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BECOME A PILOT AND CHANGE YOUR ALTITUDE
Thinking about becoming a Pilot with easyJet? Well, you’ve landed on one of the best careers in the world. Imagine spending your working hours piloting an aircraft across the skies of Europe. Flying over everything from the Alps to the Aegean. Welcome to the start of an incredible journey.
YOUR PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST
Here’s what you need to become a pilot.
Firstly, you’ll need to absolutely love flying. You’ll also have brilliant hand-eye coordination skills and a touch of our Orange Spirit. That’s the attitude that means you work hard, and support the people around you. It’s the fast-thinking, straight-talking, real-world stuff that makes you one of us.
How are you doing so far? Keeping up? If you tick everything on the list below too, you’ll be ready to apply.
You must be at least 18 at the start of the course (there’s no upper age limit).
You need a minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above, including maths, science and English.
You must be able to get an EASA or CAA Class 1 medical.
You need the unrestricted right to live and work in the UK, EU or Switzerland and the ability to travel across our network without restriction.
You must be able to speak and write fluent English.
Want to upgrade your application? Here are some ideas to help you stand out.
Experience with team building activities is always good to talk about. Tell us about your previous work experience or any volunteer work you’ve done, including things like DofE awards, youth work or sports clubs.
Know any Pilots? Call them up for a chat. Ask them how they started out and see what advice they have to offer.
Think of ways to show us how much you want to be a pilot – and why you want to join easyJet specifically. We know we’re amazing, but we’d love to hear why you think so too.
Speak to the CAA about any medical queries, and remember, don’t rule yourself out. Let the professionals decide.
CHOOSING YOUR PILOT’S TRAINING COURSE
Buckle up, there’s a lot to take on board here.
There’s more than one way to get started, with an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) or Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL). Here’s a brief breakdown:
Integrated ATPL Course
The traditional route. A full-time course with loads of hands-on flying time. Takes up to 18 months.
Type Rating Course
The next step after completing your Integrated ATPL Course. Once you’ve secured a job as a Co-Pilot, you’ll need specific training for the aircraft you’ll eventually fly. So, with us, that would mean you’d be Type Rated for an Airbus A320.
Multi-Crew Pilot Licence
This is the one we offer. It gives you all the ins and outs of standard operating procedures for us and teaches you about working in a commercial airline environment. A lot of your training is in a simulator, and once you graduate, you’ll have a Type Rating and be a qualified Co-Pilot with easyJet.
Buckle up, there’s a lot to take on board here.
There’s more than one way to get started, with an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) or Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL). Here’s a brief breakdown:
Integrated ATPL Course
The traditional route. A full-time course with loads of hands-on flying time. Takes up to 18 months.
Type Rating Course
The next step after completing your Integrated ATPL Course. Once you’ve secured a job as a Co-Pilot, you’ll need specific training for the aircraft you’ll eventually fly. So, with us, that would mean you’d be Type Rated for an Airbus A320.
Multi-Crew Pilot Licence
This is the one we offer. It gives you all the ins and outs of standard operating procedures for us and teaches you about working in a commercial airline environment. A lot of your training is in a simulator, and once you graduate, you’ll have a Type Rating and be a qualified Co-Pilot with easyJet.
TRAINING, OUR WAY
We partner with CAE for our training. The Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme is a Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) course and recognised amongst the best in the industry. It’s competency-based and designed specifically for us.
What’s so special?
The course takes 18–22 months to complete and is ‘tagged’. Put simply, this means that it leads directly into a Co-Pilot role on an easyJet Airbus A320.
You’ll train in a professional environment. Our European aviation academy ground schools are embedded in professional CAE Training Centres. Think state-of-the-art tech, dedicated classrooms, pilot lounges and brand-new CAE 7000XR A320 Full Flight Simulators, as well as the CAE 600XR Flight Training Device.
You’ll learn from the best. You’ll train with professional pilots so you get the chance to learn from their vast experience and skills – as well as build a network of contacts that will stay with you for the future.
The course takes 18–22 months to complete and is ‘tagged’. Put simply, this means that it leads directly into a Co-Pilot role on an easyJet Airbus A320.
You’ll train in a professional environment. Our European aviation academy ground schools are embedded in professional CAE Training Centres. Think state-of-the-art tech, dedicated classrooms, pilot lounges and brand-new CAE 7000XR A320 Full Flight Simulators, as well as the CAE 600XR Flight Training Device.
You’ll learn from the best. You’ll train with professional pilots so you get the chance to learn from their vast experience and skills – as well as build a network of contacts that will stay with you for the future.
Take flight in Phoenix
You’ll take to the sky for the first time in Phoenix, Arizona in the US. The brilliant weather conditions there make it the perfect place to learn how to fly. During the roughly 28 weeks you’re there, you’ll get to explore and make friends too. It’s the memories of a lifetime kind of deal.
Benefit from CAE’s unique Fleet Standards Assurance. We’ve really thought of everything. This programme is designed to protect your training investment and make sure you leave CAE with everything you need. As well as premier flying skills, you’ll develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills. All getting you ready for your First Officer role.
You’ll take to the sky for the first time in Phoenix, Arizona in the US. The brilliant weather conditions there make it the perfect place to learn how to fly. During the roughly 28 weeks you’re there, you’ll get to explore and make friends too. It’s the memories of a lifetime kind of deal.
Benefit from CAE’s unique Fleet Standards Assurance. We’ve really thought of everything. This programme is designed to protect your training investment and make sure you leave CAE with everything you need. As well as premier flying skills, you’ll develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills. All getting you ready for your First Officer role.
CAE. TRAINING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
Over 75 years of industry firsts. 13,000 employees. 200+ locations across 40+ countries. There are a lot of reasons that CAE is the first choice for airlines and aircraft manufacturers around the world when it comes to high tech training and operational support solutions. Did you know that every 5 seconds a flight takes off using CAE operational software?
CAE’s global aviation academy network graduates more than 1,000 new Pilots every year. It’s not just new Pilots though - CAE provides ongoing training development for the industry, with more than 135,000 Pilots training with them annually.
So, you can see why we chose them as our partner. And why we’re proud of the exclusive long-term agreement we have with them to train new cadets via the Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Ready to start planning your route to great things? We’ve kept our recruitment process as straightforward as possible.
MYTH BUSTERS
Don’t believe everything you hear. Let’s get to the truth.
Truth: Not necessarily. We’re looking for a real passion for aviation first, though we expect 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) grade C or above, including maths, English and science.
Truth: University may cost less, but the earning potential of a commercial pilot means after 10 years, you’ll have earned £251,000 more than the average university graduate.
Truth: Not true. Provided that you meet the standard of vision, you’re fine.
Truth: Okay, it does take a while. But probably not as long as you think. Pass the training course with us, which lasts 18–24 months, and you’ll be ready to step into the Co-Pilot seat straight away.
Truth: It totally depends on the airline. With us, definitely not. Our flights are short-haul, and we offer flexible shifts, so you can be home most nights.
Truth: Nope. You don’t need any previous flying experience to apply with us.
