Nobody else makes you wait for the interview.

Choose your entry path

Real World starts you at zero hours as a Student Pilot, exactly like a real cadet. Competency lets you test out of the bottom rungs: pass 10 graded flights averaging 85%+ and you start higher up the rank ladder.

Apply to a real airline

Not a made-up airline with a made-up logo: the Job Board lists 41 real-world carriers, each with its own minimum hours and rank requirement pulled straight from how that airline actually hires. You can only apply where you’d genuinely qualify.

The bigger the airline, the harder it is to get in

Every application is assigned a tier based on the airline’s real-world prestige. A regional low-cost carrier is a two-step formality. A legacy long-haul carrier is a multi-week gauntlet, on purpose.

Screening, aptitude tests, and interviews, for real

Every stage change lands in your in-app pilot inbox, exactly like a real recruitment correspondence. Higher tiers add an aptitude battery, a technical systems quiz, and an HR or panel interview. Each has its own pass rate and a real deadline to complete it. Miss the window and you’re out, with a cooldown before you can try again. A Study Library in the app carries real prep material for these tests, so you’re not walking in blind.

Sim evaluation, medical, background check

The top two tiers add a real simulator evaluation flown against the airline’s own criteria, a medical assessment, and (at the very top) a background check pulled from your actual employment history in the game. Fail any of it and the airline moves on without you.

The offer, and signing your seniority away

Pass every stage and you get a formal offer with a 7-day window to accept. Sign it and you get a real contract: an actual salary and hourly rate from that airline, a 3-month probation, and (the part no one else in flight sim has) a genuine seniority number. First hire at that airline is #1. Every hire after counts up from there, permanently.

Fly the line

You’re on the roster. Dispatch releases and crew briefings gate every flight, pulling real route, fuel, and MEL data from the aircraft’s own maintenance record. Your contract expects 8 sectors a month at 80%+ on-time. That’s a genuine performance term, not a formality.

Weeks and months of a real career after that

Monthly payslips. Quarterly performance reviews. A line check at 12 months. Recurrent checks every 6 months to keep your type ratings current. Type-rating courses through the GroundNav Aviation Academy to unlock bigger aircraft. And when a captain slot opens up, it’s your seniority number (not luck) that decides if it’s yours.