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easyJet is feeding its 2026-27 pilot pipeline mainly through two self-funded cadet routes (CAE MPL and the new Skyborne integrated ATPL, about 1,000 pilots over five years), while direct entry is limited to Captain vacancies as fuel-driven winter cuts and the pending £5.7bn Apollo takeover shape the business.

Open: CAE MPL and Skyborne ATPL cadets, DE Captains (LGW rated/non-rated, Marrakesh fixed-term). No DE co-pilot vacancies listed (Oct 2026)

easyJet is the UK's largest airline and one of Europe's leading low-cost carriers: 93.4 million passengers and a record £665m headline profit in FY25, about 356 Airbus A320-family aircraft and 33 bases. It flies to primary airports through three airlines with their own AOCs - easyJet UK (Luton), easyJet Europe (Vienna) and easyJet Switzerland (Geneva) - plus the fast-growing easyJet holidays. Its story is disruption followed by discipline: a two-leased-aircraft start-up at Luton in 1995, a 2000 listing, the Go takeover, the switch to Airbus, Brexit (the Austrian AOC) and COVID.

Key facts

Fleet	356 A320 family at 31 Mar 2026: 79 A319, 180 A320ceo, 75 A320neo, 22 A321neo (100th neo delivered Jun 2026); plan c.370 by end FY26. By AOC (approx., 2025): easyJet UK c.190, easyJet Europe c.135, easyJet Switzerland c.31
Orders	287 firm to FY34 (125 A320neo, 162 A321neo) + 100 purchase rights; Dec 2023 order 157 (56 A320neo, 101 A321neo); deliveries 17 in FY26, 30 FY27, 43 FY28; A319 out by FY29
Bases	33: 11 UK, 2 Switzerland (GVA, BSL), 6 France, 4 Italy, 4 Spain (3 seasonal), 3 Portugal, BER, AMS, RAK. Opened 2025: LIN, FCO, SEN; 2026: NCL, RAK
Pilots	Roughly 4,000+ pilots across three AOCs (reported; not published by easyJet); c.8,000 cabin crew
Hiring 2026	About 1,000 cadet-trained pilots planned over five years (500 CAE, 500 Skyborne); DE Captain hiring; co-pilot DE paused
Entry routes	Generation easyJet MPL (EUR 115k), FlightCrew Futures ATPL (GBP 129k), DE Captain rated/NTR, DE co-pilot (periodic), low-hour SO (closed since 2025)

Entry routes and requirements

Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme (MPL, with CAE) - OPEN

Ab-initio candidates with no or very limited flying experience (UK and EU/EEA/Swiss right to work)

Age 18+ by course start
Unrestricted right to live and work in the UK, EEA, EU or Switzerland (CAE page, Oct 2026; its 'Apply now' box still says 'UK citizens only', so confirm at application)
Secondary/high-school passes in Maths, English and a Science plus two other subjects
Fluent written and spoken English (an official English certificate may be requested depending on nationality)

easyJet FlightCrew Futures (Integrated ATPL + A320 TR, with Skyborne) - OPEN

UK ab-initio candidates with little or no flying experience

Age 18+ when training starts
Unrestricted right to live and work in the UK (UK CAA licence route for easyJet UK)
Minimum GCSEs or equivalent (Maths, English, Science reported)
UK CAA Class 1 and FAA Class 3 medical before training

Direct Entry Captain (A320-rated and non-type-rated) - OPEN (Oct 2026)

Experienced commanders

Min 4,000 h total
Rated: 1,000 h PIC on A320 family (2026 listings); older listings: 500 h A320 + 500 h PIC on jets >30 t
Non-rated: 1,000 h PIC on jets >30 t MTOW
Licence of the AOC state: UK CAA licence + Class 1 for easyJet UK (e.g. Gatwick); EASA licence for easyJet Europe bases

Direct Entry Co-pilot (A320-rated / non-rated) - PERIODIC, none listed Oct 2026

Type-rated or experienced co-pilots

Type-rated: min 500 h on A320 family, operating as A320 co-pilot in the last 12 months, valid LPC on joining
Non-type-rated: min 1,000 h incl. 500 h on aircraft >10 t MTOW (reported, 2026 tracker)
Licence matching the AOC (UK CAA for UK bases, EASA for EU bases); Class 1 medical
ICAO English Level 4 minimum

Low-hour Non-Rated Second Officer / FO (UK bases) - CLOSED

Recently qualified (often modular) CPL/IR holders

Right to live and work in the UK with unrestricted network access
UK CAA CPL/IR and UK CAA Class 1 medical
No more than 5 ATPL exam resits; no more than 20 h remedial flight training
A-UPRT completed and APS MCC (normal standard)

The selection process, step by step

Online applicationonline
Direct entry: easyJet Careers (Taleo) with passport, CV with full hours breakdown, licence, Class 1, last three logbook pages, ATPL results, A-UPRT/APS MCC proof and admin form; not reviewed until complete. Cadets: via CAE (MPL) or Skyborne (register interest first).
Online assessments (DE, Skyborne) / CAE ADAPT (MPL)online; ADAPT virtual or at a CAE European centre
Aon (ex cut-e) battery: numerical (reported c.37 items/12 min, no calculator) and verbal reasoning (reported c.49 items/12 min), spatial-memory module (gridChallenge, reported) and a personality questionnaire (EASA psychological assessment). Captains report a personality questionnaire plus a video interview.
Application reviewinternal
easyJet recruitment reviews documents together with test results before inviting to the assessment centre.
Non-Technical Assessment (group exercise + competency interview)in person at an easyJet simulator centre, sometimes virtual (reported)
Group exercise (reported: 6-8 candidates, ranking/business/practical tasks), life-at-easyJet briefing and a c.1 h competency interview with a pilot and an HR assessor. Cadets (CAE/Skyborne) do group exercises and a personal interview with easyJet involvement.
Technical (SIM) Assessment - direct entry onlyA320 FFS, crew of two candidates
A320 sim with a briefing pack sent in advance; reported content: take-off/SID, raw-data handling, a non-normal (often engine failure), single-engine or raw-data approach, go-around/landing. PM performance is assessed.
Refresher training (low-hour non-rated route only)in person
Self-funded refresher that must be passed before the A320 type rating (2024-25 low-hour campaign).

Aptitude and psychometric tests

numerical reasoning (no calculator, reported)
verbal reasoning (reported)
spatial memory / gridChallenge (reported)
personality questionnaire
psychomotor and dynamic multitasking (ADAPT)
maths and technical reasoning MCQ (ADAPT)

CAE ADAPT (Generation easyJet MPL - official, CAE page) · Aon (FlightCrew Futures with Skyborne - official per AFM/Skyborne, Oct 2026) · Aon / cut-e for direct-entry online assessments (reported by prep sites)

Group exercise

Cadets: team exercises at the final stage (official, CAE/Skyborne). Direct entry: Non-Technical Assessment reported to include a 6-8 person group exercise (ranking, resource-allocation or build tasks); assessors watch behaviour and CRM, not the solution.

The interview

Competency-based, c.1 h with a pilot assessor and an HR/recruitment assessor (reported); 'why easyJet / why now' plus STAR behavioural questions; DE may include A320/ATPL technical questions

motivation for easyJet and company knowledge
safety culture and speaking up
teamwork and CRM (Orange Spirit)
customer focus
resilience under roster disruption
learning from mistakes

Typical questions to prepare

Why easyJet?
Why now, and why this base or AOC?
What do you know about easyJet's structure?
What is your view of the Apollo takeover?
How does high fuel affect easyJet and what can a pilot do?
What does 'Safety at our heart' mean to you?

The simulator assessment

Device	Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator (CAE)
Where	easyJet/CAE training centres, reported London Gatwick or Milan Malpensa for direct entry
Typical profile	Technical (SIM) Assessment for DE only; briefing pack sent beforehand. Reported: two candidates, c.2 h, each as PF and PM: take-off/SID, raw-data handling, non-normal (engine failure or system failure with ECAM), single-engine or raw-data ILS, go-around and landing. Official profile not published.

Language and after selection

Direct entry: ICAO English Level 4 minimum (Level 6 helps). Cadets: fluent written and spoken English; certificate may be required.

MPL cadets: c.950 h ATPL theory, core flying at CAE Phoenix, Airbus sim phases (Gatwick/Milan) on easyJet SOPs, MPL + A320 TR, then base and line training as easyJet co-pilot. Skyborne: integrated ATPL (UK/Vero Beach), A-UPRT, APS MCC, A320 TR, then line training.

Common reasons candidates fail

Weak raw-data manual flying or poor scan in the A320 sim
Poor CRM with the sim partner or in the group exercise (dominating or disappearing)
Generic answers without STAR structure or real evidence
Little knowledge of easyJet's AOCs, 2026 news and values
Missing hard eligibility filters (licence state, right to work, ATPL resits, remedial hours)

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Format: PDF (bookmarked, iPad-optimised)
Language: English
Edition: Ed 2026 · Revision 1.0
Current to: October 2026
Pages: 192
Status: Available
Licence: Personal, single user · see licence terms
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Simulator stage: Covered as reported by candidates and public sources

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Practice questions: company knowledge

Interview practice drawn from public sources; the answers are not an FAQ about the guide.

When and where did easyJet first fly?

10 November 1995, London Luton to Glasgow

Who founded easyJet?

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Who is easyJet's CEO?

Kenton Jarvis (since January 2025)

Who chairs easyJet plc?

Sir Stephen Hester

Who is easyJet's CFO?

Jan De Raeymaeker

Who became COO in 2026 and why?

Sophie Dekkers, after David Morgan retired as COO to return to flying as an easyJet pilot

Preparation guides

Pilot Aptitude Tests: What They Measure and How to Practise Pilot Assessment Guide: How Airline Selection Works and How to Prepare Pilot Group Exercise: How to Show Real Crew Behaviour Pilot Interview Questions: How to Prepare Competency and Technical Answers Pilot Personality Questionnaire: Honesty, Consistency and Crew Fit Pilot Simulator Assessment: What to Expect and How to Prepare Pilot Technical Interview: Key Topics and How to Explain Them

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Main sources

https://www.cae.com/civil-aviation/become-a-pilot/our-pilot-training-programmes/generation-easyjet-pilot-training-programme/
https://afm.aero/cae-and-easyjet-extend-generation-easyjet-mpl-partnership-for-5-years
https://www.easyjet.com/en/news/airline/story/easyjet-marks-its-100th-generation-easyjet-cadet-pilot-course-with-training-partner-cae
https://skyborne.com/uk/news-events/skyborne-selected-as-a-uk-pilot-training-partner-for-easyjet/
https://afm.aero/easyjet-and-skyborne-continue-recruitment-for-uk-integrated-atpl-cadet-pilot-pathway

SET STANDARD is an independent training publisher, not affiliated with easyJet. Information compiled from public sources and candidate reports; always confirm with the airline’s official careers page.