Air Belgium · First Officer / Copilote
First Officer B747 - Belgium
Air Belgium is hiring a First Officer for its Boeing 747-8 cargo fleet, based in Belgium. The company, now part of the CMA CGM Group, operates cargo flights to China and other worldwide destinations.
- Employer
- Air Belgium
- Position
- First Officer / Copilote
- Base
- Belgique (siège à Mont-Saint-Guibert, base opérationnelle dans un rayon de 150km)
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747-8
- Contract
- Temps plein
- Seen
- 8 October 2026
Key points
- Operational base within 150km of the headquarters in Mont-Saint-Guibert
- Current fleet of 2 Boeing 747-8 dedicated to cargo operations
- Cargo activity on own behalf and for third-party customers via ACMI and charter
- Company joined the CMA CGM Group in May 2025
- Fleet expansion planned for 2027
What the employer asks for
- Valid EASA CPL or ATPL licence
- Valid type rating with valid IR rating
- 1500 hours on B737/B747/B757/B767 or B777/787
- 2000 hours on aircraft with MTOW above 44 tons
- ELP level 5 or better
- Right to work and live in Belgium
- All required certificates, including health-related ones, for territories served by Air Belgium
What the employer offers
- A fair and modern compensation package
- Opportunity to work in an airline environment with impact
- Team of aviation enthusiasts
The selection process
- Send application by email mentioning reference FCMFO74 in the subject line
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Cargo (ACMI and charter)
Air Belgium at a glance
Former Belgian passenger airline turned all-cargo operator: scheduled passenger flights ended in October 2023 and, after the company was declared bankrupt in April 2025, its cargo business was taken over by the CMA CGM group, which kept the brand.
- Bases
- Brussels Airport
- Fleet
- Boeing 747-8F and Airbus A330-200F (freighter)
Pilot recruitment
Air Belgium no longer operates passenger flights: it flies cargo (ACMI/CMI and charters) with Boeing 747-8F and Airbus A330-200F aircraft within the CMA CGM group's air freight division. No official information is published on a pilot training scheme or recruitment requirements, check the 'Jobs' section of airbelgium.com before applying.
Give yourself every chance
A first officer selection usually combines a technical test (ATPL and aircraft knowledge), aptitude tests, a group exercise, an HR and technical interview, then a simulator check.
Revise the ATPL subjects that come up most in technical interviews: performance, meteorology, systems, procedures. Prepare concrete examples of crew teamwork for the interview.
If the posting mentions aptitude tests, practise the most common families of exercises: mental arithmetic, multitasking, orientation, reasoning.