Pay & conditions · Middle East
Oman Air: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Oman · Legacy · WY / OMA
Hiring selectively
Omanisation policy: mostly Omani cadet pipeline after restructuring; selective expat direct entry.
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
OMR 32,000–48,000 a year
about $83–125k a year
Captain
OMR 54,000–72,000 a year
about $140–187k a year
2026 press estimates; no public scale.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Housing allowance (approx OMR 600 FO historically) or leased flat, per diems, school fees capped per child for expats.
- Roster
- Muscat base only.
- Bases
- MCT
- Fleet
- B737-800, B737-900ER, B737 MAX 8, B787-9
- Benefits
- Tax-free. Family medical, oneworld staff travel, statutory gratuity.
- Careers site
- omanair.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 1,500 hours minimum
- Captain
- 5,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- unknown
- Licence
- ICAO ATPL (frozen OK for FO), Class 1, ICAO English L5
- Other
- CPT: 1,500 PIC multi-pilot, 500 B737NG.
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-08 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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