adolf,

I fully respect the right of anyone seeking employment, or change, to ask any question(s) in their endeavors and wish them every success.

I have sought to correct misinformation and provide relevant information, including union representation and to whom, in order that prudent choices may be made by prospective applicants. Remember, some pilots may be leaving a career with an airline to join Norwegian via a 3-year fixed term, temporary “career” with a staffing agency.

My post on the previous page details the way to a more secure working relationship directly with the Norwegian airline for ALL their pilots, rather than the present fragile and insecure relationship via a service provider. This outcome is desired by the Norwegian Pilot Group and stated on their website – link:

http://norwegianpilotgroup.org/

The US based cabin crews have achieved some success with the help of the National Mediation Board. Unfortunately, Norwegian is obstructing their Collective Labor Agreement by refusing roster changes for two representatives to attend negotiation meetings. Spanish pilots are also facing obstruction in their CLA with Orient Ship Management and a non-airline, Norwegian Resource Group. Spanish cabin crews have threatened to strike if they cannot achieve representation directly to the Norwegian airline.

With the inordinate Kjos propaganda of Norwegian’s expansion and reported desperate need for pilots, combined with last summer’s debacle of thousands of passengers left stranded and distraught by cancelled flights due to a lack of pilots, there may never be a better bargaining opportunity.

Perhaps you, or any other person, can provide a reason why Norwegian’s pilots continue to pay union dues for representation to a staffing agency, when the ability to have union representation, a CLA and associated labor rights directly with the Norwegian airline is available.

And still, the lectures keep on coming.

The thread title is 'Norwegian B737 Pilot selection' - just a hint for you.

All the best.

Are u sure that u need at least 2 opc before become captain? A friend of mine became cpt after very few months...

Then he/she probably joined as a DEC, the way I've understood it is that you cannot cut the master seniority list.

"come and be part of history " Excuse me ? ? :yuk:

Yeah, it must be pretty historic to be recruited by one bottom feeder and then contracted to another.

OSM "it's all about the people" , but, it seems , not attracting/recruiting them . . . . how many parasites do you want making a buck on your back ? ?



NTR Captain for the new B737MAX | Norwegian | USA

Come and be part of history as one of the first Captains to fly this brand new aircraft.

Our client needs little introduction as a recognised global brand. We are delighted to be working on behalf of OSM Aviation to recruit NTR Commercial Jet Captains who are wanting to be the first to fly the brand new B737MAX on Norwegian’s new medium long haul network in the USA.

Norwegian is the first airline to take delivery of the MAX and will be the first airline in the world to operate the brand new aircraft type.



Benefits:

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USA Bases PVD or SWF
Excellent benefits package
Requirements:

Valid EASA or FAA License
EASA Class I Medical
US Passport or Green Card
Level 5 English
4000 total hours
2000 PIC hours on commercial jet over 30 tonnes
150 hours PIC hours within last 12 months


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We look forward to receiving your application and building a long term professional relationship.

So, to confirm, will the 737 Max in the UK & Ireland be separate from the standard 737-800 operations? Will the pilots currently flying the 800 be able to bid the Max or is that completely separate? I understand the U.S. operation is solely Max.

Assessment NTR
 

Can you please share some info about the assessment day, please?

I smell a little BS from November7.

He is suppose to be attending assessment twice, once on 29th Nov 2016 and again on 8th Feb 2017, 3 post in total, no answer and not allowing PMs.

Troll, period.

Any advice where to find in internet the correct ' skytest' in order to prepare ?

EPST so I understand

“The airline Norwegian is fined 10,000 euros - nearly 90,000 Norwegian kroner – by a court in Malaga for violating employees right to free trade unionism” - link:

http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/norw...svalg/67342877

“It was the union USO [Union Sinidcal Obrerea] who took Norwegian to court for the way the company treated its pilots and flight attendants at the company base in Malaga”– link:

http://www.check-in.dk/norwegian-faa...pansk-retssag/

A “Norwegian family” divided.

How much is approximately the average salary after tax for a first officer?

uchy. Been asked many times on several threads. Hundreds of pages. And the answer....... never been fully answered. Figures in NOR K on PPJN so no reason to doubt them and following was posted by someone on another thread about a month ago.

"Different tax codes will result in different incomes, however, based on Captain salary with per diem and 60 block hrs it works out £5925 after tax and FO again 60 block hours £3957 after tax for non-married UK tax payer."

Remember you won't be working for Norwegian. You work for Rishworth for 3 years and then OSM. You have no employment relationship with the actual employer as they hide behind agencies.

Average, according what they said during the roadshow , is 4000 Euros net for FO.

Why would any company quote net figures ? net is entirely dependant upon personal circumstances and the tax authority being paid. The only sensible figure to quote is gross.

I can confirm that figure too.

JaxofMarlow
is not a big deal...
doesn't matter where are you based, if Riga or London or Spain....and doesn't matter the local taxes...
at the end your montly income +/- some bucks and after been taxed and converted, still approx. the same...around 4000 Euros..
If someone would tell me 3700 euro or 4000 euro, doesn't make any differences to me to take or leave a job !--...is the reality!
Besides...this is black on white what OMS and Norwegian write or use to tell to the Roadshow.!
Anyway not my "problem" as I have other interest and not to enter in Norwegian ----I just thought to give people asking some more knowledge that i gathered during the roadshow.

Thanks a lot

I beg to differ Reveal1.
If I am looking at a new job, gross pay (basic,flight pay etc) is what I need to know. The actual figure the company will pay me. To be told you will get approximately £X after tax and social security payments makes me suspicious. There are numerous things that impact your tax code that the company would not be aware of and should not be quoting net figures for an individual. I personally would not go anywhere if they could not tell me precisely what gross figures will be paid and that is the information that has been requested on here many many times and never properly answered.
This, together with your employment status whilst in the first three years with Rishworth - self employed or not ?

Agree with you...
gross figures are clear in Norwegian, once you meet them you're going to know everything.
That is entirely dependant of the flight hours and if you worked/chosed , in your days OFF to fly (if I remeber was smthing like 360 euro for FO)..that the sole reason I specified "approx" in the net figures!

If then we speak about taxes this is another story and we need a full day to extrapolate.
Of course in some country you pay more like Italy, and other you pay less like Riga ...but ....if I remember well the law is clear, i will make you the point:
doesn't matter if you pay for example the taxes in Riga and maybe you paying 25% less because then if you are Uk residente, once you come back to UK, you need to pay the difference in your country, if in your country the tax is more, as it is for sure...but many people seems to care less about this matter!

Does anybody have some current information about the technical interview and HR interview questions?

Post # 880 two pages back.

Thanks, but I'm hoping to get some more insight in the questions during the technical interview.

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Their tests are VERY much like the ones at OSM.

All compass tests I would say is between easy and medium!

Math test

This test has 24 questions and is time limited to 20 min. Time WILL be an issue. Best advice: If you know you cant do the excersise – skip/guess! For some reason all the easy questions will come last.
Examples on test questions:

0.79 x 1000

De-icing fluid consist of 75% glychol and 25% whater. How much de-icing fluid can you make from 210L glychol? (Answer 280L)

An aircraft travels 500 km/h. 1NM = 5/8. How far will the aircraft have travelled after 2 hours and 30 min? (answer 1200NM)

(5 x 4) +8 = 28Y

365.495 / 13

13 x 28.250

5554 – 4446

Atpl quest:
This test consist of 30 multiple choice questions (3 answers). No time limit.
These questions AND answers may not be correct. This is only what I remember.

Take off roll with an engine failure on LEFT engine (wind from the left). How will the B737 react?
- Nose will turn towards left
- Nose will turn towards right
- Nothing

What colour is the taxi lights on the taxiway?
- Centerline lights green and taxi edge lights blue
- Centerline lights blue and taxi edge lights green
- All white

You are on an ILS and the runway is 1% upslope.
- It will give the impression that you are low
- It will give the impression that you are high
- It has no effect.

How long does gear retraction take on a B737?
- 4
- 8
- 12

Where does SPEEDbrakes (not spoilers) has the biggest effect?
- Just after touchdown
- On final approach
- Rapid descent with VMO

When will steady red lights appear on the centerline ligts?
- 900m
- 300m
- 100m
How long will a B737 travel in distance when its descending from 37.000ft to 7.000ft?
- Approx 50NM
- Approx 100NM
- Approx 150NM?

What happens when you take air from engines to deicing?
- More fuel required
- Drops in temperature and thrust
- Nothing

TUC in 33.000?
- 20 sec
- 50 sec
- 120 sec

TUC in 35.000ft
- 5 sec
- 35 sec
- 1 min 30 sec

What has best effect upon landing?
- Reverse thrust
- Spoilers
- Antiskid braking

You are flying towards and under a CB. What do you experince?
- Updraft/downdraft/updraft
- Downdraft/updraft/downdraft
- Nothing

You are flying into known turbelence. What is your action?
- Secure cabin and cockpit, fly rough air speed and maintain altitude
- Call cabin crew, descent at VMO.
- Call cabin crew

The runway is reported wet and slippery upon landing. After landing you start to skid. What do you do?
- Use reverse thrust
- Use diferential thrust
- Use rudder until and wait for nosewheelsteering to take effect.

How long does it take for a jet aicraft to spool up the engines to max?
- 4 sec
- 8 sec
- 12 sec

What is the easiest way for pilots to loose situational awareness?
- Both pilots in FMC
- ATC

When can you descend on a NDB approach?
- +- 5 degrees of inbound track.

You are flying on a ILS (IMC) and suddenly you get GPWS warning ”Pull up”. You do what?


Technical interview:
None typerated F/O. Few questions on my current aircraft. Alot of questions was asked about planning minima and operational minima. Also questions for a specefic plate. My case London Heathrow.
I was NOT asked all of these questions, but gathered them from several colleagues.

What is TRU? What is inverter?

How will you fly this approach? (He took a plate from Heathrow).

How will you fly a missed approach if you loose the aiport on downwind on a circling?

Differents between MDA DA?

When can you start descend on a NDB approach?

What does the blockfuel consist of?

What is final reserve?

When are you stabilized on approach (in your company)?

Tell me about balanced field take off?

What is screen height?

Why different screen heights?

What is V1? What is V1 compared to VMCG?

What is V2?

What is VMCG

What could you clear an obstacle with after you have reach V2 and 35ft

The 4 segments?

Landing climb gradient?

Approach climb gradient?

Considerations on landing distance on a wet/dry runway (hint: 70% / 115%)?

On an ILS approach in 700ft (IMC) you get an GPWS warning ”Pull up”. What do you do?

Tell me about Low Vis?

Tell me about CAT 2 and CAT 3 holding points?

What is MCT? (Max contenius thrust)?


HR
Very relaxed. Have situations/real life experiences prepared. Talk slowly and have eye contact.

Tell me about yourself?

What did you think of the group exercise?

Why Norwegian?

1 strong side?

1 negative/bad side?

Tell us about a situation where you used good CRM?

Tell us about a situation where you challenged the captain?

Tell us about a situation where the captain challenged you?

Tell us about a situation where you took a decision?

Tell us about a situation where you took a bad decision?

Willing to move?

Which base would you like?

Ever not followed SOP?


SIM (was not full motion)
I flew at EKEB (Esbjerg). No B737 callouts since we were not rated. No autothrottle and very little Flight director time (I didnt work). Basic radarvectoring around after T/O. Raw data ILS 2 engine. Engine failure on/after Go Around. No memo items. Just kicked in the rudder and trimmed. After GA we were told to make an holding entry. But we said (im guessing the correct) entry and it became a full procedure.

Single engine approach (I did ILS as I recall, but expect non-prec) with landing.

The sim is VERY straight foward. However, it takes alot of time trying to fly the airplane.

Other colleagues have done the same, but with ENZV (Stavanger).

No airwork. CRM is the most important here!!!

No one is showing up for the assessments in Miami. Idiots still think there is a glut of pilots out there.

Jajajaja it is not the only LOCOs in Europe in same situation. Lot of flights delayed and the summer it doesn't start even...

So, do you think they may be forced to cut back their proposed flight schedule, or perhaps pay more to get more applicants?

I think so, yes, no way

So cancelling flights it is....That ain't gonna be good for their reputation.

How do you know no one is showing up for the assessments?

what are all the European bases that can be chosen with Norvegian B737?

My guess is the whole offering of positions in US is smokescreen. They know they will get very few takers for the pathetic T and C, but Norweign can say they tried to offer jobs to Yanks if government pressure ramps up. A yank who takes the OSM offer is either uninformed or unhireable for a better position.

Edinburgh, Rome and Riga they offer me until June. For the moment I say no. They say June there will be again bases. If they give me Spain I go for the interview if not stay in Ryan.

They are lying to you. They cannot offer you any bases in June as the basebidding results are shown in August

Then I stay where I am

I would not leave Ryan to go to Norwegian

Yes they can offer a base in June. The biddings are close by then. Results are given beginning of August but that does not mean they know the results already. For winter in Spain most likely but not 100% sure it would be a base in the Canaries.
Summer in mainland.
All bases are growing so most likely The summer base can become the permanent base if you wish so.

All the people I work with that are ex FR say no way in hell they return there.

Of course is always a personal choice. :)

Hey,
I have just finished my training and I am now applying for everything I can find.
Does anybody know about any low-timers (~200hrs no TR) that still got invited into Norwegian although they applied for the 1500hr position? I am currently considering it since I don't want to wait for the low-timer position if you can tell me that you know of other low timers that got invited!
Thanks for the information already
Cheers

You cannot seriously be suggesting you claim 1500 hours without actually having done them ? Any other airline would chuck an application with 200 hours when the required minimum is 1500 in the bin and I would guess Norwegian would do the same.

Forget it, Norwegian might be desperate, but not that desperate. An MCC and JOC might help you with companies like Wizz etc.