Ifrboy
21st Mar 2006, 13:06
Hi,
I’m currently employed as a helicopter pilot in Europe but due to personal reasons I might find myself moving all the way up north (denmark/norway/sweden).
While the move isnt that much of a problem for me, I’m more afraid of the language differences that will come with it when applying for a job over there. At the moment, my current knowledge of scandinavian languages is pretty much near zero.
Recently I’ve been told that, especially Norway, seems to usually only take people that speak the local language. Is this true?
I can understand that small operators prefer native pilots to enable easy conversations… but would they hire non native pilots that dont know the local language (but do speak 3 other languages)? And what about bigger operators (offshore, ems, etc)? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks in advance
By the way, I realy like this forum, very active with a lot of recent postings going on. Keep up the good work :ok:
I’m currently employed as a helicopter pilot in Europe but due to personal reasons I might find myself moving all the way up north (denmark/norway/sweden).
While the move isnt that much of a problem for me, I’m more afraid of the language differences that will come with it when applying for a job over there. At the moment, my current knowledge of scandinavian languages is pretty much near zero.
Recently I’ve been told that, especially Norway, seems to usually only take people that speak the local language. Is this true?
I can understand that small operators prefer native pilots to enable easy conversations… but would they hire non native pilots that dont know the local language (but do speak 3 other languages)? And what about bigger operators (offshore, ems, etc)? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks in advance
By the way, I realy like this forum, very active with a lot of recent postings going on. Keep up the good work :ok: