Originally Posted by
dan.cat3c
I totally agree with your position,
I worked many years in Transavia Netherlands, I was hired that I didn't speak any Dutch.
Dutch people tend to be very cockie, with strong ego and I hope that many of you understand me, they tend to be extremely impolite in their mannerism.
In the flight deck despite knowing you don't speak Dutch, they will keep talking in Dutch even if it is just you and the captain in the flight deck, sometimes they keep looking at you in the eyes and keep speaking Dutch..
Cabin crew used to be a real pain in the ass, very old arrogant pursers, and I totally agree with the comment above, these people think they are above everyone else, even above the captain.
Believe me in all these year flying I have seen bad things but nothing this bad.
All bulletins and company notams are in Dutch and I could not do copy paste to translate because things where presented in their system aviobook.
Line checks, sim session and ground training (CRM, safety, etc..) are essentially a joke, the guy stands there talking 2 words in English, the rest in Dutch.
Be prepared to be treated like a piece of ****, if you are a foreigner particularly if you are not ethnically aligned...
To be honest, the language thing is likely to happen if joining any airline with a majority of single nationality/language workforce. It happens at my southern European base in a supposedly strictly English only airline. I am a native speaker of the local language and frequently find myself being the only one in the crew who tries to speak English when a non-local speaker is present…