Regardless of how experienced you are, and even type rated, if you come from the B777 (which is mainly the case as B787īs are not being laid off as much in QR) you still need a differences course of 4 SIMīs before your LST, then a full OCC course as you come to a different operator, and then your 6 sectors plus the final LCK. In the same fashion, any B737 captain joining short haul will still have to do a full OCC and 10 sectors.
In both cases, between interviewing, selection, rostering of their training and final LCK, you're looking at about 3 months on average. That is, if you have the availability on SIM slots in competition with the rest of the world starting their own airlines as well.
Lastly, why would norwegian take an outside pilot when they have their own laid off, and in many cases still paying expenses for them, is probably the next question... 🤷🏻♂️