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Cathay Pacific · Airline
Cadet Pilot Programme
HKG · Hong Kong
Job details
- Position
- Cadet
- Base
- HKG
- Contract
- Permanent
About this job
Cathay Pacific's sponsored cadet scheme trains people with no flying experience to a Commercial Pilot Licence over about 80 weeks, after which they can join the airline as Second Officers in Hong Kong. Applications are taken all year.
Minimum requirements
- Total time
- 0 hours
- Type rating
- Not required
- Age
- 18 or over
Licence, medical and language
- Licence
- None (training provided)
- Medical
- Able to obtain an HKCAD Class 1 medical
- English
- ICAO level 4 or above
- Right to work
- Right to live and work in Hong Kong or Chinese Mainland (IANG/TTPS holders welcome)
Other requirements
- Secondary school graduate with good passes in English and Maths or Science; a degree is an advantage
- Meet the flight-deck reach requirements
- Background check and pre-employment drug test
Work conditions
- Contract
- Sponsored training, then Second Officer
- Base
- Hong Kong
- Ground school in Hong Kong and abroad
- Flying training in the United States or Australia
- Simulator training in multi-crew jet operations
Selection process
- Online application
- Reach test (static and in a simulator)
- Class 1 medical
- Background check and drug test
Details taken from the advert, last read 1 Nov 2026. The advert itself always prevails.
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The advert is on cathaypacific.com. Always check the details there before applying.