Pay & conditions · Asia-Pacific
Philippine Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Philippines · Legacy · PR / PAL
Hiring status unknown
Ab-initio programme for Filipino citizens; no specific DE vacancies found.
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
PHP 150,000–325,000 a month
about $28–61k a year
Captain
PHP 350,000–650,000 a month
about $66–122k a year
Indicative estimates (Oct 2026), not an official scale.
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Flight pay, international allowances.
- Bases
- MNL
- Fleet
- A321neo, A330, A350, B777, B787
- Benefits
- Staff travel, health, retirement.
- Union
- ALPAP
- Careers site
- philippineairlines.com ↗
Requirements
- Type rating
- unknown
- Licence
- CAAP licence
- Other
- Ab-initio: Filipino citizen, bachelor's degree
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-10 · checked 27 Oct 2026
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