Singapore Airlines pilot hiring requirements
AirlineSingaporeAsia-PacificSIA / SQ
Registered as Singapore Airlines Limited.
Verified 31 July 2026
Singapore Airlines is Singapore's flag carrier, flying a long haul fleet of Airbus and Boeing widebody aircraft out of Changi Airport. It recruits ab-initio candidates through its own funded cadet pilot programme and also hires experienced first officers on direct entry terms.
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What the operator asks for
Minimum requirements on record
Only what Singapore 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
- Not stated
- Total time
- Not stated
- PIC time
- Not stated
- Multi-engine
- Not stated
- Turbine
- Not stated
- On type
- Not stated
- Type rating
- Type rating provided under a bond (84 months)source
- Medical
- Not stated
- ICAO English
- Not stated
- Age
- Not stated
- Right to work
- Not stated
- Also required
- Educational qualification of GCE 'A' level, Diploma, or Degree. Otherwise, you must have obtained a minimum of 5 GCE 'O' Level credits.
- Also required
- Myopia of not more than 800 degrees and astigmatism of not more than 300 degrees, fully correctable with optical aids
- Also required
- Minimum height requirement of 1.58m to carry out safety and emergency procedures on board
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
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
- Singapore (SIN)
Fleet
- Airbus A350
- Airbus A380
- Boeing 777-300ER
- Boeing 787-10
Worth knowing
Notes on this operator
- Cadet routeAb Initio Cadet Pilot programme is fully company funded; cadets commit to a service bond for the duration of training plus 7 years from appointment as First Officer.
Provenance
Where each figure came from
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Educational qualification of GCE 'A' level, Diploma, or Degree. Otherwise, you must have obtained a minimum of 5 GCE 'O' Level credits.
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Myopia of not more than 800 degrees and astigmatism of not more than 300 degrees, fully correctable with optical aids
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Minimum height requirement of 1.58m to carry out safety and emergency procedures on board
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Successful candidates will be required to serve for the duration of the training, and for a period of 7 years from the date of appointment as First Officer.
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