I don't believe the stories of Dutch captains sending co-pilots home because they don't speak Dutch. There have *always* been co-pilots and captains who didn't speak Dutch. And it is difficult to believe that the (Finnish) chief-pilot would appreciate this behaviour. Then again things may have changed the passed 3 years???
You better believe it !
I know it firsthand from a australien co-pilot (who now is retired) and a french captain and his co-pilot who refused to fly with him. And yes, it’s true, no consequences from the office for neither of them.
I have a feeling that they don’t want to hire anybody from the outside, that’s why they come up with these ridicules requirements. Like that they can show the VNV that they couldn’t find any qualified pilots and therefore they have to assign Capt.’s for the F50 from the bottom of the seniority list.