Pay & conditions · Latin America
Copa Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Panama · Legacy · CM / CMP
Hiring selectively
1,474 pilots (Apr 2026); steady FO-to-Captain upgrades; external campaigns run periodically.
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 52,000–90,000 a year
Captain
USD 125,000–200,000 a year
RotatePilot estimate, not contract-verified; yr1-yr10 base, 2026.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Bases
- PTY
- Fleet
- B737-800, B737 MAX 8, B737 MAX 9
- Careers site
- copaair.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- unknown
- Licence
- AAC Panama ATPL or convertible ICAO licence
- Other
- Spanish and English (ICAO L4); past non-rated FO campaign: 250h Panamanians, 1,000h foreigners.
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026 · checked 27 Oct 2026
- RotatePilot - Copa salary
- Aviación al Día - Copa 29 FOs promoted (May 2026)
- Flight Deck Friend - Copa non-rated FOs (closed)
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