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Shrikeritay 16th Aug 2018 11:42

LOT Polish Airlines - pre recruitment meeting
 
Hello All,

did anyone here took took place in LOT - pre recruitment meetings? The had it in Warsaw and Budapest from mid July ..and into august. I'd appreciate if anyone can share some information about whatever took place
thanks!

Banana Joe 16th Aug 2018 16:06

I went. Expect it to be a real assessment. The day starts with them introducing their contract offer (5-year B2B contract, Ryanair style). After that, you will have a technical interview with two pilots and their questions range from Ops and Performance to Meteolorgy and Principles of Flight. Then you will be called to another room for the HR interview. If you pass this stage, you will have a sim screening on their Alsim performing a SID, STAR and approach, no emergencies, and psychometric tests. I can't tell you much more because I did not pass the first step. I was the only one with 200 hours...

They are looking for 787 and Embraer crews to be based in Warsaw and Budapest, 737 only in Warsaw.

Shrikeritay 16th Aug 2018 19:46

Thanks a lot !
How many questions did they ask in the technical part? And how long was it?
In the same day they made also the sim & psychometric part?
and if you can also Describe on what they asked in the HR that will be awesome..

good luck man!

Banana Joe 16th Aug 2018 22:05

The technical was about 15 minutes and besides type related questions, they asked me general questions like take off and low visibility landing minima, tropopause height and why it is important to know and coffin corner. They asked another candidate, pointing at a jetstream at FL350 with minimum and maximum height, what is the speed of the jetstream at the minimum level. At least 60 knots...
The HR I think depends on your profile. I did my training in Poland so the questions were related to that. Just be yourself, and of course think about why you would want to fly for LOT.

Psychometric/psychological and sim screening are in the second stage and it seems they make them in one day.

laci57 27th Aug 2018 16:00

hi guys,
went there recently in BUD.
technical questionnaire was not in depth at all, just a few general, e.g. FTL, discretion etc....
HR was a bit weird, as said previously very doubtful B2B = business to business construction, like the early days of RYN.....
paid only for the hours flown, however 40hrs garanteered, no health insurance, no pension, only a uniform allowance of €340 initial thereafter yearly
€140 for replacement.
that's it !
i am type rated and capatain since years, they asked me if i would fly the right seat for some time - i think it's not worth.
and disgraceful such a business model for a star alliance state carrier

kitenation 3rd Sep 2018 13:07

Hello guys, anyone can tell me how long it took to get an answer "yes" or "no"? I assume you have passed all the stages of the recruitment process (otherwise its obvious the answer was instant). Did anybody take the screening in Warsaw?

colbeny 5th Sep 2018 23:34


Originally Posted by kitenation (Post 10240267)
Hello guys, anyone can tell me how long it took to get an answer "yes" or "no"? I assume you have passed all the stages of the recruitment process (otherwise its obvious the answer was instant). Did anybody take the screening in Warsaw?

It took 1 week to receive the answer. Either positive or negative.

kitenation 6th Sep 2018 10:26


Originally Posted by colbeny (Post 10242376)


It took 1 week to receive the answer. Either positive or negative.

Colbeny thanks a lot, that sounds good, as during previous LOT's screenings people used to wait like 1-3 months to get the final feedback, many geting employed by other airlines by that time.

Do they also provide the information on type and TR begining date? As far as I know at the moment one can't apply for a specific aircraft type (they are recruting for Dash8, E-jets and 737). Of course if someone is TR on a 737 I doubt they will place him on a Dash, however I am a non TR cadet.

Regards,

kitenation 6th Sep 2018 10:38

One more think - (mod if you could please merge this to my prievious post as i cannot edit it right now). Can you tell me how does the sim session look now? It used to be like this - departure via SID, vectors, ILS approach and that's it. Actually i heared some roumors its now more Ryanair style with them looking at the MCC and CRM as well as some failures. Would you be so kind to confirm how did your sim assesment look like?
Many thanks.

Banana Joe 6th Sep 2018 12:51

You have to do a briefing of course, but as far as I know the pilot monitoring is one of the assessors.

kitenation 21st Sep 2018 09:04

Hey,

I would like to refresh the tread. Anybody else attended recently to the screening in LOT? Could you share your experiences?

Rotate15 30th Sep 2018 17:47

After the interview
 
Hey,
Does anybody who passed the whole assessment have any information?
Start date? Info about type rating etc?

Banana Joe 1st Oct 2018 15:02

I know they are starting this month. Both TR and NTR.

flyingbraveheart 5th Dec 2018 03:47

Hi Guys,

Anyone Who got open day invitation for Dec 17?


PedroPFly 31st Aug 2019 18:53

Hi Gents,
Does anyone got called recently for the assessment?

AUPCMM 17th Sep 2019 10:03

Hi Gents,
do you know if LOT is still hiring on the 787?
How long did you wait for a feedback after the application online?

Thank you in advance

Europilot320 17th Sep 2019 22:25

It is, but with low hours you will end up on the Embraer, 737 or Q400 fleet.
When I was there I was told that min conditions for the 787 FO positions were 1500 hours tt of which 1000 on Jet eng.

AUPCMM 18th Sep 2019 18:51


Originally Posted by Europilot320 (Post 10572425)
It is, but with low hours you will end up on the Embraer, 737 or Q400 fleet.
When I was there I was told that min conditions for the 787 FO positions were 1500 hours tt of which 1000 on Jet eng.

Thank you for the information. I'm an experienced FO type rated on the 737, I was looking for an opportunity on long haul without going to the sands.
Have you been recently to the interview?

AUPCMM 19th Sep 2019 11:20


Originally Posted by Europilot320 (Post 10573252)
I did my interview in May in WAW and got a job offer with a base in BUD on the EMB 190/5 family.
Did not take it because I was offered better conditions at Stobart Air.
I was the only non Polish guy that day.
Having a chat with few lads there I was told that many SFO and CPT are leaving LOT for WizzAir or Ryanair that offered them better conditions,
this is why LOT opened to foreigners and not only Polish speakers last year, but also started to recruit low hours and just started their cadet program.

Regarding the interview both the technical part and the personal one were very basic and nothing in particular was covered.
Sim was on a 737 and I just performed few approaches. No emergencies or non standard situations.

Thank you again for your feedback. Let's see what happen, if they will ever call me. Good luck with Stobart!

AUPCMM 19th Sep 2019 17:35


Originally Posted by Europilot320 (Post 10573252)
I did my interview in May in WAW and got a job offer with a base in BUD on the EMB 190/5 family.
Did not take it because I was offered better conditions at Stobart Air.
I was the only non Polish guy that day.
Having a chat with few lads there I was told that many SFO and CPT are leaving LOT for WizzAir or Ryanair that offered them better conditions,
this is why LOT opened to foreigners and not only Polish speakers last year, but also started to recruit low hours and just started their cadet program.

Regarding the interview both the technical part and the personal one were very basic and nothing in particular was covered.
Sim was on a 737 and I just performed few approaches. No emergencies or non standard situations.

Thank you again for your feedback. Let's see what will happen, if they will ever call me. Anyway, the money on the 787 as FO are the same as an FO in Ryanair (Buzz airlines), same deal pretty much.


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