SalamAir Cadet Pilot Program

Joining us through a Cadet Programme gives you the launchpad to an incredible career in the skies.

Your next challenge awaits

The Cadet Pilot Program aims to develop selected high calibre students into future professional airline pilots who will play a pivotal role towards the growth of Salam Air.

The Program provides all the necessary training required to enable young men and women to become the Airline Pilots qualified on the Airbus 320 aircraft type.

We’ve got ambitious plans to keep growing and evolving, so there’s an exciting future for you ahead.

Are you ready to become an airline pilot at SalamAir?

Limited slots are available for new admissions, so please consider the following requirements before you apply.


  • You must be 18-35 years and medically fit.

  • You Must have completed Secondary Education (high school), with an average of 75% or higher.

  • Hold current Frozen ATPL certificate preferable EASA or ICAO/FAA CPL with IR acceptable to Oman CAA with validity more than Six months from the course start date.

  • Hold current and valid medical certificate more than six months from the course start date.

  • Hold English Language Proficiency certificate at minimum ICAO Level 4.

  • Able to produce a Criminal Record Check (CRC) Basic Disclosure Certificate.

  • Experience Crediting (Single Engine and Multi-Engine).

Note: Validity may be required to be longer based on slots reserved to start the course.

Oman CAA Requirements

Modular Course

An applicant for a CPL who is not a graduate from an integrated flying training course shall have completed as a pilot on aeroplanes having a certificate of airworthiness issued or accepted by the Sultanate of Oman at least 200 hours of flight time on SE & ME aeroplanes.

  1. Crediting from the 200 hours of flight time: 100 hours as pilot-in-command holding a CPL;

  2. 20 hours of VFR cross-country flight time as pilot-in-command, including a cross- country flight totaling at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full-stop landings at two aerodromes different from the aerodromes of departure shall be made;

  3. 15 hours of ME aeroplane.

  4. 10 hours of instrument instruction time, of which not more than 5 hours is to be instrument ground time; and

  5. 5 hours of night flight time.


Integrated Course

An applicant for a CPL who is a graduate from an integrated flying training course shall have completed as a pilot on aeroplanes having a certificate of airworthiness issued or accepted by the Sultanate of Oman at least 150 hours of flight time on SE & ME (15 Hours) aeroplanes.

  1. Crediting from the 150 hours of flight time:

  • 70 hours as pilot-in-command holding a CPL;

  • 20 hours of VFR cross-country flight time as pilot-in-command, including a cross- country flight totaling at least 540 km (300 NM) in the course of which full-stop landings at two aerodromes different from the aerodromes of departure shall be made.

  • 15 hours of ME aeroplane.

  1. 10 hours of instrument instruction time, of which not more than 5 hours is to be instrument ground time; and (4) 5 hours of night flight time.

  2. 5 hours of night flight time.

  3. MCC course.