What are the requirements to fly for Air Seychelles?

captain 4,500 hours minimum; ATPL(A) and Class 1 medical.

Air Seychelles: pilot jobs, pay and conditions

Q: How much does a first officer at Air Seychelles earn?

USD 1,800–7,600 a month, gross (Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only).

Q: How much does a captain at Air Seychelles earn?

USD 3,900–12,000 a month, gross (Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only).

Seychelles · Legacy · HM / SEY

Hiring selectively

Small state-owned carrier with 2 A320neo and 5 DHC-6-400 Twin Otters. Policy is localisation: Twin Otter captains move up to the A320neo and Seychellois FOs are promoted to captain. An A320neo captain vacancy restricted to Seychellois nationals closed on 29 June 2026. Two leased A321XLRs are due from 2028 for long-haul routes, which may create jet hiring later. No pilot vacancy on the careers page on 2026-11-01.

Pay

Unofficial figures. Not from an agreement or the airline: collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Treat them as indicative.

First officer

USD 1,800–7,600 a month

about $22–91k a year

Captain

USD 3,900–12,000 a month

about $47–144k a year

No published pay scale, union agreement or press figure was found. All figures come from crowd-sourced entries on PilotJobsNetwork dated December 2016: DHC-6 FO USD 1,800-2,400 and captain USD 3,900-4,500; A320/A330 FO USD 5,200-7,600 and captain USD 8,900-12,000. The source does not label the pay period or say gross or net; they are stored as monthly because that is the only plausible reading. The figures predate the 2021-2022 administration, the exit of Etihad and the end of widebody flying, so current pay is likely different.

Open vacancies (0)

No open pilot vacancies listed right now.

Conditions

Roster: Domestic inter-island Twin Otter flying from Mahé plus regional A320neo routes (Africa, India, Middle East).
Bases: SEZ
Fleet: A320neo, DHC-6-400
Careers site: airseychelles.com ↗

Requirements

Captain: 4,500 hours minimum
Type rating: A320neo captains: multi-crew jet experience required (1,000 hours on multi-crew glass-cockpit jets).
Licence: ATPL(A) and Class 1 medical.
Other: The 2026 captain advert was open to Seychellois nationals only.

Sources

Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2016 · checked 1 Nov 2026

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