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Many people find not only the profession of pilot fascinating, but also the salary that pilots, e.g. at Lufthansa, earn. This is relatively generous. Using Lufthansa as an example, this article tells you what kind of earnings the crew can expect.
This is the salary of a pilot at Lufthansa
Most children have dreamed of flying an airplane themselves at some point. In reality, it is an incredibly demanding job. Below, we reveal the salaries of pilots and co-pilots at Lufthansa.
- You can expect to pay a huge amount (up to €100,000 or €150,000) for the one- to two-year training program to become a co-pilot or captain. Most trainees take out a bank loan to cover the costs.
- As a co-pilot, you usually have the opportunity to train as a captain after a few years of professional experience.
- As a pilot, you often have to attend a lot of training courses and classes in addition to your work in order to protect the lives of passengers as much as possible.
- As a co-pilot, you earn around €65,000 in your first year. After annual salary increases, a Lufthansa co-pilot earns around €125,000 from their twentieth year onwards.
- As a chief pilot, you earn around €136,000 in your first year. The salaries of Lufthansa pilots also increase at regular intervals, with pilots earning up to €225,000 per year.
- There is a difference of up to €160,000 between the salaries of a captain and a co-pilot.
- This means that a pilot earns about as much as an air traffic controller and about four times as much as a flight attendant.
- Lufthansa pilots also earn an average of 35% more than pilots at some other airlines.
- They can expect a starting salary of around €63,000.
