Ok, AL is different from what you have seen in LHITA, as AL is not an LH company, it is correct that LH has its shares in AL, but so they have in JetBlue, Jade Cargo and other companies.
The selection process is very fair, no DLR and no tricks in the SIM.
Would be a good example for LH
Lots of exLTU and AUA guys in there.
My personal oppinion on this is, as the LH guys are right on the LHITA thing, they are absolutely wrong on AL, ist not an LH company and so "not their jobs".
Just noticed the requirements on website shows german language fluency is now required for first officers, any reason for this change?
more or less its has been an internal requirement all the time, just no they made it official, as they have many application from german speaking long haul pilots.