months (probation period of two months) with the intention to prolong this into a fixed contract if you successfully complete your training and perform well.

Our classification period is 35 days of which 20 days will be working days and 15 will be days off (in full-time contracts). Your weekend is always at least 3 consecutive days and you work for 6 consecutive days at the most. You can submit requests in the classification system (Jeppesen and internally called T-bids).

You almost always go home at the end of your working day. Transavia has just a few destinations where overnight hotel stays by crew are necessary. It also happens that you will fly from another base than the one you are signed to. This will also mean you can be staying overnight there.

Transavia does not pay flight pay. The salary is all-in regardless of the number of hours that you fly. At present, the average number of flying hours a year is 600.

Upon entering service, you are entitled to 19 paid holiday days and 6 scheduled days off. Apart from that, you have 4 days off that you can request after the publishing of your schedule (up to 1 per quarter). Given that you need to use 4 days to get 1 week of holiday, this gives you 7 weeks of holiday a year.

Every pilot is entitled to a 3 consecutive week holiday in the summer period between May and September. Transavia has a production peak in the school holidays which means that you will not be granted the period of your choice every year. Granting of the requested holiday is done according to seniority and assigned ‘priority points’ (priority points are assigned when previous holiday requests are rejected).

Salaries are paid for 2 years upon falling ill.

Yes, there is an excellent payment scheme after 2 years of illness. There is also a Loss of License insurance.

Upon joining each pilot is assigned to a fixed operational base. For all First Officers joining Transavia this usually will be Schiphol (AMS). After joining the company you can apply for vacancies in Rotterdam or Eindhoven. Eindhoven can be arranged fairly quick but for Rotterdam it can take years. Your initial training will always take place in Amsterdam. Due to increasing pressure on our own training department we sometimes outsource part of a type rating to CAE. This can imply that you will be trained partly outside of the Netherlands.

During stand-by shifts, you must be able to be at Schiphol within one and a half hour. Apart from this, we have a jump seat scheme for pilots that live abroad.

After working for 3 months, you can use Transavia’s ISA tickets. After working for 12 months, you can use the My ID travel facility. We have ISA schemes with most major airlines, including KLM, Delta, Lufthansa, Emirates etc.

When you enter service you will be placed on the seniority list. Promotion is done according to seniority, vacancies and successful completion of the Command course. For the First Officers entering service now, we anticipate that this will take 8 to 10 years.

• Uniform provided
• Annual medical check provided
• Annual license renewal provided
• Parking at base provided
• Daily allowance during night stop