Pay & conditions · Middle East
Gulf Air: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Bahrain · Legacy · GF / GFA
Hiring selectively
Prioritises Bahraini cadets and nationals; expat hiring mainly for rated B787 captains in past campaigns. No current open 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
BHD 27,000–40,000 a year
about $72–106k a year
Captain
BHD 50,000–75,000 a year
about $133–199k a year
2026 estimates; Gulf Air publishes no pilot scale.
Open vacancies (1)
Direct Entry Pilots (type-rated and non-type-rated)
A320/A321/A330 · BAH · permanent · apply on gulfair.com
Standing Direct Entry Pilot Scheme page. Assessment in Bahrain. Needs ICAO ATPL or JAA frozen ATPL, current medical, logbooks, CRM/ETOPS/RVSM certificates, licence verification letter and two references. No closing date shown.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Housing allowance (varies by rank/family), flying allowances, educational assistance for children.
- Roster
- Not published.
- Bases
- BAH
- Fleet
- A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo, A321LR, B787-9
- Benefits
- Tax-free. Family medical, income protection, staff travel. DEC contracts 3-year renewable (2022 campaign).
- Careers site
- gulfair.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 700 hours minimum
- Captain
- 5,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- unknown
- Licence
- ICAO ATPL, ICAO English L4
- Other
- FO: 1,500 total (250 A320/787) or 700 total (500 on type). CPT: 1,000 command on A320/787, under 60.
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-09 · checked 27 Oct 2026
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