DHL 777 recruitment

[speedtapeking]

Always funny reading comments on this thread from the start to the end. Dhk probably will never be the best airline but it will be far from the worst. Most pilots know the passenger world and legacy airlines. I suspect most of the joiners in 2021-2023 had next to zero knowledge of freight let alone Dhk it was more a case of no job after covid and wanted one.
As for the interviews there’s plenty of gen out there and pointers. As is mentioned above, they loo for knowledge of the airline and the big dhl world. Why ? It’s kinda old school they want the right person for the job not prima Donna’s. This airline is not a 5 star middle Eastern legacy carrier so don’t expect that flying freight. To dhl were glorified truck drivers and they own the airline. There’s no rigid schedule for flights same day same destination , there’s a basic plan but if loads change the bigger picture will move the jets to move the freight.
You choose to live 4hour drive from your work place then it’s not the airlines problem, but equally if you can make it work great. Dhk has always been a yes airline, the lot in Bonn ask can you do x,y,z then Dhk will say yes and worry how they do it whereas all the partner airlines will see how they do it first. Example, in Covid sister airlines got asked to do flights to Miami replied three weeks, Dhk said yes and 48hrs later the first went.
As for all the over crewed under crewed stuff above, Bonn told Dhk to crew for 5 more 777 Dhk did you carnt blame the airline when said jets are delayed due to the conversion. Which leads to the big thing fro Dhk, it’s been way over crewed for 18 months on some fleets but what have they done? They’ve paid the pilots regardless, some have had a lot of time doing not a lot. They’ve offered unpaid leave secondments etc to those that want it, but every pilot still has a job and is still paid.
It will never be a perfect place, if your opened minded to a lot of changes outside there control, have the can do to just get on with it then it’s a great place with some great people yes some odd ones arrived with the initial big expansion for the 77 arrived but natural selection has removed them from the pool and it’s settleing back to how it’s always been - come in, do the job, see the world have a laugh and go home. Never max flying hours place never has been, the old 76 networks maybe 600 a year, 75 200 a year. Nice hotels, time down route etc. again if you expect flying boxes to be like flying for a 5 star Middle Eastern airline your in for a shock, if you think this outfit is bad for flying boxes, go to some of the other feeders Atlantic, swift, cargo air etc and see the difference.

I shall leave this post with a couple of thoughts, if you know the seniority list here you’d know generally most either last 2 years or they are here for the long term ( yes we lost a lot when the 75 went to Austria, and a lot of newbies with the 76/77 expansion, look at the list prior to Austria people are here forever) and the final biggie. Dhl air uk started in 2001 despite the ups and downs at the airline and the world in general not one single pilot has ever been laid off in 25 years now show me any airline on the planet than can match that, their May be some but in my 20+ years here I do not know of a any other airline that has that reputation. Dhk bends over backwards to offer options such as ba, one air, tui, dhl Bahrain or you get standbys or reserve but they have never laid a pilot off. I suspect any other airline that has an open ended delay of 18plus months to 5 x 777 due that they had crewed for would of opened the door and sent a couple of hundred pilots down the road….