Airlines Hiring in Turkish Airlines

@Rumana Maner

Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. As of August 2019[update], it operates scheduled services to 315 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the largest mainline carrier in the world by number of passenger destinations. The airline serves more destinations non-stop from a single airport than any other airline in the world, and flies to 126 countries, more than any other airline. With an operational fleet of 24 cargo aircraft, the airline's cargo division serves 82 destinations.

Cabin Crew

Travelling all around the world, our cabin personnel become our brand’s ambassadors. The cabin crew is a strong unit working to ensure the needs of our passengers are met and they are having a pleasant flight. We conduct cabin crew hiring via the listings we publish on our career website, whenever a need arises.

We prepare flight attendant applicants for the job by providing them with mandatory technical training, applied courses, company policies and service concept training within the context of Basic Safety Training at Turkish Airlines Flight Training Centre. We arrange flight programs, shifts and breaks of our cabin crew in accordance with the legislation of international and national civil aviation authorities. Our applicants who successfully complete their training, join our team after they get their flight certificates and complete their practice flights.

Our cabin crew is such a strong unit that can manage to uphold the same high occupational standards in every flight. Our flight attendants are always decent, elegant, friendly, kind, empathetic, calm, people-oriented individuals, who are able to make decisions in harsh situations and have high potential to be team players. Therefore, we prepare our cabin crew to be able to handle emergencies even before they start their duties and during their careers by providing extensive training. Being a flight attendant at Turkish Airlines means having utmost discipline. One should not forget that being a flight attendant, which provides the opportunity to travel to many places around the world, has higher responsibility levels and different working standards compared to many other lines of work. It vastly differs from other lines of work in regards to working hours, periods, conditions and opportunities. That is why, we provide extensive training to our applicants during their “Basic Safety Training” and teach them the necessities of flight safety and details of in-cabin service.

Cockpit Crew

You can explore the world by working at Turkish Airlines. Aside from the flight attendants, our cockpit crew also has the chance to see and experience many different places on earth.

We use the global standards as base when hiring cockpit crew and manage this process meticulously. We train our young pilots and bring them into Turkish Airlines as well as employing experienced pilots from different nations.

Employment of cockpit crew is conducted under the context of four categories:

Captain
First Officer
Cadet Pilots Program
Simulator Flight Instructor (SFI)

Experienced Pilots Screening

Turkish Airlines screening process takes 3 days (Monday through to Wednesday, inclusive of the Medical).

All travel and accommodation expenses are covered by Turkish Airlines.

Here are the steps listed in chronological order:

CRM/Group Assessment Application: Psychometric assessment
Document and Licence Check: Validity and compliance with the criteria is checked.
Simulator Check: Assessment of the flying skills
Panel Interview: Competency based interview
Medical Check: This will be performed at a private medical institution and will be covered by Turkish Airlines.

Administrative/Technical Unit Employee

Our cabin and cockpit crews handle their duties in the sky for the safety and comfort of our passengers. Our ground administrative and technical team however, plays an important role in flawlessly conducting this major organisation and carrying our passengers to their loved ones in safety and comfort.

Applicants, who wish to be a part of our administrative and technical units may apply to our technician, clerk, specialist and engineer listings, which will be published on our website depending on the needs. During the hiring process, our applicants will be subjected to competency-based interviews and selection and evaluation methods in written and spoken form.

International Employee

We have offices in many different countries and cities around the world. You can apply to Turkish Airlines to be a part of this rapidly developing big brand in your own country, as well.

With flights to many different places of the world, Turkish Airlines shoulders the mission of being a bridge between east-west and north-south. Applicants who wish to be a part of this important mission and want to be employed in our international offices may apply to our listings on our career website and participate in the evaluation process.

Newly Graduate/Student

You can both be a part of Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s flag-bearer brand and national pride, and benefit from numerous opportunities to improve yourself.

Moreover, we provide part-time working opportunities to students, who are continuing their undergraduate studies. This way, you can gain work experience, while you are still continuing your education.

Beginning your business life at Turkish Airlines, one of the most prestigious brands of Turkey and the world, with the confidence of having a large family will make you step forward. Newly graduate applicants may be employed in positions such as technician, specialist, clerk, part-time clerk at administrative and technical units.

First Officer (Experienced, Inexperienced on Narrow Body or Non-Type-Rated)

Scope of Advertisement

The non-type-rated candidate First Officers or the ones type-rated on one of B737 or A320 regardless of flight hours shall be evaluated within the scope of this advertisement.

General Qualifications

•Turkish citizen or blue card holder

•Born after 01.01.1972

•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 (flight indiscipline)

•No criminal record or criminal archive record

•Having completed the military service, or being exempt from or able to postpone it for minimum 2 years

•Accepting the place to be shown by the Company as the main base and residing there

•Not having quitted jobs in Turkish Airlines Inc. or other organisations due to indiscipline previously,

•Not having left Turkish Airlines Inc. and its affiliates due to contract termination previously.

Technical Qualifications

•Holding CPL/IR(A) (ME training should be completed) with ATPL theoretical credit or ATPL (A) (Turkish DGCA/EASA/FAA/ICAO)

•For the candidates at the employment stage, holding Turkish flight licence

Health Requirements

•That you hold a valid health certificate given by an Aviation Medical Centre authorised by Turkish DGCA does not mean that your recruitment examination is over, because the latest recruitment examination to be performed by our Company’s workplace physicians is essential. Our Company workplace physicians who will also check your past health records and updated health file in the meantime will decide on whether you can be employed in consequence of their evaluations. If s/he is not employed, the candidate may not claim any right.

•If the candidates’ latest Health Certificates include OML, CCL, OAL, OOL restriction, the Company workplace physicians shall make a preliminary interview with the candidates in the Occupational Health Management. Before the said interview, the candidates are required to

-Send an email to UCUSHEKIMLIGI@THY.COM,

-Apply together with the health file of their latest periodic examination, certificate, and their Health records related to the conditions that is the cause of the OML restriction,

-Come to the location at the specified time on the specified date to interview with our Workplace physicians.

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 Centres authorised by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and confirms that they are healthy enough to be fit for flight.

Foreign Language Requirement

•Foreign language proficiency within the scope of criteria determined by Turkish Airlines Inc.

•English Proficiency Level at ICAO Level 4 and above (It must have been recorded in the licence by the commencement date)

•The candidates who submit one of the following documents shall be exempt from the Aviation English test.

Received within the last 2 years:

TOEFL (IBT): 60 (speaking: min. 18)

IELTS: 6 (speaking: min. 6)

Process Information:

•The compliance of the applications filed over the website by the candidates with the advertisement criteria shall be reviewed through the online document check.

• The candidates who have passed the preliminary document check stage shall participate in the Document check (the original documents shall be checked), Turkish Airlines In. Aviation English test, and CRM Assessment processes on the 1st day. They shall participate in the Simulator Test and Committee Interview processes on the 2nd day. The candidates who have completed all these processes successfully shall be invited to the health check process.

Captain Narrow Body

Scope of Advertisement

The candidate Captains who have the below-mentioned flight experience on the accepted aircraft types not included in Turkish Airlines Inc. aircraft fleet shall be evaluated within the scope of this advertisement.

General Qualifications

•Turkish citizen or blue card holder

•Born after 01.01.1962

•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

•No criminal record or criminal archive record

•Having completed or being exempt from the military service

•Accepting the place to be shown by the Company as the main base and residing there

•Not having quitted jobs in Turkish Airlines Inc. or other organisations due to indiscipline previously,

•Not having left Turkish Airlines Inc. and its affiliates due to contract termination previously.

Technical Qualifications

•Holding ATPL(A) (EASA/FAA/ICAO)

•Holding valid type rating on one of B737, A320 types

•For the candidates who do not have valid type rating on one of the above-mentioned types, having valid type rating on the below-mentioned aircraft types

•Total flight experience of minimum 5,000 hours

•Flight experience of minimum 3,000 hours on the aircraft above 27 tons

•Flight experience of minimum 1500 hours as captain on the aircraft types not included in Turkish Airlines fleet (Accepted narrow body aircraft types list), or minimum 500 hours as captain on the aircraft types (A320 - B737) included in Turkish Airlines fleet (simulator and line check hours excluded)

•They are not included in the seniority for 3 years following the executive committee approval.

Health Conditions

1. Pilot Recruitment Health Criteria

The candidates who have diseases other than the listed ones can send their questions to UCUSHEKIMLIGI@THY.COM.

•That you hold a valid health certificate given by an Aviation Medical Centre authorised by Turkish DGCA does not mean that your recruitment examination is over, because the latest recruitment examination to be performed by our Company’s workplace physicians is essential. Our Company Workplace physicians who will also check your past health records and updated health file in the meantime will decide on whether you can be employed in consequence of their evaluations.

If s/he is not employed, the candidate may not claim any right.

First Officer Wide Body

Scope of Advertisement

The candidate pilots who have the below-mentioned flight experience on one of B777/787, A330/350 aircraft types or the accepted aircraft types not included in Turkish Airlines Inc. aircraft fleet shall be evaluated within the scope of this advertisement.

General Qualifications

•Turkish citizen or blue card holder

•Born after 01.01.1972

•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

•No criminal record or criminal archive record

•Having completed the military service, or being able to postpone it for minimum 2 years

•Accepting the place to be shown by the Company as the main base and residing there

•Not having quitted jobs in Turkish Airlines Inc. or other organisations due to indiscipline previously,

•Not having left Turkish Airlines Inc. and its affiliates due to contract termination previously.

Technical Qualifications

•Holding ATPL(A) (Turkish DGCA/EASA/FAA/ICAO)

•Holding valid type rating on one of B777/787, A330/350 types

•For the candidates who do not have valid type rating on one of the above-mentioned types, having valid type rating on the below-mentioned aircraft types

•Total flight experience of minimum 2,000 hours on the aircraft above 27 tons, the aircraft types not available in Turkish Airlines fleet included, or minimum 1,500 hours on the said aircraft, the aircraft types available in Turkish Airlines fleet included

•Flight experience of minimum 1,000 hours on the aircraft types not included in Turkish Airlines fleet (Accepted First Officer Wide Body Aircraft Types List), or minimum 500 hours on the aircraft types (A330/350 - B777/787) included in Turkish Airlines fleet (simulator and line check hours excluded)

Health Conditions

1. Pilot Recruitment Health Criteria

The candidates who have diseases other than the listed ones can send their questions to UCUSHEKIMLIGI@THY.COM.

•That you hold a valid health certificate given by an Aviation Medical Centre authorised by Turkish DGCA does not mean that your recruitment examination is over, because the latest recruitment examination to be performed by our Company’s workplace physicians is essential. Our Company Workplace physicians who will also check your past health records and updated health file in the meantime will decide on whether you can be employed in consequence of their evaluations.

If s/he is not employed, the candidate may not claim any right.

-If the candidates’ latest Health Certificates include OML, CCL, OAL, OOL restriction, the Company workplace physicians shall make a preliminary interview with the candidates in the Occupational Health Management. Before the said interview, the candidates are required to

-Send an email to UCUSHEKIMLIGI@THY.COM,

-Apply together with the health file of their latest periodic examination, certificate, and their Health records related to the conditions that is the cause of the OML restriction,

-Come to the location at the specified time on the specified date to interview with our Workplace physicians.

2. Holding Updated 'Fit for Flight' Health Report

Foreign Language Requirement

Foreign language proficiency within the scope of criteria determined by Turkish Airlines Inc.

•English Proficiency Level at ICAO Level 4 and above (It must have been recorded in the licence by the commencement date)

•The candidates who submit one of the following documents shall be exempt from the Aviation English test.

Received within the last 2 years:

TOEFL (IBT): 60 (speaking: min. 18)

IELTS: 6 (speaking: min. 6)

Process Information:

•The compliance of the applications filed over the website by the candidates with the advertisement criteria shall be reviewed through the online document check.

Captain Wide Body

Scope of Advertisement

The candidate Captains who have the below-mentioned flight experience on one of B777/787, A330/350 aircraft types or the accepted aircraft types not included in Turkish Airlines Inc. aircraft fleet shall be evaluated within the scope of this advertisement.

General Qualifications

•Turkish citizen or blue card holder

•Born after 01.01.1962

•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 flight indiscipline

•No criminal record or criminal archive record

•Having completed or being exempt from the military service

•Accepting the place to be shown by the Company as the main base and residing there

•Not having quitted jobs in Turkish Airlines Inc. or other organisations due to indiscipline previously,

•Not having left Turkish Airlines Inc. and its affiliates due to contract termination previously.

Technical Qualifications

•Holding ATPL(A) (Turkish DGCA/EASA/FAA/ICAO)

•Holding valid type rating on one of B777/787, A330/350 types

•For the candidates who do not have valid type rating on one of the above-mentioned types, having valid type rating on the below-mentioned aircraft types

•Total flight experience of minimum 6,000 hours on the aircraft above 27 tons

•Total flight experience of minimum 3,000 hours as captain on the aircraft above 27 tons

•Flight experience of minimum 1500 hours as captain on the aircraft types not included in Turkish Airlines fleet (Accepted Captain Wide Body Aircraft Types List), or minimum 500 hours as captain on the (A330/350 - B777/787) types included in Turkish Airlines fleet (simulator and line check hours excluded)

•They are not included in the seniority for 3 years following the executive committee approval.

Health Conditions

1. Pilot Recruitment Health Criteria

The candidates who have diseases other than the listed ones can send their questions to UCUSHEKIMLIGI@THY.COM.

•That you hold a valid health certificate given by an Aviation Medical Centre authorised by Turkish DGCA does not mean that your recruitment examination is over, because the latest recruitment examination to be performed by our Company’s workplace physicians is essential. Our Company Workplace physicians who will also check your past health records and updated health file in the meantime will decide on whether you can be employed in consequence of their evaluations.

If s/he is not employed, the candidate may not claim any right.

-Send an email to UCUSHEKIMLIGI@THY.COM,

-Apply together with the health file of their latest periodic examination, certificate, and their Health records related to the conditions that is the cause of the OML restriction,

-Come to the location at the specified time on the specified date to interview with our Workplace physicians.

2. Holding Updated 'Fit for Flight' Health Report

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

Foreign Language Requirement

•Foreign language proficiency within the scope of criteria determined by Turkish Airlines Inc.

•English Proficiency Level at ICAO Level 4 and above (It must have been recorded in the licence by the commencement date)

•The candidates who submit one of the following documents shall be exempt from the Aviation English test.

Received within the last 2 years:

TOEFL (IBT): 60 (speaking: min. 18)

IELTS: 6 (speaking: min. 6)

Process Information:

•The compliance of the applications filed over the website by the candidates with the advertisement criteria shall be reviewed through the online document check.

•The candidates who have passed the preliminary document check stage shall participate in the Document check (the original documents shall be checked), Turkish Airlines In. Aviation English test, and CRM Assessment processes on the 1st day. They shall participate in the Simulator Test and Committee Interview processes on the 2nd day. The candidates who have completed all these processes successfully shall be invited to the health check process.

•The captains employed within the scope of the announcement shall be added to the end of the seniority list after 3 years of Company service as per the Company rules.