Once your application and interest have been verified by easyJet you will be sent an online psychometric assessment to complete via email. We expect this assessment to take up to 40 minutes of your time and to be completed within 72hours. 

If you meet the required benchmark of our online assessment, we will ask you to attend a virtual interview lasting no more than 40 minutes. During our time together we will be asking you a selection of behavioural and technical based questions. The outcome of your interview will be given within 7 working days.

We have a set benchmark that each candidate needs to achieve in their psychometric assessment to move forward to our final interview. 

This benchmark ensures alignment with our external recruitment process and expected standards from our candidates. It also maintains safety and security and ensures you possess the necessary cognitive abilities, decision-making skills, and critical skills required for our pilot role at Virgin Atlantic. These standards help maintain safety, reliability, and efficiency in high-pressure situations, which is vital for the well-being of passengers and crew. 

We appreciate the effort and time you invested in our interview process so we are happy to offer individual feedback following your final interview with us (we’re unable to provide this for our psychometric testing element) We believe providing interview feedback is important as it supports your personal development and growth whilst fostering a positive, transparent hiring experience.

Congratulations on your offer! We will advise you of your start date in the schedule which accompanies your terms and conditions of employment. Your start date may also vary depending on the availability of any training you require as part of your new role or any notice period that you have with your current employer.

We require all new employees to be fully referenced in order to start in the business so should your referencing not be completed in time then this will result in your start date being pushed back in order for this to be fully completed.

We are fully inclusive here at Virgin Atlantic and would sponsor you with a right to work/skilled worker visa for a 5-year period if you require one. This visa applies to you and your role, therefore any partners and children who would be relocating to the UK with you would require a self-funded VISA. We can assist with providing details of the immigration specialists we use to issue the visa for a smooth process.  

Upon confirmation you have been successful in securing a role with Virgin Atlantic, we will email you a “Essentials ready” guide outlining the process you must commence for obtaining a new airside ID and a US VISA.  

Yes, a US VISA is required to operate our network. All details are included in the pack we will send.

As our pilots are Heathrow based and your ground school will take place in Manor Royal – Crawley, we allow pilots to claim £45 a day in costs towards travelling to/from CAE. If you intend to relocate to the UK from Europe or Switzerland, we will discuss options to support your relocation upon accepting a role with us.

All new staff are required to get a Basic Disclosure Certificate, also known as a Criminal Record Check. For more details on Basic Disclosures, please click here for the government DBS website.

Details on referencing and the DBS requirement will be included in an “Essentials Ready” guide we send across upon accepting a role with us.

A base contract (full time in accordance with our CLA 2024 with the option to pick up extra working). Other contract options can be reviewed 12 months after completion of your CLC and are outlined in the PPM.  

Your rank will be determined by your previous total flying hours: 

• Pilots with 1500 – 3000 hours will join as a First Officer
• Pilots with 3000+ hours will join as Senior First Officer 

Our pilot pay is incremented yearly, full details will be provided at offer stage.

Yes, all LHR based pilots are able to request a parking space at the staff car park. The Flight Crew Management team will show you how to request this when you start with us. 

Ground school and SIMS will be facilitated at CAE in Manor Royal with your training sectors operating out of LHR. Your training footprint will be sent across to you around 4 weeks before you join.   

Prior to your training, you will attend “First Dates”. Once we have assigned all spaces on the course, we will email you confirmation of First Dates and your first day of training at CAE.  

The Virgin Atlantic rewards and benefits package reflects our inclusive culture and values and is designed to reward, support and develop our people as they take on the world in their own way. As part of our offer, you’ll receive:  

• Income protection insurance 

• Loss of licence insurance 

• Life Assurance 

• Rewarding pension scheme 

• Staff travel 

• Digital GP support 

• Private medical cover for you and your family 

• Generous pension scheme 

We’re investing in research, new technologies, new aircrafts and innovations to reduce our impact in the air and on the ground. We’re on a mission to create a greener future for aviation.

Our state-of-the-art fleet is a key factor to make our flight operations as carbon-efficient as possible and we have a strong history of backing new, carbon-saving technologies for continuous improvement of our operations. We can’t do it alone, and we know it won’t be fixed overnight. But we’re in it for the long haul. Click here to learn more about our mission to be net zero by 2050.

Discover our brand new A350 aircraft, and see the passion we poured into creating it in this behind the scenes video. Packed with innovation, our A350 is the new heartbeat of our fleet, and we hope you love it as much as we do.