Cargolux details requested!
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From: Treviso
Joined: May 2023
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From: Spain
Hi all!
Is there any possibility to get the real terms and conditions on the net? Not only the information we can get from their web, or get real information from someone actually working for them.
As one colleague said previously, is commuting to other EU country a real option?
Thanks in advance
Is there any possibility to get the real terms and conditions on the net? Not only the information we can get from their web, or get real information from someone actually working for them.
As one colleague said previously, is commuting to other EU country a real option?
Thanks in advance
Joined: Mar 2024
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From: paradise
Hi guys,
I am interested in trying to join Cargolux. It seems like a company where I could stay until retirement. Does anyone have tips to prepare for a future assessment? As I understand correctly, the first day is Mollymawk, then when successful sim, role-playing, and tech, hr.
Can someone tell us what we should focus on, especially for a technical part? Are they asking questions about the current jet or some questions related to general knowledge - ATPL, etc?
Is there an ATPL test?
Hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy!
I am interested in trying to join Cargolux. It seems like a company where I could stay until retirement. Does anyone have tips to prepare for a future assessment? As I understand correctly, the first day is Mollymawk, then when successful sim, role-playing, and tech, hr.
Can someone tell us what we should focus on, especially for a technical part? Are they asking questions about the current jet or some questions related to general knowledge - ATPL, etc?
Is there an ATPL test?
Hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy!
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Spain
It seems like we only get 2 practice runs on math science and English. Very limited. Are the actual tests in Cargolux exactly like those we practice at the mollymawk webpage or are they very different? Struggling a lot with the science one.
Joined: Jun 2017
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From: Vietnam
The Molly tests are very similar to those in the training run.
I think the knowledge tests are doable, no big worries.
In my group most failed (and overall I guess the same) in spatial orientation.
Good luck, guys!
I think the knowledge tests are doable, no big worries.
In my group most failed (and overall I guess the same) in spatial orientation.
Good luck, guys!
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From: PRG
Thank you for your reply 
Would you say it is feasible to be commuting, would the roster allow it or would you be mostly away from home if you decide to commute? My intention is to move east from Prague, so I would be 1.5-2.5 hours away from VIE, not that big of a deal to do it regularly as long as not every other day hah!
Would you say it is feasible to be commuting, would the roster allow it or would you be mostly away from home if you decide to commute? My intention is to move east from Prague, so I would be 1.5-2.5 hours away from VIE, not that big of a deal to do it regularly as long as not every other day hah!
Joined: Jun 2016
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From: The North
Hi guys.
Applied for the FO position January 2025, so far no reply after receiving the email saying thanks for replying. Status on the website just says ‘application received’. Anyone else experience this or have anything to share?
Thanks in advance
Applied for the FO position January 2025, so far no reply after receiving the email saying thanks for replying. Status on the website just says ‘application received’. Anyone else experience this or have anything to share?
Thanks in advance
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Germany
Hi Flying Hare,
with what you describe I would think twice. I know people who are doing commutes like you have in mind, but they are very dependent on flight schedules and rostering. My personal opinion is that in the long term, long-distance commuting only works OK from places like London, PMI, maybe the Canaries, where there are plenty of direct connections. (For any other place, one should live within a day’s drive so if all goes wrong, you can still jump in your car and drive to LUX.) I’ve seen people begging load masters, mechanics, colleagues obviously, and even ATC to expedite procedures so they could make the flight home from LUX.
It was worse of course when we had no MyID travel and every Luxair ticket had to be requested and booked the old-fashioned way. There’s less minimum transit time now to catch a flight home and tickets can be booked online at short notice.
We have a bunch of ID-deals nowadays with all kinds of airlines however those most useful like LH or KL are still out of reach and will probably never come.
Bear in mind too, that for the kind of commuting you have in mind you will most definitely need an apartment close to the airport as juggling the hotels will hardly work for you.
Sorry for sounding a bit pessimistic, still I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Rudolph
with what you describe I would think twice. I know people who are doing commutes like you have in mind, but they are very dependent on flight schedules and rostering. My personal opinion is that in the long term, long-distance commuting only works OK from places like London, PMI, maybe the Canaries, where there are plenty of direct connections. (For any other place, one should live within a day’s drive so if all goes wrong, you can still jump in your car and drive to LUX.) I’ve seen people begging load masters, mechanics, colleagues obviously, and even ATC to expedite procedures so they could make the flight home from LUX.
It was worse of course when we had no MyID travel and every Luxair ticket had to be requested and booked the old-fashioned way. There’s less minimum transit time now to catch a flight home and tickets can be booked online at short notice.
We have a bunch of ID-deals nowadays with all kinds of airlines however those most useful like LH or KL are still out of reach and will probably never come.
Bear in mind too, that for the kind of commuting you have in mind you will most definitely need an apartment close to the airport as juggling the hotels will hardly work for you.
Sorry for sounding a bit pessimistic, still I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Rudolph
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From: https://youtube.com/watch?v=P8pihdksUHk&si=t_GX3ubmBvZ2CDgB
Stay away. I applied years ago, and was type rated on the classic, not the 400.
Got a response from them by post. It was my CV in an envelope. That was all. Not even an acknowledgement.
I had the last laugh when they prodded 2 port engines at LUX. Poor flying skills. Period.
Yet these people want you to know ATPL theory. Academia has preference over flying skills. Sums them up.
Got a response from them by post. It was my CV in an envelope. That was all. Not even an acknowledgement.
I had the last laugh when they prodded 2 port engines at LUX. Poor flying skills. Period.
Yet these people want you to know ATPL theory. Academia has preference over flying skills. Sums them up.
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From: spain
Joined: May 2012
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From: Q
Hi all! Applied recently and I was wondering if anyone has any updated info/materials other the ones that are here from a few years ago. It'd be very helpfull to prepare myself as I know many pilots but none at Cargolux!
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Joined: Apr 2024
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From: The Netherlands
Current details requested
Hello everyone!
I was wondering what a current monthly schedule with Cargolux approximately looks like. How does the rostering work, do you have any influence on it and on the holiday requests and what are the colleagues like?
Best regards!
I was wondering what a current monthly schedule with Cargolux approximately looks like. How does the rostering work, do you have any influence on it and on the holiday requests and what are the colleagues like?
Best regards!