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Direct Entry First Officer – Widebody Fleet

✈️ Fly farther as a Direct Entry First Officer on our Widebody Fleet

Step into a high-performing, safety-first operation where your widebody and multi-crew expertise keeps global journeys running smoothly. As a Direct Entry First Officer, you’ll bring precision, professionalism, and a calm command presence to every sector.

  • Employment: Permanent
  • Type rating: Required (multi-pilot)
  • License: UK CAA ATPL(A) or fATPL(A)
  • Medical: Class 1
  • ICAO ELP: Level 6
  • Visa sponsorship: Not provided

🧭 About the role

Join an experienced crew on various widebody aircraft, operating to exacting standards and delivering safe, efficient, and memorable journeys worldwide. You’ll thrive in a collaborative cockpit, exercise sound judgment, and uphold a just culture with unwavering focus on safety and performance.

✈️ What you’ll do

  • Operate as First Officer on multi-crew widebody aircraft in accordance with company SOPs and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead diligent pre-flight preparation, performance and fuel planning, and effective CRM.
  • Apply robust threat and error management from briefing to block-in, maintaining a safety-first mindset.
  • Communicate clearly with the flight deck, cabin crew, engineering, dispatch, and ATC.
  • Maintain recency and proficiency, supporting training, checks, and continuous improvement initiatives.

🧰 Minimum requirements & currency

  • Total time: 1,500 hours.
  • Multi-crew experience: Minimum 500 hours on:
    • A multi-pilot turbo-jet aircraft certified to CS-25 or equivalent airworthiness code, or
    • A multi-pilot turbo-prop aeroplane with a maximum certificated take-off mass of ≥10 tonnes, or a certified passenger seating configuration of >19.
  • Type rating: Required. The current type rating does not need to be on your UK licence.
  • Currency: Flying experience on your current aircraft type within the past 12 months.

🌟 Licensing & medical

  • Hold a valid UK CAA ATPL(A) or fATPL(A) (you must not have surrendered your UK licence to obtain an EASA/ICAO licence).
  • Valid Class 1 medical.
  • ICAO English Language Proficiency Level 6.

🧾 Additional requirements

  • A valid passport allowing unrestricted worldwide travel, with at least 12 months’ validity remaining.
  • Unrestricted right to live and work in the United Kingdom. Visa sponsorship is not provided.

📨 How to apply

Ready to take the next step? Submit your application with an up-to-date CV, licence copies (UK CAA ATPL/fATPL), Class 1 medical, ICAO ELP certificate, and recent logbook evidence of hours and currency.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted with next steps in the selection and assessment process.

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