Eurowings Pilot Interview Prep: Requirements, Sim, Questions (2026 Guide)

LAST UPDATED: 12 OCTOBER 2026

Eurowings recruits into both seats, all on the A320 family. At the last check, on 21 September 2026, its own cockpit careers page and a Eurowings Europe vacancy for A320-family First Officers, type-rated or not, based in Prague under what the advert calls the WINGS Pattern, appeared in search results, and its fast-track Captain programme for First Officers with 4,000 hours or more was published; we could not read the portals themselves. We found no published selection stages, so this guide sets out what each route asks for and prepares you for the parts most airline assessments share.

Note for non-rated pilots: the First Officer vacancy is open to pilots without the A320 rating, and Eurowings provides the rating to non-rated joiners. We could not confirm the hours minimum on the current vacancy, and the material we found gave no bond or cost terms for the rating, so read both in the advert and in any offer.

At the last check, on 21 September 2026, Eurowings was recruiting First Officers and Captains. We could not confirm the First Officer hours minimum on the current vacancy or the terms of the WINGS Pattern contract. Check the airline pilot jobs board for the current position.

About Eurowings

Eurowings flies nothing but the A320 family: the A319, the A320 and A320neo, and the A321neo. One type rating covers the whole family, ceo and neo alike, though pilots who fly more than one variant complete differences training (the Library explains class and type ratings). Its bases are Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, Prague and Palma, and some contracts ask you to live in the country of your base.

The First Officer vacancy we saw was from Eurowings Europe, based in Prague under what the advert calls the WINGS Pattern. We could not confirm that contract’s terms, so read them in the advert rather than in a forum. Pilots starting from zero have an ab-initio route through the European Flight Academy, described on our Lufthansa Group requirements page.

Entry routes and minimums

The requirements also ask for an EASA ATPL(A), a CPL(A)/IR with ATPL theory, or an MPL, an EASA Class 1, ICAO English Level 4 and the right to work in the EU or EEA. German is listed as useful rather than required.

Three conditions in the fast-track list are easy to miss. The 4,000 hours must be on aircraft above 19.5 tonnes, so time on light aircraft and smaller turboprops does not count towards it. The 350 landings favour a short-haul logbook over long cruise sectors. And active line flying in the last 24 months rules out a pilot who has been away from the line for two years, whatever the total.

What sets Eurowings apart for a pilot

• One family. Every Eurowings aircraft is an A320-family type, so the A320 is the type to know on every route.
• A way in without the rating. Non-rated First Officers are accepted and given the A320 rating.
• Two Captain routes. A direct-entry Captain route on the A320, and a fast-track programme for experienced First Officers.
• English, with German useful. ICAO Level 4 is the requirement; German is listed as useful, not required.
• EU or EEA right to work, and sometimes residence. Some contracts ask you to live in the country of your base, so know the rule for the base you apply to.

The selection stages

We found no published selection stages for Eurowings, so we do not list any. What can be said is general: most airline selections screen applications against the published minimums, then test competencies, technical knowledge and flying skill through some mix of aptitude tests, interviews, group exercises and simulator evaluations, before a medical and pre-employment checks, and airlines reorder, combine or skip those stages (the Library’s guide to airline pilot recruitment and selection describes each one).

Until an invitation tells you the format, prepare for aptitude testing, a competency interview and a simulator check, with technical questions on the A320 family and on ATPL theory. Captain applicants should also be ready for the command side of the interview: decisions you have made, how you lead a crew and how you handle a disagreement on the flight deck. Have your figures ready the way your route counts them; for the fast track, that means hours above 19.5 tonnes, landings and line flying in the last 24 months.

The simulator check

Eurowings publishes no simulator profile, device or duration in the material we found, so prepare for the check most airlines run. In the Library’s description of the airline simulator assessment, it usually lasts 30 to 60 minutes in a full flight simulator or a fixed-base device, flown as one of a two-pilot crew, with a take-off, upper air work, a hold, an ILS to minimums with a missed approach and sometimes an engine failure.

• The briefing. Ask for the pitch attitudes and thrust settings for each phase, write them down and fly them.
• Raw data. Practise level-offs, steep turns and hand-flown ILS approaches with the flight director off and the scan centred on the attitude indicator (see instrument scan technique).
• Airbus handling, if the device is an A320. In normal law the aircraft trims itself and needs no pitch correction in turns up to 33° of bank once the turn is established; beyond 33° it rolls back towards 33° if released, so hold lateral and aft sidestick pressure through a steep turn. After an engine failure on take-off, the sideslip index on the primary flight display turns blue and becomes a sideslip target: centring it gives the rudder needed for the best climb performance.
• Both roles. Where the check is flown as a crew, the pilot monitoring is assessed too: standard callouts, checklists and calling deviations (see crew coordination, briefings and callouts).
• For Captain applicants. The emphasis typically moves towards managing the flight and the crew: brief the plan, share the tasks and, once there is time after a failure, have one pilot fly while the other works the problem with a structured decision model such as DODAR or FORDEC.

Errors are expected. What is assessed is whether they are noticed, said aloud and corrected; flying accurately in silence leaves the communication and teamwork side of the check without evidence.

The interview

Many airlines now use competency-based interviews, in which each question asks for a real past event rather than an opinion: a mistake you made, a disagreement with a Captain, a time you saw something unsafe, a decision on incomplete information. Answer with the STAR structure (situation, task, action, result), keep each story short and true, and show ownership rather than blame. Prepare eight to ten stories that between them cover the common themes, and raise anything in your record yourself, such as a failed check: an interviewer who finds it later will assume it was hidden. The Library explains the method in competency-based pilot interviews.

Questions particular to Eurowings

• Why Eurowings? Three specific reasons that are true for both sides, such as the fleet, the base or the route into command. Not led by pay, and never a criticism of your present employer.
• Which base, and which contract? Some contracts ask you to live in the country of your base: know the rule for the base you applied to, and have a realistic plan for it.
• Why should we train you? For a non-rated First Officer: evidence that you learn a new type quickly, and a plan to stay and use it.
• Your languages. ICAO English Level 4 is the requirement and German is listed as useful, so if you speak German, say so.
• For Captain applicants. The command side: decisions you have made, how you lead a crew and how you handle a disagreement on the flight deck. The Library covers the command upgrade and flight deck leadership.
• For fast-track applicants. Know your figures the way the programme counts them: hours above 19.5 tonnes, landings, and line flying in the last 24 months.

Prepare two or three questions of your own about training, support for new pilots or the operation, not about leave or pay.

Technical questions

A technical interview generally covers three things: the type you fly or will fly, ATPL theory asked as open questions, and operational scenarios you talk through. Eurowings flies nothing but the A320 family, so the type is where to start on every route. For a non-rated First Officer, ATPL theory is the core of the preparation, and the A320 bank is a head start on the type you would be trained on. If you do not know an answer, say so, then explain what you do know: panels generally score honesty first, then reasoning, then raw knowledge.

A320 family questions to practise

1. Normal, alternate and direct law: what takes you from one to the next, and which protections do you lose at each step? (see A320 flight control laws and protections)
2. The A320 has three hydraulic systems: what pressurises each, and what does the PTU do? (see the A320 hydraulic system)
3. With both engine generators and the APU generator lost, what supplies the AC essential bus? (see the A320 electrical system)
4. The fleet mixes ceo and neo aircraft: what changes for the crew between them? (see the A320ceo to neo course)
5. The A319, the A320 and the A321 share one type rating: what differs between them? (see the A319, A320 and A321 compared)

For Captain applicants

1. Talk a failure scenario through with a structured decision model such as DODAR or FORDEC (see aeronautical decision making)
2. The authority gradient: how you invite challenge from a First Officer, and what you do when you get it (see flight deck leadership)
3. Threats and errors you have managed, and how you briefed for them (see threat and error management)

ATPL topics worth refreshing

1. V1, VR and V2, and what V1 commits you to (see takeoff speeds)
2. The go-around: thrust, attitude, flap and gear, and who may call it (see go-around and missed approach)
3. Low-visibility operations and ILS categories (see low visibility operations)
4. Decode a METAR and TAF (drill it with our ATPL meteorology questions)
5. Airspace classes and the rules of the air (see our ATPL air law questions)

What v1prep has for Eurowings’ fleet

Where Eurowings candidates go wrong

1. Assuming a First Officer hours figure. We could not confirm the minimum on the current vacancy, so read the advert you apply against, not a forum summary.
2. Counting the wrong hours for the fast track. It asks for 4,000 on aircraft above 19.5 tonnes, at least 350 landings, and active line flying in the last 24 months.
3. Overlooking the residence rule. Some contracts ask you to live in the country of your base.
4. No EU or EEA right to work. The requirements ask for it, so check yours before you apply.
5. Treating the A320 family as one aircraft. The fleet runs from the A319 to the A321neo, ceo and neo, so know what differs between them.
6. Captain applicants answering as First Officers. Without real examples of decisions, leadership and disagreements handled, the command side of the interview has no evidence.
7. Stories and records that do not match. Competency answers that do not survive a follow-up question, or figures that differ from your logbook. Across the industry, the commonest reason an offer is withdrawn is a gap between what a candidate declared and what the records show.

From application to a course date

We found no published timings or stages for Eurowings. What is known:

Plan for a range, not a date. A fast-track applicant should keep flying the line while waiting, since the programme asks for active line flying in the last 24 months.

Eurowings pilot recruitment: common questions

The hours, licence, type rating, language and right-to-work rules are on our Eurowings pilot requirements page; the questions below are about the selection itself.

What is the Eurowings pilot selection process?

We found no published selection stages for Eurowings. Prepare for aptitude testing, a competency interview and a simulator check, with technical questions on the A320 family and ATPL theory; Captain applicants should also be ready for the command side of the interview.

What is the Eurowings simulator check like?

Eurowings publishes no simulator profile, device or duration, so prepare for the check most airlines run: 30 to 60 minutes in a full flight simulator or a fixed-base device, flown as one of a two-pilot crew, with a take-off, upper air work, a hold, an ILS to minimums with a missed approach and sometimes an engine failure. Ask for the pitch attitudes and thrust settings at the briefing, fly raw data, and say your errors aloud as you correct them.

What does the Eurowings interview ask?

Expect competency questions about real past events, answered in the STAR structure, and questions particular to Eurowings: why Eurowings, which base and contract you applied for (some contracts ask you to live in the country of your base), why it should train you if you are not rated, and your languages. Captain applicants are asked about command: decisions they have made, how they lead a crew and how they handle a disagreement on the flight deck.

What technical questions should I prepare for Eurowings?

The A320 family on every route: the flight control laws and the protections lost at each step, the three hydraulic systems and the PTU, what supplies the AC essential bus with the engine and APU generators lost, and what changes between the ceo and the neo and between the A319, A320 and A321. A non-rated First Officer should make ATPL theory the core: V-speeds, the go-around, low-visibility operations, METAR and TAF, and airspace.

How should a Captain applicant prepare for Eurowings?

Have your figures ready the way your route counts them; for the fast track that means hours on aircraft above 19.5 tonnes, landings and line flying in the last 24 months. Prepare command stories about decisions, crew leadership and disagreement, and practise talking a failure through with a structured model such as DODAR or FORDEC. In the simulator, brief the plan, share the tasks and have one pilot fly while the other works the problem.