Ladies and Gents, sorry to barge in on the thread, but here's something I meant to mention earlier (but forgot) that you might find useful:
As you may all be aware, KLM Cityhopper flies with mixed cockpit and cabin crews, i.e. Brits and Dutch. In terms of day to day operations, this is not a problem, as all the Dutch colleagues can and will speak English.
Very few of us Brits on the other hand, speak Dutch. This starts to become more of an issue on the occassion that you find yourself to be the lone Brit in the crew, and have a nightstop downroute. Whlst most of your colleagues will make the effort to speak English for your benefit, there will always be the natural tendency to revert, without any malice, to their mother tongue and first language....especially as the night wears on, or the drinks flow
. This can leave you feeling a bit isolated.
Please dont get me wrong, you will also get to fly with UK colleagues from your own base, and will even end up in a all UK crew on some flights.
So, whilst the ability to speak Dutch is not a requirement for the job, I can assure you that a willingness to learn a little bit will earn you a lot of brownie points with your Dutch colleagues, the passengers, and will enhance your social life in the company as a whole.
Even KLM have recognised this fact, and are in the process of scheduling all the existing UK cabin crew on basic dutch language courses.
So, my advise,...give yourself a head start and either start learning some basic dutch, or at least be aware that you will have to
Good luck to everyone who is applying or has an assesment.