First Officer
various · various · permanent · apply on flyfrontier.com
Hiring as of Aug 2026; R-ATP accepted.
Pay & conditions · North America
Frontier Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
USA · Low-cost · F9 / FFT
Hiring now
Hiring per careers page (Aug 2026).
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 100–179 an hour
about $90–161k a year
Captain
USD 202–270 an hour
about $182–243k a year
APC scale (page updated Jan 2024): FO yr1 $100, yr12 $179; CA yr1 $202, yr12 $270. 75 hr guarantee. Current rates may be higher.
Agreement news
- Frontier Airlines pilots ratify five-year collective bargaining agreement ↗
Frontier Airlines · summary · 2019 - Frontier MEC Contract & Negotiations ↗
Frontier MEC (ALPA) · summary
Open vacancies (1)
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem $2.15/hr; 401(k) DC ~15% (APC, conflicting figures).
- Roster
- Monthly line bidding; 75 hr line/reserve guarantee.
- Bases
- DEN, ATL, CLE, CVG, DFW, LAS, MCO, MIA, ORD, PHL, PHX, TPA
- Fleet
- A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo
- Benefits
- 401(k), medical, travel.
- Union
- ALPA
- Careers site
- flyfrontier.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- FAA ATP / R-ATP
- Other
- US work authorization
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2024-01 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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