Cadet Program
various · various · permanent · apply on airlineapps.com
$15,000 cadet bonus.
Pay & conditions · North America
Piedmont Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
USA · Regional · PT / PDT
Hiring now
Hiring FOs and cadets; contractual no-interview flow to American.
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
USD 96 an hour
about $86k a year
Captain
USD 153.75–213 an hour
about $138–192k a year
FO starts $96/hr; CA yr1 $153.75; top-of-scale CA $213 if not flowed after 5 yrs. 75 hr guarantee.
Agreement news
- Piedmont Airlines, ALPA ratify contract with industry-defining pay, benefits ↗
Piedmont Airlines · summary · 2022
Open vacancies (2)
First Officer
various · various · permanent · apply on airlineapps.com
No-interview flow to American.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem $1.90/hr; 401(k) 4% after one year + match; $15,000 cadet bonus.
- Roster
- 65% of hard lines with 12 days off (min 11); long call reserve.
- Bases
- CLT, PHL, MDT
- Fleet
- E145
- Benefits
- 401(k), medical, AA travel.
- Union
- ALPA
- Careers site
- piedmont-airlines.com ↗
Requirements
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- FAA ATP / R-ATP
- Other
- 25 hr ME; FCC permit
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2023 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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