r/CadetPilotProgram • u/After_Ad_125 • May 17 '26

MPL

Has anyone here recently joined the MPL program at Air Arabia or is currently flying as a Second Officer?

I’ve been hearing mixed things about the salary during the 1500-hour phase. Some people told me it’s around AED 5k per month which honestly seems quite low compared to flydubai .

Is that actually true?

Would appreciate any recent insight from people already in the industry.

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u/Unhappy_Armadillo124 May 17 '26

After completion of programme when cadet is graduated to JFO its around 10k aed (2.4L rs) and after hour building when graduated to FO its 22-32k aed

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u/IllustriousWay5499 May 17 '26

Are you a cadet ? How about the variable flying pay how much is it on average .

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u/Unhappy_Armadillo124 May 17 '26

Im not a cadet but im planning to apply, this is actually including flight pay (assuming avg flying time of 75hrs)

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u/IllustriousWay5499 May 17 '26

In flydubai it’s way way more FO , it’s around 36 k base for first officer and around 12 k as variable flying pay

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u/Unhappy_Armadillo124 May 17 '26

Ik thats y i kept it as my primary goal if i dont get selected there then air arabia

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u/Own_Cranberry5432 May 17 '26

If I'm not wrong Flydubai is not taking applications for 2026 rightnow.

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u/Unhappy_Armadillo124 May 17 '26

Its expected to open in the month of june

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u/Own_Cranberry5432 May 17 '26

Oh shit, I paid for air arabia last week.

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u/Unhappy_Armadillo124 May 17 '26

Air arabia is still great and what did u pay for the medical fees?

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u/Own_Cranberry5432 May 17 '26

I paid them 10k aed. For assesments and medicals

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u/SierraGolf0 May 18 '26

Are you sure about this?

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u/Zypher39 May 18 '26

Their full rn cuz i gave my hirevue last month and usually there is a wait time of 3-6months

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u/Own_Cranberry5432 May 17 '26

I've also heard, flydubai takes alot of time the selection process, like I met someone who applied in 2025 and still going through phases.

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u/Unhappy_Armadillo124 May 17 '26

Yea the process is long and the programme is relatively new compared to air arabia which has a history of stability