Turkish Airlines | Cadet

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What is Take-Off Cadet Program?

It is a program that offers new graduates the opportunity to make a strong start to their careers at Turkish Airlines and at the top, and trains successful pilots of the future in air transportation, which is rapidly developing all over the world and the need for trained pilots is increasing.

Our friends who participated in the evaluation processes with the Take-Off Cadet Program and successfully completed the processes, II. They are included in the pilot candidate training program and after 15-18 months of training consisting of theoretical and practical courses, as a first officer candidate, they participate in 3-6 months of type training at domestic and international flight training academies that are affiliated with Turkish Airlines or are business partners of Turkish Airlines.

General Requirements

Turkish citizen or blue card holder,

Having at least bachelor's degree (formal or open education),

*YÖK equivalence certificate is requested from candidates who graduated from universities abroad before the board

*The applications of candidates whose undergraduate education period is more than 6 years and 1 month will not be accepted. (For candidates studying foreign language preparatory class, this period is 7 years and 1 month.) The relevant period is calculated on your transcript taken from E-Government and covers the period between the registration date and the graduation date.

• Born between 01.01.1995 and 31.12.2004
• Falling within the height requirements (160cm-195cm), and compliance with body mass index (within the range of 20-30),
• Military service completed, or committing to have military service postponed for at least 2 years as of the training start date,
• No criminal record or criminal archive record,
• Not having quitted jobs in Turkish Airlines Inc. or other organizations due to indiscipline previously,
• Not having left Turkish Airlines Inc. and its affiliates due to contract termination previously.
• For candidates who have a blue card or have more than one citizenship, being able to speak Turkish fluently and understandably.
• Not having participated in any pilot training program before (PPL, CPL, ATPL, etc.)

Foreign Language (English) Requirement

• Certifying the required minimum score from one of the following English language tests taken within the last 2 years as of the application date,
• TOEFL (IBT) : 60 (speaking : min.18)
• IELTS (Academic or General) : 6 (speaking : min.6)
• PTE (Academic) : 53 (speaking : min.53)

The candidates who cannot submit the language certificate at the application stage shall be given extra time to obtain the language certificate before the Board interview process, provided that they become successful in the language test to be held by Turkish Airlines Inc. Even if the candidates pass the language test, they are required to provide specified language certificates before the board interview process. TOEFL Home Edition, IELTS Online and PTE Online will not be accepted. (Language certificates must be uploaded to the system in PDF format.)

Health Requirement

To meet the health criteria determined by Turkish Airlines.

Manner of Application and Procedure to follow:

• The candidates who meet the abovementioned requirements are required to apply for the advertisement through the internet. Any applications other than internet application shall not be accepted.
• Candidates must apply with the Transcript they will receive via E-Devlet platform.
• The candidates must select institution type as "Resmi" and the area where the document will be given as "Diğer" on E-Devlet platform.
• The candidates who hold language certificate shall be invited for Psychometric tests. At least bachelor's degree holder candidates who do not hold language certificate shall be invited for the English test to be held by Turkish Airlines Inc. The candidates who do not meet the criteria cannot continue the process.
• The candidates who become successful at the end of the entire process shall be offered employment, asked to prepare employment documents, and after the candidate delivers the required documents, their employment process shall be completed.

Notes:

• Within the scope of the evaluation processes specified below, candidates who are negative twice in the same process, regardless of the year they participated, cannot participate in the processes again. (English test not included)
• Candidates who have failed from any process for the first time must apply again, provided that they meet the criteria for the next announcement to be opened in order to be included in the processes again. Candidates can apply to the post before the re-test (waiting) period expires.
• Candidates who have passed the Evaluation of Non-technical competencies are given an average of 1 months to obtain their language certificates before the board interview.

Evaluation Processes for Cadet Pilots

• Online English Test (shall be taken by the candidates who cannot submit language certificate at the application stage)
• The candidate is invited for the test approximately 15 days after their application for the advertisement.

Psychometric Test Evaluations

• The candidate who successfully completes the English process is scheduled for Psychometric tests within approximately 3 weeks.
• Detailed online information (Take-Off Talks) will be provided regarding the content of the psychometric test to be performed, and study documents will be sent separately.

Evaluation of Non-technical Competences

• The candidate who completes the Psychometric Test process successfully is planned for evaluation to be made within approximately 2 weeks.

Board Interview, Document Check, and Height-Weight Measurement

• The candidate who completes the CRM evaluation successfully is planned for the board interview to be made within approximately 2 weeks.

Health Check (Airworthiness)

• The pre-employment medical examination is conducted by the Health Directorate, and in order to complete the recruitment process, the candidate must not have any condition that would preclude their employment under the applicable health criteria.

If necessary, changes can be made in the evaluation stages.