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TAP Air Portugal: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Portugal · Legacy · TP / TAP
Hiring status unknown
Rolling recruitment via recrutamento.tap.pt; no open 2026 campaign confirmed. Privatisation pending.
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 3,500–7,000 a month
about €42–84k a year
Captain
EUR 6,000–18,000 a month
about €72–216k a year
Estimates (2026): FO entry €3.5-4.5k to €7k; CPT €6-9k NB entry to €13-18k senior A330neo.
Agreements
- BTE n.º 3 de 22 de janeiro de 2026 - index entry: Acordo de empresa entre a Transportes Aereos Portugueses, SA e o SPAC - Sindicato dos Pilotos da Aviacao Civil (comissao paritaria deliberation) ↗
DGERT / Boletim do Trabalho e Emprego · enterprise agreement · 2026 - Boletim do Trabalho e Emprego n.º 3/2026 (full issue PDF, contains TAP-SPAC AE item) ↗
GEP/MTSSS - BTE · enterprise agreement · 2026
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem ~€55 FO / ~€70 CPT per day; annual bonus.
- Roster
- Variable roster; ~10-12 days off/month.
- Bases
- LIS, OPO
- Fleet
- A319, A320, A321, A330neo, E190, E195
- Benefits
- 6% company pension, Star Alliance travel, health insurance.
- Union
- SPAC
- Careers site
- tap.pt ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 250 hours minimum
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- EASA ATPL/frozen ATPL
- Other
- EU right to work; Portuguese strongly preferred; no DEC
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2026-03 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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