Captain A320
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About the Role
The role involves ensuring flight safety, leading crew, and maintaining operational efficiency, requiring extensive flying hours and valid certifications.
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Overview
- Make the world your home.
- It s an extraordinary time to join Etihad.
- In 2025 alone we ve carried over 10 million guests, announced 30+ new destinations, and recorded the strongest half-year profit in our history.
- With more than 20 new aircraft arriving this year and a clear path to double our fleet by 2030, we re investing heavily in the future and redefining what global aviation looks like.
- Just as we push boundaries for our guests through innovation, sustainability, and world-class service, we re equally committed to providing our pilots with exceptional careers.
- Etihad, ranked the world s safest airline, offers a vibrant, cosmopolitan lifestyle for you and your family, complemented by tax-free salaries, concessionary travel, comprehensive benefits, and endless opportunities for progression inside and beyond the cockpit.
- What we offer
- Etihad provides a competitive, tax-free package designed to reward performance and support your lifestyle in Abu Dhabi.
- Your annual package includes basic salary, flying pay, housing allowance, and layover and meal allowances, with the potential to earn up to AED 674,029 (USD 181,589) per year based on 75 flying hours per month.
- Your salary includes performance-based annual increments, complemented by a comprehensive range of benefits:
- Education allowance of up to AED 40,000 for primary and AED 55,000 for secondary per child, for up to three children
- Income protection scheme
- 42 days of annual leave
- Industry-leading staff travel benefits and access to Etihad s exclusive discounts
- End-of-service benefits
- Accidental and life insurance coverage
- Etihad supports candidates relocating to Abu Dhabi through initiatives such as a shipping container allowance, settling-in support, and family travel benefits from any location in the world
The Role
- As a Captain with Etihad, you hold ultimate authority for the safe, secure, and efficient operation of every flight.
- You are entrusted with technical command of the aircraft, leadership of the crew, and the responsibility to uphold Etihad s highest standards of professionalism.
- Ensure the safety and security of crew, passengers, cargo, and aircraft at all times
- Exercise full command of the aircraft from taxi-out to final engine shutdown
- Lead the flight and cabin crew, demonstrating strong decision-making and effective crew resource management
- Operate with efficiency and environmental responsibility, in line with company fuel and sustainability policies
- Deliver consistent On Time Performance to meet Etihad s commitment to reliability and guest satisfaction
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