The AUA is looking for flight attendants. According to the advertisement on the homepage, full-time employment comes after two months of training Gross annual salary von 31.080 Euro. This corresponds to 1,717 euros net per month.
The company advertises the position with, among other things, “included uniform” and work “in one of the most livable cities in the world”. Applicants must have a high school diploma or completed vocational training, speak good English, have an EU passport or unrestricted access to the Austrian labor market and live close enough to be at the airport within 90 minutes when on call.
The salary jumps in detail
After five years you earn 2,337 euros gross (1,769 net) in the job, according to the company Vida union, including the flight allowance, regardless of how much long- and short-haul flights are flown. After ten years of service, the gross amount is 300 euros more; flight attendants earn a maximum of 3,475 euros gross – but only after 27 years of service.
The “crisis collective agreement” is valid in the professional group from March 2020 to December 2022 Loss of salary from 15 to 20 percent, according to Vida. Afterwards, salaries were reset to the old level and employees suffered real wage losses due to inflation.