easyJet is actively seeking highly skilled and safety-conscious Captains to join its dynamic team. As a leading European airline, easyJet prides itself on delivering a safe, comfortable, and effortlessly easy travel experience, ensuring customers return repeatedly. By integrating the latest technology into the flight deck, easyJet innovates continuously to enhance safety, efficiency, and sustainability, progressing towards its ambition of becoming Europe’s most loved airline.
Operating from the left-hand seat, the Captain is entrusted with the critical responsibility of providing a safe and enjoyable flying experience for both crew and customers. This pivotal role requires the exercise of strong decision-making capabilities, the establishment of the highest operational standards, and an unwavering commitment to safety as the cornerstone of every action. Captains are instrumental in making low-cost travel accessible and contributing significantly to easyJet’s overarching goal.
easyJet offers an exciting prospect for Captains looking for an airline that champions fantastic development opportunities based on merit, not seniority. The role promises a dynamic environment where no two days are alike, each filled with new challenges. What remains constant is the calibre of easyJet’s people – positive, inclusive, united by a shared purpose, and always supportive. This ethos, known as the ‘Orange Spirit,’ is an integral part of the easyJet experience that new Captains will share.
easyJet prioritises the well-being and professional fulfilment of its pilots, offering a comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance both their professional and personal lives. These include:
easyJet is recruiting Captains for permanent contracts based at London Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, or Belfast. Applicants will have the opportunity to specify their base preference during the application process; however, all base assignments are subject to operational requirements.
Non-Type Rated Captains will undergo a full A320 Type Rating with one of easyJet’s approved training organisations at the commencement of their easyJet employment. The full cost of the A320 Type Rating will be covered by easyJet. Following the Type Rating, all pilots will complete a standard easyJet Operator Conversion Course (OCC) upon joining.
For an application to be successfully processed, candidates must meet the following criteria:
The comprehensive selection process is structured into the following stages:
As part of the online application, applicants are required to upload copies of the following essential documents:
PLEASE NOTE: Applications cannot be reviewed until all of the above-listed documents have been successfully submitted.
Offers of employment will be extended following a thorough review of the application and performance throughout the entire selection process, in alignment with easyJet’s business requirements.
easyJet will only progress applications for the bases specified. Applicants will be able to indicate their base preference when applying, though all base assignments remain subject to operational needs and availability.