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Iberia: pilot jobs, pay and conditions

Spain · Legacy · IB / IBE

Hiring selectively

6th Iberia Cadets (FTEJerez, 50% interest-free funded) closed 6 Mar 2026; last DE FO call (500h CS-25) closed Feb 2025.

Pay

First officer
EUR 35,000–95,000 a year
Captain
EUR 100,000–200,000 a year

Spanish press (Hosteltur Feb 2025, Talent24h/OKdiario Apr 2026, citing One Air) puts new first officers at about EUR 35,000-40,000 and captains at EUR 100,000-190,000. A salary-estimate site lists FO EUR 58,000-95,000 and captain EUR 125,000-200,000 (base, years 1-10). Range shown spans these sources. Agreement detail: Sueldo base 1.216,94 EUR identical for all levels 1D-11.1 (Anexo 1A, tablas 2025, BOE-A-2026-14409). Base is only a small part of pay: Prima razon viaje garantizada (70 h) ranges 202,77 (lowest level 11.1) to 4.641,82 (level 1D); Comandante prima de responsabilidad 2.751,68 (Grupo 1) / 2.974,83 (Grupo 2) (Anexo 1B); Copiloto prima de responsabilidad 167,78 + senior copilot gratification 324,30 (Anexo 1C); Productividad 918,32 comandante, 90,13-648,26 copiloto (Anexo 1D). Period not explicitly stated in extraction; monthly per Iberia convenio structure. 2023 tables (BOE-A-2024-13552): sueldo base 1.095,39-1.122,94.

Agreements

Open vacancies (0)

No open pilot vacancies listed right now.

Conditions

Allowances
Responsibility, productivity, guaranteed flight-pay (70h) and objectives premiums per CLA; profit sharing deal with SEPLA.
Bases
MAD
Fleet
A320, A321, A330, A350
Benefits
IAG staff travel, CLA seniority.
Union
SEPLA
Careers site
iberia.es ↗

Requirements

First officer
500 hours minimum
Type rating
varies
Bond
Cadets repay Iberia's 50% share once employed
Licence
EASA frozen ATPL + MCC
Other
EU right to work; English L4, Spanish L5

Sources

From published reports in the aviation press · figures from 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026

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