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Ethiopian Airlines pilot hiring requirements

AirlineEthiopiaAfricaETH / ET

Registered as Ethiopian Airlines Group.

Verified 15 August 2026

Ethiopian Airlines is the flag carrier of Ethiopia and the largest airline group in Africa by fleet and network, operating a mixed Boeing and Airbus widebody and narrowbody fleet from its Addis Ababa hub. Its current advertised pilot vacancies are expatriate captain positions rather than first officer or cadet roles, aimed at experienced jet commanders already type rated on the aircraft advertised.

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Vacancies we can see at Ethiopian Airlines

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What the operator asks for

Minimum requirements on record

Only what Ethiopian Airlines 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
ATPLsource
Total time
Not stated
PIC time
2,500 hsource
Multi-engine
Not stated
Turbine
3,500 hsource
On type
500 hsource
Type rating
Must already be type-ratedsource
Medical
Class 1source
ICAO English
Level 4source
Age
60 maximumsource
Right to work
Not stated

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.

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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. 01ApplicationCandidates submit an expat captain application form and credentials by email to Expatrecruitment@ethiopianairlines.com.

Bases

  • Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)

Fleet

  • Boeing 787
  • Boeing 777
  • Boeing 737 NG/MAX
  • Boeing 767
  • Airbus A350

Worth knowing

Notes on this operator

  • ContextCurrently advertised pilot roles are all expatriate captain positions (B767, A350, B777/787, B737), not first officer or cadet roles.
  • ContextEvery pilot vacancy on Ethiopian's own careers page at the time of checking was an expatriate captain position (B767, A350, B777/787, B737), so these are command minimums, not first officer or cadet minimums.

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