easyJet MPL stage 1 selection pre-trainingairline-selection

25 Apr 2026
An easyJet A320 at Reus

Some rather quick progress on the easyJet MPL scheme, having only applied yesterday I am already through to the second stage!

The first stage is really just an eligibility check, filling out the form with the required details and then submitting it.

The entry requirements are:

  • Over 18
  • Have the right to live and work within the UK, EEA, EU or Switzerland
  • Have at least GCSE passes in Maths, English, Science, and 2 other subjects
  • Fluent in English
  • At least 5’ 2” (157cm) & within Airbus flight deck limitations
  • Less than 200 hours total flight time
  • No attempts or passes of any ATPL exams.

After registering on the CAE site, which requires a number of details including your passport number (so presumably you are unable to apply if you do not have a passport), you then need to answer a few basic questions such as your height in cm, how you intend to fund the course, and if you have previously sat any ATPL exams.

You then need to upload original digital copies of your academic qualifications, and there can only be one file for each level of qualification e.g. GCSE, so as I have a few certificates for those I scanned them all into a single PDF file and uploaded that, same for my A-Levels and Degree certificate. There is also a category for ‘other’ so I uploaded a copy of my PPL there.

If you’re not a UK national, there is also a section for an English language proficiency certificate.

As I met all of the requirements, I never really had any doubts about getting through this stage, and as mentioned, I think this really is just an eligibility check.

I was sent an e-mail with a link to book the stage 2 assessment, which is a computer based adapt test. On clicking the link you are taken through to a page where a list of dates and times are given out to around three months in the future. For most days there is a morning and an afternoon slot.

For each of these stages on the MPL scheme, if you fail there is a cooldown period of three months before you can try again, and if you were to then fail a second time, you are unable to re-attempt. So while it’s not your only shot, you aren’t able to just keep going until you pass, and it will of course add a delay to starting. Results of each stage are also only valid for a year, so if you have a lengthy delay between stages, and fail one, you may end up having to re-do earlier stages.

I opted to book mine in around a month from now, as that would allow me to get a few things out of the way at work, so I no longer needed to worry about them, and then also book some time off ahead of it, so I could fully focus, swot up on (study) my mental maths and revise GCSE level physics too, given it’s been around 20 years since I’ve had to do any of this earnest.