AirlineAustraliaAsia-PacificVOZ / VA
Registered as Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd.
Verified 30 July 2026
Virgin Australia is Australia's second largest airline group, flying a Boeing 737 narrowbody fleet on domestic and short international routes with a regional turboprop arm. It hires both cadets with little to no flying experience and direct entry pilots holding an Australian ATPL or CPL.
Applications are made on Virgin Australia's own site. SkyStudy never collects an application, a document or a fee.
What the operator asks for
Only what Virgin Australia 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.
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.
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.
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.
Worth knowing
Provenance
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 If a figure here is out of date, the quote is what to check it against.
hours.total
A minimum total flight time of 500 hours with 300 hours in command of a powered fixed wing aircraft (excluding ICUS), that includes 200 hours in command of a multi engine aircraft
virginaustralia.comlicence.family
A current Australian ATPL or Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) and passes in all Australian ATPL theory subjects
virginaustralia.commedicalClass
A valid Australian Class 1 Medical Certificate
virginaustralia.comenglishLevel
English language proficiency Level 6
virginaustralia.comrightToWork
You'll need to be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or hold Australian permanent residency at the time of submitting your application
virginaustralia.comother
A minimum total flight time of 500 hours with 300 hours in command of a turbine powered fixed wing aircraft
virginaustralia.comhours.pic
A minimum total flight time of 500 hours with 300 hours in command of a powered fixed wing aircraft (excluding ICUS), that includes 200 hours in command of a multi engine aircraft
virginaustralia.comSkyStudy covers all 13 EASA ATPL subjects with a question bank, explanations and an adaptive study plan. Free to start, no card needed.