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Air France pilot hiring requirements

AirlineFranceEuropeAFR / AF

Registered as Societe Air France SA.

Verified 15 August 2026

Air France is France's flag carrier, flying a mixed narrowbody and widebody fleet from its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub. It hires professional pilots directly and also runs a fully funded Cadet Pilot programme for candidates from the European Economic Area or Switzerland.

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Vacancies we can see at Air France

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What the operator asks for

Minimum requirements on record

Only what Air France states publicly. "Not stated" means the operator does not publish that figure, not that there is no requirement, and never that the requirement is zero.

Licence
EASA licencesource
Total time
Not stated
PIC time
Not stated
Multi-engine
Not stated
Turbine
Not stated
On type
Not stated
Type rating
Not stated
Medical
Class 1source
ICAO English
Not stated
Age
Not stated
Right to work
EEA, CHsource
Also required
Être titulaire de l'ATPL ou d'un CPL/IRME valide
Also required
Être titulaire de l'ATPL théorique délivré par un ATO certifié par l'un des Etats membres de l'UE
Also required
Posséder l'aptitude médicale classe 1 valide
Also required
Être titulaire d'une attestation de formation au travail en équipage (MCC) : niveau satisfaisant
Also required
Justifier d'un niveau supérieur ou égal à 5 au test anglais FCL 055 / 055D valide
Also required
Avoir un score au TOEIC anglais supérieur ou égal à 850 et de moins de 2 ans au moment de la sélection
Also required
Être ressortissant de l'un des Etats de l'Espace Economique Européen ou de la Confédération helvétique
Also required
Pouvoir vous exprimer couramment dans la langue française. Les candidats dont la langue française n'est pas native doivent être titulaires du FCL 055 niveau 6 en français
Also required
Ne pas avoir eu d'échec en formation Air France ou Transavia
Also required
Depuis le 20/12/2019, les pilotes non-détenteurs d'une première QT CS 25 doivent être en possession d'une attestation de la formation EASA Advanced UPRT et de 70H PIC ou équivalents EASA

Any age, nationality, residency, height or vision criterion above is the operator's own stated criterion, quoted from its own page. Some such criteria are lawful where an operator recruits and unlawful elsewhere, including in the EU. SkyStudy reports them factually and does not adopt them as requirements of its own.

Every published profile is checked by hand against the operator's own careers page, and is flagged for a recheck 180 days after that check. Requirements change without notice, so confirm every figure on the operator's own careers page before you apply.

Pay and contract

Contract type: Not stated. Do not assume direct employment; some operators contract through an agency or on a self-employed basis, which changes tax, sick pay and pension entirely.

Pay: Not stated on the operator's own page.

For what pilots earn by region and seat, with its own sources and dates, see the pilot salary guide. Those are market ranges, not an offer from this operator.

Selection process

  1. 01Phase de recevabilitéÉtude du curriculum vitae et lettre de motivation rédigés en français.
  2. 02Phase de tests PSY 1Tests psychotechniques et psychomoteurs, à l'ENAC. The operator states the outcome places a candidate on a main list, a secondary list or a not-admitted list, and that only the main list is called to PSY 2 automatically.
  3. 03Phase de tests PSY 2Inventaires de personnalité, épreuves de groupe et entretien individuel.
  4. 04Épreuve sur simulateur de volStated by the operator as conditional: "Eventuellement une épreuve sur simulateur de vol".

Interview: An individual interview forms part of the PSY 2 stage, alongside personality inventories and group exercises.

Bases

  • Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Fleet

  • Airbus A220
  • Airbus A320 family
  • Boeing 777
  • Airbus A350

Worth knowing

Notes on this operator

  • Cadet routeAir France Cadet Pilot programme provides 24 months of fully funded training and requires candidates to be a national of an EEA state or Switzerland.

Provenance

Where each figure came from

Each entry is the sentence the value was read from, on the operator's own site. If a figure here is out of date, the quote is what to check it against.

  • other

    Être titulaire de l'ATPL ou d'un CPL/IRME valide

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • licence.family

    Être titulaire de l'ATPL théorique délivré par un ATO certifié par l'un des Etats membres de l'UE

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • medicalClass

    Posséder l'aptitude médicale classe 1 valide

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • other

    Être titulaire d'une attestation de formation au travail en équipage (MCC) : niveau satisfaisant

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • other

    Justifier d'un niveau supérieur ou égal à 5 au test anglais FCL 055 / 055D valide

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • other

    Avoir un score au TOEIC anglais supérieur ou égal à 850 et de moins de 2 ans au moment de la sélection

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • rightToWork

    Être ressortissant de l'un des Etats de l'Espace Economique Européen ou de la Confédération helvétique

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • other

    Pouvoir vous exprimer couramment dans la langue française. Les candidats dont la langue française n'est pas native doivent être titulaires du FCL 055 niveau 6 en français

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • other

    Depuis le 20/12/2019, les pilotes non-détenteurs d'une première QT CS 25 doivent être en possession d'une attestation de la formation EASA Advanced UPRT et de 70H PIC ou équivalents EASA

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • selection

    Phase de tests dite PSY 1 (tests psychotechniques et psychomoteurs) à l'ENAC

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • selection

    Phase de tests dite PSY 2 (inventaires de personnalité, épreuves de groupe et entretien individuel)

    recrutement.airfrance.com

  • selection

    Phase de recevabilité : étude du curriculum vitae et lettre de motivation rédigés en français

    recrutement.airfrance.com

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Last reviewed July 2026