Scope of Advertisement

The first officer candidates with less than 500 hours of flight experience in one of the B737 or A320 types will be evaluated within the scope of this announcement.

General Qualifications

• Turkish citizen or blue card holder,
• Born after 01.01.1979,
• At least high school graduation (our candidates who graduated from a high school abroad are required to submit their equivalence certificates.),
• Not having received any written punishment due to flight failure or indiscipline,
• Having no Criminal Record or Criminal Archive Record,
• Having completed the military service, or being exempt from or able to commit to postponing it for minimum 2 years,
• Accepting the place to be shown by the partnership as the main base and residing there,
• Not having quitted jobs in other organizations due to indiscipline previously,
• Not having left Turkish Airlines Inc. or Turkish Airlines Inc. subsidiaries due to contract termination or indiscipline previously,
• For Blue card holders or candidates with more than one citizenship, being able to speak fluent and understandable Turkish.

Technical Qualifications

• Holding CPL/IR(A) with ATPL theoretical credit or ATPL (A) (DGCA Turkey/EASA/FAA/ICAO),
• Holding a valid type rating on one of A320 or B737 aircrafts,
• Having a current Class-1 certificate compatible with their license.

(Candidates with more than 500 hours of flight experience in the aircraft type should apply for our First Officer Narrow Body announcement.)

Health Requirements

1. Pilot Recruitment Health Criteria

You can access the recruitment health criteria determined by Turkish Airlines through the following link. The candidates are required to review the list before starting the process, and the candidates who have the diseases making them ineligible are required not to apply. Please click here for the health criteria.

-Having a valid medical certificate issued by the Aviation Medical Center Authorized by DGCA Turkey does not mean that your medical examination has been completed. The most recent employment examination to be performed by the workplace physicians of our partnership is taken as basis. In the meantime, your past health records and your current health file will be reviewed, and our partnership's workplace physicians will decide whether you will be employed or not. If s/he is not employed, the candidate may not claim any right.

2. Holding Updated 'Fit for Flight' Health Report 

The candidates who are successful in the selection processes are required to obtain a medical report at the employment stage, which is issued within the last 30 days by the Aviation Medical Centers authorized by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and confirms that they are healthy sufficient to be fit for flight. 

Please click here for the Pilot Recruitment Health Examination Process applied during Turkish Airlines Recruitment Examination.

• Foreign Language Proficiency Requirements 
• Foreign language proficiency within the scope of criteria determined by Turkish Airlines.
• English Proficiency Level at ICAO Level 4 and above (It must have been recorded in the license by the commencement date and be valid for minimum 6 months as of the employment date.
• The candidates who submit one of the following documents obtained within the last 2years shall be exempt from the Aviation English test;
• TOEFL (IBT) : 60 (Speaking: 18)
• IELTS(General-Academic) : 6 (Speaking: 6)
• PTE (Academic) : 46 (Speaking: 46)
• Home edition and online language tests are not accepted.

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.

Following their application, candidates are required to upload the following documents to the CV Attachments field on the Career page:

• Criminal Archive Record Document, by selecting “official” in the “type of institution” field and “other” in the “why the document will be issued” field (must have been received within the last 1month),
• Military Service Certificate (can be obtained through e-government),
• SSI Workplace Title List and Service Scheme
• National ID card; TR ID number and date of birth must be visible,
• Diploma or E-Government Graduation Certificate,
• Flight License (front and back pages),
• Health Certificate,
• Logbook (last 3 pages),
• They are required to upload their documents in PDF format.  When uploading the relevant documents, only the name of the document must be written in the file name, not the name and surname.
• The candidates who hold language certificate shall be invited for Competence Evaluation process. Candidates who do not have a language certificate will be invited to the Aviation English exam to be conducted by Turkish Airlines.
• Candidates with a bachelor's degree can apply with the graduation certificate or diploma images they will receive through e-government.
• 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.

First Officer (Inexperienced on Narrow Body) Candidate Evaluation Processes:

• Candidates who pass the online document check are invited to the processes.
• Aviation English Test and Competency Assessment
• Candidates who cannot submit a language certificate will take the Aviation English test.
• The competency assessment process may take place on the same or different days as the Aviation English test.
• Simulator Test
• Candidates who are passed the competency assessment are invited to the simulator test.
• Document Check, HR and Business Department Technical Interview
• Candidates who successfully complete the simulator test are invited for document check and HR and Business Department Technical interview.
• Aviation English, competency assessment, and simulator test evaluation stages may vary depending on slot availability.

Notes:

• Within the scope of the evaluation processes specified below, candidates who fail twice in the same process, regardless of the year of participation, cannot be included in the processes again. (Except for the Aviation English exam)
• Candidates who have failed any process for the first time must reapply to the next announcement to be opened in order to be included in the processes again, provided that they meet the criteria of the announcement.
• Turkish Airlines reserves the right to change the processes.