Swiss International US DX Posting

If I hadn’t literally just started somewhere else I probably would have applied :(
It just seems like a super interesting opportunity
 
flythedesk said:
Overall, it's a good company to work for. They will fly you to Zurich for training, and the instructors were great when I went through. The company puts you in a nice hotel, and you have weekends free to explore Zurich. Your bread and butter will be ETOPS planning on the widebody fleet ( A333, A343 & B77W) so if you have never dispatched before you will learn a lot! No CASS but you can fly anywhere in LX J class which is really nice.

The pay has been improved to be competitive with B6 in the first year but I don't know if that holds up by year 5.

It's part 129, not 121, which is the biggest negative. Two years at LX will not make you competitive vs. a dispatcher with two years at the regionals, but that is something to think about.

All the JFK dispatchers live within driving distance of the office and the schedules are not commuter-friendly from what I remember.

Overall a great place to start if you're from the NYC area.
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Do you know what experience is required and how many they’re hiring?
 
TXAce said:
Do you know what experience is required and how many they’re hiring?
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They would likely hire you with no dispatch experience as long as you had other airline experience. Having your dispatch cert is required.

Class size is hard to say. They will likely only hire 1-3 at a time for JFK and mix you in a training class with those hired for ZRH. Which is what my class was, mix JFK & ZRH.
 
flythedesk said:
Overall, it's a good company to work for. They will fly you to Zurich for training, and the instructors were great when I went through. The company puts you in a nice hotel, and you have weekends free to explore Zurich. Your bread and butter will be ETOPS planning on the widebody fleet ( A333, A343 & B77W) so if you have never dispatched before you will learn a lot! No CASS but you can fly anywhere in LX J class which is really nice.

The pay has been improved to be competitive with B6 in the first year but I don't know if that holds up by year 5.

It's part 129, not 121, which is the biggest negative. Two years at LX will not make you competitive vs. a dispatcher with two years at the regionals, but that is something to think about.

All the JFK dispatchers live within driving distance of the office and the schedules are not commuter-friendly from what I remember.

Overall a great place to start if you're from the NYC area.
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Would this be more or less competitive on your application to a 121 than having 135 experience? This would be an awesome gig otherwise.
 
winterrsolsticee said:
Would this be more or less competitive on your application to a 121 than having 135 experience? This would be an awesome gig otherwise.
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Yeah I would think so. It’s dispatching heavy jets and ETOPS. So it great experience and knowledge. Just would not expect to go direct from LX to DL or UA without another stop along the way.
 
BRUSR_ONE said:
Is Swiss the only foreign airline to employ a US-based dispatch office in addition to their HQ for a job similar to this? I don't think I've ever seen one like this from anyone else.
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To the best of my knowledge Swiss is the only foreign carrier with a US based dispatch office. But I could be mistaken.
 
flythedesk said:
They would likely hire you with no dispatch experience as long as you had other airline experience. Having your dispatch cert is required.

Class size is hard to say. They will likely only hire 1-3 at a time for JFK and mix you in a training class with those hired for ZRH. Which is what my class was, mix JFK & ZRH.
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Yeah they only looking for one , just finished a interview
 
For the people that works here or worked here, is there room for career advancement for this job and in this company? How much is the first year pay and how much does it max out? Thanks.
 
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