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EgyptAir: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Egypt · Legacy · MS / MSR
Hiring selectively
Periodic recruitment windows for Egyptian cadets and experienced FOs (ECAA licence); no current vacancy confirmed.
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 4,500–5,500 a month
about $54–66k a year
Captain
USD 7,500–10,000 a month
about $90–120k a year
Base pay estimates (2026 aggregator), plus EGP supplement. EgyptAir publishes no scale.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem USD 80/sector CPT, USD 40 FO; EGP supplement; transport.
- Roster
- Cairo only, no base bidding; 70-85 block hrs est.; leave up to 45 days by seniority.
- Bases
- CAI
- Fleet
- B737-800, A320neo, A321neo, A330, B777, B787, A350
- Benefits
- Staff travel (ID90), health insurance, state pension + end-of-service, loss-of-licence insurance.
Requirements
- Type rating
- bonded
- Bond
- Funded type rating with post-training service bond
- Licence
- ECAA CPL/IR + frozen ATPL, Class 1, ICAO English L4
- Other
- Cadets Egyptian nationals only; FOs typically under 30-35.
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-05 · checked 27 Oct 2026
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