Dublin, Ireland
Prepare for Aer Lingus
One course prepares you for the Aer Lingus selection process.
Candidate accounts consistently point to cut-e / Aon at Aer Lingus' online aptitude stage.
Aer Lingus publishes nothing about it, so treat it as the likely battery rather than a settled fact.
Aer Lingus does not publish the name of its test provider; this is based on candidate accounts.
Provider mappings are based on public information and may change. Last checked September 2026.
Aer Lingus is the flag carrier of Ireland, flying an Airbus A320-family short-haul fleet alongside A330s and A321XLRs on its transatlantic network from its Dublin hub. Part of International Airlines Group (IAG) since 2015, it left the Oneworld alliance in 2007 and now operates outside the big three alliances, trading instead on Dublin's role as a value gateway between Europe and North America.
Flying for Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus operates a Future Pilot Programme, a fully sponsored ab-initio scheme delivered at FTEJerez in Spain that takes cadets from zero hours to the flight deck over roughly fourteen months. Intakes run periodically rather than to a fixed annual calendar — recent application windows have opened at short notice and closed within weeks — so aspiring cadets need to be ready when one appears. The airline also recruits direct-entry pilots for its Airbus fleets on an ongoing basis.
Selection involves computer-based aptitude and psychometric testing, followed by interviews, group exercises and simulator assessment for those who progress. With application windows this competitive and this brief, candidates who have already sharpened their aptitude and cognitive test performance hold a clear advantage on day one.
Where Aer Lingus is based
Aer Lingus is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.