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Hi,
Does Norwegian recruit Airbus 320 rated pilots for the 787? I would like to try long haul staying in Europe as I am quite fed up with the 4 sector short haul days.
Thanks
Does Norwegian recruit Airbus 320 rated pilots for the 787? I would like to try long haul staying in Europe as I am quite fed up with the 4 sector short haul days.
Thanks
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Hi Ricky
Yes they do. They took on a lot of ex Monarch pilots in late 2017 early 2018. On every course of 14-16 there's always 5 or 6 who have no experience on Boeing but non Boeing pilots are waiting longer for a course start date (I waited one year).
Regards
Yes they do. They took on a lot of ex Monarch pilots in late 2017 early 2018. On every course of 14-16 there's always 5 or 6 who have no experience on Boeing but non Boeing pilots are waiting longer for a course start date (I waited one year).
Regards
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Hi, well done. According to the training manager you will have done a lot of the hard work already to get to the interview. The selection process, aptitude test and chat with the man from Rishworth is a big part of it. Over 60% pass the interview/sim check. This is from a year ago...
Good luck
- Arrive in the morning for meet and greet, then standard company intro, recruitment team intro. Then a mini group exercise in the same room. "How many footballs can we fit into this room?"
- After that, you are split into your groups. The first group sits around in meeting area until called for interviews, whilst the other group does the sim check. After lunch, you then swap over.
- Interview, usually 2 senior pilots. No tech questions, couple of 'give me an example of when you had to do this?' style questions. Nothing tricky, more to get to know you and if you are likable
- Sim ride, for me was 737Max, departure from JFK 31L, into downwind and then some problem develops (fight in the cabin, suspected bomb etc). Do the standard CRM thing and land. Then reposition to takeoff again, this time some kind of engine problem and land.
Good luck
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Thanks a lot for the shared experience Smooth Airperator and Joe le Taxi. Really appreciated and helpful. Let's go to work now !
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Hi all, I have a few questions.. Thanks for helping me out if you could 
Are the example rosters realistic? They gave as an example a 5-5 roster and an 8-4 rosters and it honestly looked pretty good.
Is there still a lot of W trips?
Is it easy to get 80% part time ?
How likely is it to get requested annual leave period?
Is it allowed to commute on your own if you have a flight out of another base? For example if you are LGW based with a flight out of CDG, can you go to CDG on your own transport?
What about crew life? Is there a good atmosphere, do you go out to dinner or activities together?
Thanks
Are the example rosters realistic? They gave as an example a 5-5 roster and an 8-4 rosters and it honestly looked pretty good.
Is there still a lot of W trips?
Is it easy to get 80% part time ?
How likely is it to get requested annual leave period?
Is it allowed to commute on your own if you have a flight out of another base? For example if you are LGW based with a flight out of CDG, can you go to CDG on your own transport?
What about crew life? Is there a good atmosphere, do you go out to dinner or activities together?
Thanks
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Hi all, I have a few questions.. Thanks for helping me out if you could
Are the example rosters realistic? They gave as an example a 5-5 roster and an 8-4 rosters and it honestly looked pretty good.
Is there still a lot of W trips?
Is it easy to get 80% part time ?
How likely is it to get requested annual leave period?
Is it allowed to commute on your own if you have a flight out of another base? For example if you are LGW based with a flight out of CDG, can you go to CDG on your own transport?
What about crew life? Is there a good atmosphere, do you go out to dinner or activities together?
Thanks
Are the example rosters realistic? They gave as an example a 5-5 roster and an 8-4 rosters and it honestly looked pretty good.
Is there still a lot of W trips?
Is it easy to get 80% part time ?
How likely is it to get requested annual leave period?
Is it allowed to commute on your own if you have a flight out of another base? For example if you are LGW based with a flight out of CDG, can you go to CDG on your own transport?
What about crew life? Is there a good atmosphere, do you go out to dinner or activities together?
Thanks
2. It's either point to point or W. You can put in a request and it's likely you'll get what you want.
3. No Idea
4. It completely depends on what period you are bidding for. First year in the company, bidding for easter/midsummer/christmas/new years eve? Not so likely. The system works with points (points are bad). You start of with your employee number in points and each year these points decrease/increase, depending on what you are bidding for (some day in October = low points, Christmas = max points). The requested vacation is then given to those guys/gals with the least amount of points.
5. Yes. Feels like the whole company is commuting. Coming to the crewroom in Paris before the flight, it's not unlikely you'll have people sitting there for hours already before a flight, since they were commuting from far away.
6. Crew life is disappointing. Or well, for me who's coming from a european charter company, crew life is basically inexistent. The cabin crew pisses off to their rooms on layovers and you'll see them again for checkin, if it's the same cabin crew on the way back. Feels like the flight deck sticks to themselves and cabin sticks to themselves.
Hopefully that helped
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1.Yes they are. Til todays date, I have gotten all of my requested OFF days. Nicest part: It's possible to connect all of your 10 guaranteed OFF days to your vacation.
2. It's either point to point or W. You can put in a request and it's likely you'll get what you want.
3. No Idea
4. It completely depends on what period you are bidding for. First year in the company, bidding for easter/midsummer/christmas/new years eve? Not so likely. The system works with points (points are bad). You start of with your employee number in points and each year these points decrease/increase, depending on what you are bidding for (some day in October = low points, Christmas = max points). The requested vacation is then given to those guys/gals with the least amount of points.
5. Yes. Feels like the whole company is commuting. Coming to the crewroom in Paris before the flight, it's not unlikely you'll have people sitting there for hours already before a flight, since they were commuting from far away.
6. Crew life is disappointing. Or well, for me who's coming from a european charter company, crew life is basically inexistent. The cabin crew pisses off to their rooms on layovers and you'll see them again for checkin, if it's the same cabin crew on the way back. Feels like the flight deck sticks to themselves and cabin sticks to themselves.
Hopefully that helped
2. It's either point to point or W. You can put in a request and it's likely you'll get what you want.
3. No Idea
4. It completely depends on what period you are bidding for. First year in the company, bidding for easter/midsummer/christmas/new years eve? Not so likely. The system works with points (points are bad). You start of with your employee number in points and each year these points decrease/increase, depending on what you are bidding for (some day in October = low points, Christmas = max points). The requested vacation is then given to those guys/gals with the least amount of points.
5. Yes. Feels like the whole company is commuting. Coming to the crewroom in Paris before the flight, it's not unlikely you'll have people sitting there for hours already before a flight, since they were commuting from far away.
6. Crew life is disappointing. Or well, for me who's coming from a european charter company, crew life is basically inexistent. The cabin crew pisses off to their rooms on layovers and you'll see them again for checkin, if it's the same cabin crew on the way back. Feels like the flight deck sticks to themselves and cabin sticks to themselves.
Hopefully that helped
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If you are LGW based, chances are you’ll be NUK. NUK only fly from LGW at present.
if you are NAS you can be sent to any NAS base to fly,
LGW crews go out from time to time, but this isn’t British airways 5 night Barbados in 1970, we normally do one night stops, so mostly people are too knackered .
if you are NAS you can be sent to any NAS base to fly,
LGW crews go out from time to time, but this isn’t British airways 5 night Barbados in 1970, we normally do one night stops, so mostly people are too knackered .
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Same question regarding the tests. I just finished 5 minutes ago and I was thinking I would receive any notification by email saying that they had correctly received the results.
Either it is not meant to be acknowledged or they are already preparing my PFO letter
I already included the references, shows I have nothing to hide.
Either it is not meant to be acknowledged or they are already preparing my PFO letter
I already included the references, shows I have nothing to hide.
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Recruitment for RCA and CPT is cancelled. Only FO applications are taken into consideration. That's from the last Chief Pilot Info that came out yesterday.
So I guess the ones being invited to RCA/CPT assessment now are either the last batch or the company will invite you to an assessment but in the end only give you the option to start as an FO.
So I guess the ones being invited to RCA/CPT assessment now are either the last batch or the company will invite you to an assessment but in the end only give you the option to start as an FO.