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Vueling: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
Spain · Low-cost · VY / VLG
Hiring selectively
2026 First Officer (A320) campaign opened late 2025 for Barcelona; cadet MPL programmes intermittent.
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 40,000–70,000 a year
Captain
EUR 70,000–115,000 a year
Third-party estimates, excl. per diems (+EUR15-20k). Other estimates put CPT at EUR105-155k. CLA IV runs to 2028.
Agreements
- IV Convenio colectivo de la empresa Vueling Airlines, SA, y sus tripulantes pilotos (BOE-A-2026-5693) ↗
BOE · CLA · 2025–2028 - III Convenio colectivo de la empresa Vueling Airlines, S.A. y sus tripulantes pilotos (BOE-A-2020-14166) ↗
BOE · CLA · 2019–2023
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem ~EUR52 national / ~EUR92 international (FO); overnight premium.
- Roster
- Rotation-based/mixed, ~10-12 days off/month
- Bases
- BCN, FCO, ORY, AMS, LGW
- Fleet
- A319, A320ceo, A320neo, A321ceo, A321neo
- Benefits
- Company pension contribution; pay-to-fly removed under SEPLA agreement.
- Union
- SEPLA
- Careers site
- vueling.com ↗
Requirements
- First officer
- 200 hours minimum
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- Spanish EASA licence before OCC; ATPL or frozen ATPL
- Other
- 200-300 factored hrs; ICAO English L4; Spanish L4 for non-nationals
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2025 · checked 30 Oct 2026
- Ready for Take-Off - Vueling pilot conditions
- AFM - Vueling 2026 First Officer hiring
- Hosteltur - Vueling pilots pre-agreement to 2028
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