What are the requirements to fly for Neos?

first officer 3,000 hours minimum; captain 7,000 hours minimum; EASA ATPL

Neos: pilot jobs, pay and conditions

Q: How much does a first officer at Neos earn?

EUR 45,000–85,000 a year, gross (Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only).

Q: How much does a captain at Neos earn?

EUR 124,000–140,000 a year, gross (Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only).

Italy · Leisure · NO / NOS

Hiring status unknown

Part of the Alpitour World group

Crowdsourced entry (Feb 2026) says Neos hires monthly because of high turnover (about 40 of some 200 pilots left in recent months), preferring internal recommendations. The own-site open-positions page showed no pilot listing when opened in Nov 2026 (content may load dynamically). In Feb 2026 Neos was installing two Boeing 737 simulators at its Malpensa training centre to bring type-rating training in-house.

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

EUR 45,000–85,000 a year

Captain

EUR 124,000–140,000 a year

No official pay scale or published company agreement found. Figures are crowdsourced from the PilotJobsNetwork factfile (updated 20 Nov 2025): FO EUR 45,000 base to EUR 85,000 top; Captain EUR 124,000 base to EUR 140,000 top, each plus a supplementary welfare plan; min = entry, max = top of scale. Gross/net not stated on the source. A Senior/Second Officer entry of 750-1,450 'gross including 40h' appears without currency or period, so it is not used. Contributors describe the contract as below industry standard with low flying hours.

Open vacancies (0)

No open pilot vacancies listed right now.

Conditions

Allowances: Crowdsourced (Feb 2026): additional duty pay / per diem figure of 51.63 for all ranks, unit and currency not stated. Supplementary welfare plan. Pension per Italian law.
Roster: Crowdsourced (Nov 2025): rosters irregular, often published late and changed after publication; leave mostly assigned by rostering in low season, no leave granted beyond 70 accrued days; frequent positioning in economy; augmented B737 operations with reclined aft jumpseat as rest facility.
Bases: MXP, VRN, FCO
Fleet: B737-800, B737 MAX 8, B787-9
Benefits: Supplementary welfare plan; discounted holidays within Alpitour group; no staff travel (older crowdsourced entry).
Careers site: neosair.com ↗

Requirements

First officer: 3,000 hours minimum
Captain: 7,000 hours minimum
Bond: Not stated
Licence: EASA ATPL
Other: Hour minima date from a 2017 crowdsourced entry (long-range experience preferred); Senior Officer entry from 300 h total (Nov 2025 entry).

Sources

Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2025-11 · checked 1 Nov 2026

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