Captain Wide Body (Non-Type Rated)
Widebody · IST · contract · apply on turkishairlines.com
Official vacancy URL; details not readable. Historic widebody CPT minimum 6,000 hrs. Verify on site.
Pay & conditions · Middle East
Turkish Airlines: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Turkey · Legacy · TK / THY
Hiring now
Hires all nationalities for rated/non-rated captains and FOs; Turkish-citizen cadet programme.
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
TRY 280,000–440,000 a month
about $67–106k a year
Captain
TRY 580,000–660,000 a month
about $139–159k a year
2026 estimates at 70 block hrs (approx USD 7-11k FO, 14.5-16.5k CPT). Paid in lira, FX risk.
Open vacancies (1)
Conditions
- Allowances
- Overtime above 70 hrs; housing support historically for expats.
- Roster
- Local approx 8 days off/month; expat/commuting 3 weeks on / 1 off with tickets. Leave 14-26 days by seniority.
- Bases
- IST
- Fleet
- A320, A321, A330, A350, B737, B737 MAX, B777, B787
- Benefits
- Contracts typically 3 years, renewable. Staff travel.
- Union
- TALPA (association, no collective agreement)
- Careers site
- turkishairlines.com ↗
Requirements
- Captain
- 5,000 hours minimum
- Type rating
- varies
- Bond
- Min 1-year contract; cadet training repaid via salary over approx 10 years
- Licence
- ICAO/EASA ATPL, ICAO English L4
- Other
- Widebody CPT 6,000+ hrs. Age 30-60 for experienced pilots.
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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