Hi all,
minimum stay for the LH mainline pilots is three years. If you need 3000 hrs in the company and you will get about 700-800 maximum (!) hrs a year, you can easily calculate that for yourself
@DHC6to8: I will say it once again: Language in the cockpit is English, test is in English, Italian is not required. Now the million Euro question: Will all the papers and documents be in English??
One more thing about the newspaper article: Yes, LHI has some overhead costs at the moment, due to the German crews flying (however passengers love them - never experienced on-time flights with such a service with Alitalia...). Still, LH Germany is paying for part of the marketing, routes assessment, the infrastructure behind many things (e.g. booking website). There is no reason to complain from their side...