Originally Posted by
Airdancer
Ex RYR, Ex EK and now working at KLM for a while now. I am Dutch and as a Dutch person this is probably the best airline when it comes to security, unions, protection etc. You basically can't be fired, no one will bother you when you're sick (only to assist in helping if you want to). Salary starts low but goes quickly. I've been here 6 years and I'm on the FO salary of EK.
Speaking Dutch has been removed but it's probably important for yourself to start learning it. We have several non-dutch speaking colleagues and they see that in the FD we all change to English but the cabin crew will not care for you...
Don't compare KLM to Transavia btw. They're completely different both with better things and worse things.
Feel free to PM me if you want. I'll help where I can.
Ex EK? interesting that you raise the language requirement. I guess you speak Arabic then....
Oh wait, EK doesn't require pilots to speak Arabic, despite that, since working in EK, I learned the basics so that I can be respectful to the locals who are giving me a good salary, training, accommodation and many other things that in my country I will never get in a million years.
Putting a language requirement in place especially at A1 level is only a way to alienate people (you basically know the letters, numbers, few courtesy questions and sentence structure) .
A1 level will never be of any help to engage in a meaningful conversion and you put yourself in a position to be ridiculed by your colleagues because of your funny accent.
Imagine for a moment to be in an emergency situation with that knowledge of Dutch language.
I mentioned above my experience in the Netherlands, it's up to you to listen or not.