Atlas Air pilot hiring requirements
ACMI and wet leaseUnited StatesNorth AmericaGTI / 5Y
Registered as Atlas Air, Inc..
Verified 31 July 2026
Atlas Air is a US cargo and ACMI charter operator flying widebody Boeing freighters for airline, freight-forwarder and e-commerce customers worldwide, as well as VIP and military charter work under its Titan and Southern Air brands. It hires experienced pilots directly and also runs an Atlas Cadet Academy and Pilot Pathways partnerships with regional carriers for candidates who do not yet meet the direct-hire minimums.
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Vacancies we can see at Atlas Air
What we can read from Atlas Air's own careers system today. It is not necessarily everything they have open, so treat the official careers page as the complete list.
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Minimum requirements on record
Only what Atlas Air 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
- Not stated
- Total time
- Not stated
- PIC time
- Not stated
- Multi-engine
- Not stated
- Turbine
- Not stated
- On type
- Not stated
- Type rating
- Not stated
- Medical
- Not stated
- ICAO English
- Not stated
- Age
- Not stated
- Right to work
- Not stated
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
Not stated. This operator does not publish its selection stages, so nothing is listed here. A recruitment site claiming to know the stages is guessing, and so would we be.
Bases
- Miami (MIA)
- Cincinnati (CVG)
Fleet
- Boeing 747-8F
- Boeing 747-400F
- Boeing 767F
- Boeing 777F
Provenance
Where each figure came from
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