What does Kuwait Airways publish?

On 15 October 2026 the Kuwait Airways careers site showed an empty list of current openings, and its vacancy feed returned no results. There was therefore no published package or requirement for first officers or captains to read.1

What has the union said about pay?

In May 2023 the head of the Workers' Union of Kuwait Airways and Subsidiaries, Talal Al-Hajeri, told Kuwait Times that salaries of Kuwaiti employees did not exceed KD 800, while new foreign employees were given up to KD 4,000 plus KD 250 in road allowance. He named no job and no pay period, so these figures cannot be read as pilot pay. The union held a two-hour partial strike over low salaries and unpaid rewards, and the Chief Instructor of Pilots, Captain Mowaffaq Al-Maoud, warned there would be no flights the following week if demands were not met. An earlier strike by Kuwaiti staff in October 2011 ended when, according to the union, the communications minister agreed to a 30 per cent pay rise, subject in part to approval by the Civil Service Commission. At the time about 2,000 of the airline's 5,000 employees were Kuwaiti.24

Is Kuwait Airways changing its pay scale?

Arab Times reported in September 2022 that Kuwait Airways had launched a project with specialised companies to study and evaluate the salary scale and benefits for all jobs inside and outside Kuwait. The airline also aimed to Kuwaitize all senior positions and to double the share of national workers within 3 years, citing Civil Service Commission Resolution No. 11 of 2017. No outcome or new figures were reported.3

How does Kuwait Airways train its own pilots?

In February 2026 the training organisation FTEJerez said the first group of eight Kuwait Airways cadets had completed MPL training, with type rating training in Madrid and base training in Kuwait; 25 cadets were still in training and a group of 18 was due to start in spring 2026. Back in October 2016, Kuwait Times reported that 38 Kuwaiti nationals were in pilot training with the airline. On working conditions, Al-Rai reported in May 2015 that the staff union had agreed with Kuwait Airways to add 16 days of annual leave for pilots and contract engineers.567