I have no idea what history "Bondi" has with Norwegian, but having gone through 3 different bases in the company in the past almost 5 years I do believe I have a pretty good grip on how it is to work for them.

It is true that being thrown on an OSM contract was a bit of a let down, and boy have we had our battles with them on an everyday basis for a long time. However, in my humble opinion we are at the moment in a place where things are, for me at least, quite good. The pay needs to improve a bit comparing to our orange counterparts etc, but on a daily basis, I really do not have any other places I want to be right now. You call in sick or fatigued - no problem. You get long term sick - no problem. You mess up something- they listen to you. Training department is on the ball, and constantly trying to iron out potential threats. I could go on and on. We periodically work a lot (not too surprising in an expanding environment tbh) which is constantly being addressed with the union.

I do realize that it is not the well oiled machine that they aspire to be just yet, but having felt the changes first to the worse, then to the better I actually see things in quite a positive light. I know its not a popular stand here on pprune, but there you go. I find that some people always look for the bad stuff and focus on that for an eternity instead of actually taking a step back to look at the big picture of it all.


I think it is important to understand that the personal experiences with a company vary to an almost extreme degree. If you expect a "Scandinavian BA". then stay away. If you expect something like easyjet, you are more likely to be on target.

Oh, and with day off payments and flying into my days off, I am at around 130K this tax year flying from the left seat excluding pension and extras.

Someone close to me has just completed his first year with Norwegian. Before that, he had done 10 years at FR.

He is happy in his new job and actually looks forward to getting his roster!

Yeah, it's not like FR was setting the bar very high.

Hello fellows,

Have any of you been recently approved in the Norwegian assessment?
I would like to deal with the paperwork for the contract from now, because I am moving from another country.
Do you have a list of the documents requested by the company?
(Europe, NTR FO)

Some info for you guys looking at Norwegian:

Just went through the assessment process and it was pretty straight forward just like most people here mention. Although it seems they are changing the recruitment process, since we all went through different "hoops" (between the 8 candidates on that day)

If you get called for the interview expect it to be on short notice.

Interview was very laid back, with no technical questions what so ever (applied as NTR).
Most of the focus on the interview was on the applicants experience in daily operations.
For example: "Tell us about a hard day in your work. What made it hard, what did you do, etc"
They wanted very detailed information if you talked about a specific situation. Basically they wanted you to tell about the flight, from briefing to, take-off, cruise, approach landing and so on. A full story basically.

Sim was pretty basic. Visual circuit (no AP, or FD) followed by a landing.
Then take-off with eng fail, AP and FD avail followed by a non-precision approach.
They want to see good CRM. Even if both of you are totally lost on the 737, they want to see how you solve the situation.
All modes are available on the 737. VNAV, LNAV etc.
But use them with caution. Better to just keep things simple if you are non rated, and especially if one of you are rated, and the other one is not.
I recommend to use simple modes for approach such as, V/S, VORLOC etc..

Results was given quick, within one working day.

For information for those attending the recruitment in the near future:
All bases are now full, and so are all courses.
If you get a positive answer you will be put in the hold pool until further.
At the moment it looks like there will be a long wait, most probably until autumn/winter for the next courses.
Recruiters spoke about LGW base as being most probable, or perhaps some of the bases in Spain.

Speaking about LGW, does any one have any T and C for LGW, or any Spanish base for that matter?

PM would be fine if information is not to be put on public forum (for what ever reason that may be?)

Thanks

does anybody have any news about new incorporations?

im approved since the end of Feb 18 and waiting for the call.....

any info will be appreciated!

PLD
I am approved from the end of January, but still no news...

EDI/DUB
 

HI

Has anyone here applied for the EDI/DUB Transatlantic positions ? and give any insight into the recruitment process ?

Spam

unfortunately
 

That’s very bad news...

hopefuly it will change soon!

Will apretiate any update!

Screened on March 15th, been notified of pass the day after.
after 20 days I ve been offered EDI/DUB base, even tough I did ask for another one (under crewed as well btw), so far I am negotianing with them.

As far as I understood the roster for 737 transantlic ops is kind of: DUB LGW as DH with ezy or so, then LGW JFK on Y tkt with 787 NAS, then layover there, the day after ground transport to PVD to operate the AC back to DUB/EDI...


NO THANKS



FR 737 DEC

Hi all. Looking to join DUB base on the B737 MAX as NTR Captain. I'm just wondering if anyone there could PM me with typical take home figures. I have been out of Ireland for a while so not sure how much tax would be deducted etc. Also if it's possible to get an idea of the patterns flown from DUB that would be great. Is it a fixed roster there of 5/4 or 6/4? Flying only MAX routes from Ireland and EDI or also mixed in with European SH on the 737-8?

Appreciate any one that can take the time to send me a PM with a little insight. Thanks in advance.

according to NAS website, they are planning to hire cadets in the near future,well this seems interesting

it has been like this since beginning of 2017 of I'm not mistaking

I ve been checking the website quite regurarly for about 2 years, but I have never seen any mention about hiring cadets at all. But obviously I may be wrong

Bond
 

NAS recruiting cadets. I applied without MCC, hopefully it is not a big problem

Yeah, I hope so. Same here in Czech airlines and Travel service, you can do MCC during the TR. Norwegian announced in their advertisement that MCC preferrably, not necesarilly, so we will see. Any thoughts how long after finishing the online tests I get a reply if they consider me a suitable person and invite me for an interview?

Hi

Any idea which bases are available for DEC?

Cheers,
a

Any ideas what a sim check consists of for cadets non TR?

The sim check for experienced pilots consists of a short LOFT and an OPC.
So basically your first takeoff will be without failures and you'll have a heart attack in the cabin or something like that and the OPC part is an engine failure with an upcoming non-precision (RNAV/VOR/NDB) approach. Everything will be flown with flight directors and you are free to use the autopilot as much as you like. The only thing that is flown manually is the landing phase.

They know that you haven't flown anything else than a Cessna before, yes. But I guess it wouldn't hurt if you take 2-3 hours in at least a fixed base (preferably a full flight) simulator before the assessment.

Good luck! :ok:

Well, this doesnt seem like sth for non TRed cadets just after a training. I will try to do my best, but I dont belive I ll pass. Thx for your info

Hello everyone,

Does anyone recent have any info on the selection process?

And Does anyone know what the roster is like for european bases? Is there a lot of overninghts or just day trips?

Thanks,

Jan

Hello everyone, coming as TR on the 737 can you choose the base? or they just randomly put you on a base and then joining a transfer list? how is the situation in Spain at the moment?

thanks

They put you in the base they need you according seniority.

anyone know the current approximately waiting time for DEC for Helsinki base?

Norwegian 787 OSM Differences