You can apply to several airline pilot jobs at the same time. What you cannot do is apply to all of them with one click. Every airline runs its own application form on its own website, so there is no shared "Apply" button to press, the way there is for office jobs on LinkedIn. Pilots really have three options: fill in each form by hand, hand the search to a recruiter, or use a tool that completes each airline's real form for them. This guide covers all three, and walks through the last one step by step.
Updated 18 June 2026. The figures below come straight from AeroScout's own job database, pulled the morning this was written. There are 1,395 open pilot jobs on the board today, across 699 airlines and operators and 838 locations. We also logged which application system each posting runs on, and the spread is the whole reason this is hard.
Fewer than three in ten of those jobs (402, to be exact) sit on a hiring platform you might recognise, such as Workday, iCIMS or Paylocity. The other 993 are on portals the airline built itself, or on systems too obscure to match against anything standard. All in, we counted 23 different named application platforms before the one-off airline sites even enter the picture. No tool can learn one form and reuse it everywhere, because there is not one form to learn.
The four ways to apply to a lot of jobs at once
Here is how the realistic options stack up. The "per day" column assumes the long, multi-page forms airlines tend to use, not a quick CV drop.
| Method | Fills the airline's own form? | Cover letter per job? | You approve before it sends? | Realistic apps/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By hand | Yes, you do the typing | Only if you write each one | Yes, you press send | 2–4 |
| LinkedIn / Indeed "easy apply" | Rarely; most airline links bounce you to the airline site | No | Not a real submission in most cases | A few CV drops |
| Recruiter / agency | Sometimes, on your behalf | Sometimes | Not always | Varies |
| AeroScout Multi Apply | Yes, on the airline's real site | Yes, drafted for each role | Yes, always | Up to 6 at once |
How to apply to multiple pilot jobs at once, step by step
The walkthrough below uses Multi Apply, but the order is the same whoever, or whatever, is doing the typing.
1. Fill in your profile once
This is the only part that takes real work, and you do it a single time. There are eight short sections: your documents (CV, a cover-letter base and your medical), identity and right to work, licences and ratings, flight hours, employment history and references, any integrity disclosures, your availability, and a final review. A green tick marks each section as done, and you can change anything later.
2. Save the jobs you want
Jobs you save from the AeroScout board appear under Ready to apply, with the airline, the role and the base shown on each row.
3. Start several at once
Tick the jobs you want and press Auto apply. Up to six run in parallel, each opening the airline's own careers page and starting its own application. The button counts your selection, so it reads "Auto apply to 5" when you have picked five.
4. Watch it, or leave it running
Open any running job to see a live view of the browser it is driving. You can watch it read the posting, type your details, tick boxes and upload your documents on the airline's real site, with a running timer in the corner. Four buttons sit above every run: Pause, Resume, Take over and Stop. Take over hands you the controls so you can do a tricky step yourself, then give them back.
5. Read the cover letter it drafts
When a job asks for a cover letter, it writes one for that specific role, drawn from your experience and worded to match the advert. You can edit it in place, swap in your own PDF, or accept it as written. Nothing is attached until you say so.
6. Approve before anything is sent
This is the part that matters most. Multi Apply never submits an application on its own. Once every field is filled it stops at the airline's submit button and shows you a plain-English summary of what it entered, plus the exact page it is about to send to. Open the filled fields to check or change any answer, then press Approve and submit, or Deny.
7. Paste in codes, step in when asked
If an airline emails or texts a one-time code, the run pauses and asks you to paste it, then carries on. If a page does something it cannot handle alone, it asks you to take that one step by hand. Both show up in an alerts panel on the dashboard, so you always know which run needs you.
8. Check the results
Every finished run lands under Recent submissions, marked Submitted or Failed, each with a short note: "Application submitted for First Officer A320 at..." or the reason a run could not finish. Failed runs are genuine attempts. Nothing is faked to pad the numbers.
Why it has to be the airline's own website
Airline application forms ask for things office-job forms never do: licence and rating details, a breakdown of your flight hours, medical class, ICAO English level, right-to-work status, and sometimes integrity disclosures. Generic "apply to all" tools have nowhere to put any of that, which is why they fall back to firing off a CV. An application only counts when it lands inside the airline's own system. So Multi Apply drives a real browser on the real careers page and fills the same form you would, rather than mailing a copy somewhere the airline never reads.
What an airline application actually asks for
If you have only ever applied for office jobs, the length of a pilot application can be a shock. The same handful of details comes up on almost every airline's form, just arranged differently each time. Expect to supply most of this:
- Licence and ratings: the licence you hold, its issuing authority, and any type ratings, with expiry dates.
- A flight-hours breakdown: not just total time, but pilot-in-command, multi-engine, jet or turbine, and often your hours in the last 90 days.
- Medical: class, issue and expiry, and any limitations.
- Language: your ICAO English level, which many carriers ask for outright.
- Right to work: nationality, passports, and whether you need sponsorship for the base.
- History and references: a gap-free employment record and contactable referees.
- Disclosures: accidents, incidents, violations, and similar integrity questions.
None of this is hard once it is written down. The pain is re-typing it twenty times. That is the one repetitive job a fill-it-for-me tool is built to take off your plate, which is why you fill in your profile only once at the start.
What about LinkedIn, Indeed and recruiters?
Each has its place, so it is worth being straight about where each one stops.
- LinkedIn Easy Apply and Indeed Quick Apply are built for corporate roles. For most airline listings the link sends you out to the carrier's own portal anyway, so the "easy" version usually just submits a CV that the recruiting team may never tie back to the real vacancy.
- Job boards such as PilotsGlobal, AllFlyingJobs and Indeed are good for finding work, but you still apply on each airline's site yourself. The AeroScout board is no different on that count: it is for finding jobs. Multi Apply is the part that does the applying.
- Recruiters and agencies can be worth it for contract flying and some type-rating-sponsored roles, and they will sometimes apply on your behalf. The trade-off is that you are limited to the airlines on their books, so you only see the jobs they happen to be working.
The data: there is no standard pilot application
We grouped all 1,395 open pilot postings by the application system behind each one. Here is what runs the show.
Even the 402 jobs on named platforms are not really uniform. A Workday form at one airline looks nothing like the next. The takeaway is plain: the more jobs you apply to, the more this fragmentation costs you in evenings, and the more a fill-it-for-me tool earns its keep.
Where the pilot jobs are right now
The same database gives a quick read on who is hiring as of 18 June 2026. Among the postings that name an aircraft, the Airbus A320 family leads with 112 open jobs, ahead of the Boeing 737 on 52. After that the list tilts towards business and regional flying rather than big jets.
| Aircraft | Open pilot jobs |
|---|---|
| Airbus A320 family | 112 |
| Boeing 737 | 52 |
| Pilatus PC-12 | 46 |
| Bombardier Challenger 350 | 34 |
| Bombardier Challenger 650 | 33 |
| Cessna Caravan | 32 |
| ATR turboprops | 31 |
| De Havilland Dash 8 | 28 |
| Cessna Citation CJ | 27 |
| Airbus A330 | 24 |
| Gulfstream G650 | 21 |
That mix shapes how you apply. Many of these operators are corporate flight departments and regional carriers rather than household-name airlines, which is exactly the group most likely to run a bespoke careers page instead of a polished hiring platform. By location, the United States holds the largest share, led by California and Texas, with strong clusters in Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Gulf, and the rest spread across 838 distinct bases. About a third of all open postings expect you to hold the relevant EASA or FAA type rating already, so filtering out the ones you are not rated for saves a lot of wasted effort.
When to batch, and when to apply by hand
If you are sending more than a couple of applications a week, or you keep running into the long multi-page forms, applying in batches is the obvious move, because the painful part was never any single form. It was doing the same thing over and over. For a single job you care deeply about, applying by hand is still fine, though you can run it through Multi Apply and simply edit everything before you approve.
Published by AeroScout, the aviation job board that tracks pilot and cabin-crew vacancies across 1,484 airlines and operators worldwide. The figures in this article were taken from our live database on 18 June 2026 and update as the market moves.
Common questions
Can I really apply to more than one pilot job at the same time?
Yes. Multi Apply runs up to six applications in parallel, each on a different airline's website, and you follow them all from one dashboard.
Does it submit applications without me?
No. It fills every field and then stops at the airline's submit button. Nothing is sent until you read the summary and press Approve and submit.
Is it really applying on the airline's own website?
Yes. It opens each airline's real careers page and completes the same form you would by hand, using the profile and documents you set up once.
Which aircraft are airlines hiring pilots for right now?
As of 18 June 2026, the Airbus A320 family has the most open positions on AeroScout (112), followed by the Boeing 737 (52). Beyond those, much of the hiring is in business and regional aviation, including the Pilatus PC-12, Challenger 350 and 650, Cessna Caravan and ATR.
How are logins and two-factor codes handled?
It signs in for you. When an airline sends a one-time code to your email or phone, the run pauses and asks you to paste it, then continues.
Can I change the cover letter before it goes?
Yes. A letter is drafted for each role, and you can edit it or upload your own PDF before it is attached.
What happens if an application fails?
It is listed as Failed with a short reason. You are seeing genuine attempts on real airline sites, so nothing is faked.
Ready to try it? Browse open pilot jobs and save the ones you want, then start them from Multi Apply.