gocicigo

Heard a rumour that Norwegian is hiring only scandinavians, when it comes to F/Os??
Hope some one can confirm to me that's not true, coz I have applied there
p.s. are they presently hiring at all, as u see, I have no information at all

Thanks for some good news!

Cirrus_2000

Minimum requirements for First Officers:

Valid JAR CPL license
Valid instrument rating
Valid proper medical certificate
Valid frozen ATPL theory
1500 hours total time on aeroplanes
500 hours in multicrew environment
English, written and spoken
An advantage if you are fluent in one Scandinavian language or Polish depending of base
No criminal record

Diper

Hva med kravet om ferdig utsjekket på B737?

pocho

The minimum requirrements don't mention type rated or not, I think probably is an advantage to have it. Does anyone knows what kind of selection process they do?

LeftHeadingNorth

Selection process is basically an interview. At the moment there are a looong waiting list with type rated applicants. A personal recommendation is very strong advantage...

gocicigo

hmm, and aprox. how long is this waiting list?
like, 1-2 months, or 1-2 year?
so, besides an interview i guess there is a sim check, anything else?
so many questions, so little time..
and one last question, considering i have no info about norwegian, IS IT A GOOD COMPANY TO WORK FOR?
thx

toolip

I applied couple of years ago...still nothing
Have more then 4000h on type but no scandi language.
Scandi language aint so hard to learn...I saw one day in Oslo that even small child speaks it...so its should be easy

But be realistic...if holding pool is full of qualified and scandi speaking pilots why they should hire foreigners? People get homesick someday and then they should do new hirening...why bother


Good luck

Im still updateing my application couple times a year
Maybe one day Im gonna fly Rudolfs plane....

Matriks

"hmm, and aprox. how long is this waiting list?
like, 1-2 months, or 1-2 year?"

Seems like the word "waiting list" gives you the wrong idea. 737 Experience and scandi speaker, or forget about it, x months from now it will be the same.

gocicigo

si, it is 'scandi' speaker!
can u confirm that, coz it says on their web page that fluent in scandi or polish is just an adventage, not 'must to'?
well, in that case, my x in infinity

Northern_Driver

Dont know for sure, but saying you must speak this and this lanquage might be discrimination nowdays-who knows. So they are most likely avoiding it by saying it is an advantage.

In my opinion, the whole day is much enjoyable if both pilots can speak their homelanquage in the flightdeck.

gocicigo

I don't agree with that, I've been working my whole civil aviation career with guys and gals who doesn't speak my language, nor I speak theirs, and it's only unpleasant on flight deck when u have asshole sitting next to you! And he can speak any language he wants, he/she will still be an asshole!
Anyways, as I see no one hadn't experienced rejection coz of lack of Scandi language, so that's a good thing, hopefully it means it's only a rumour

Or maybe one should fill a fake application, stating that can speak Scandi, and wait to see if that will change anything

somethingclever

I suspect it's a simple supply and demand problem. If the company had very few applications then they would hire more people even if they didn't have the language skills.

As it is there are so many in the database who speak a scandinavian language that they don't need anyone else. Personally I think it's a pity, part of what makes this job interesting is the chance to meet many nationalities. As for "idiots" on the flight deck I can assure anyone interested right now that scandinavian language skills are no guarantee the person won't be an idiot

falconetti

"a simple supply and demand problem"

thats it!!!

Scandinavians are no exeption when it comes to protectionism.
Down south, they are not any better!!! Sprechen sie frog? que? No thank you, you will not hear from us.

gocicigo

Yeah, unfortunately, it's like that in rest of the Europe,
only place to go is Asia, Africa, all the attractive places

ATP-Pilot

Hahahahaha:-)

gocicigo

so, anyone at the moment had interview with norwegian, or in the process?
how long does it take to get the job from the date you apply?
cheers

happyjack

´Had the same thing from SAS years ago. Told them I speak a Scandi language fluently..........English! Never heard back! (

gocicigo

that really pisses me off, not the fact that they require scandi, I understand that, I do!
but the fact they say on their web page that you don't need to know language, that's just an advantage, but if you don't speak language, no chance to get in!
they should just state that requirement in the first place, not give people a chance to hope!

housecarl

are you serious??

One year ago there was a Scandinavian company named Sterling. They had approximate 30 Boeing 737, but they went out of business, and they were not alone.. the hole world are now trying to recover from one of the largest economic crises. And HappyJack, SAS have not been hiring this decade!!

Drop this language thing and wake up and smell the coffee. thousands of pilots are unemployed. There might be other reasons you don't get the job.. go figure

Edit:
I'm born in one of the Scandinavian countries, I speak and understand Swedish Danish Norweigian. I also currently flying the B737.. But no interview for me either. We just have to wait for the market to pick up

ReallyAnnoyed

You are REALLY out of the loop regarding the Scandinavian market if you are upset about not hearing from SAS. I believe the lowest on the seniority list was hired around 1999. You tell me how your odds are for getting a job with the old legacy girl