Badgeman

Yes. I'm not too worried about that

Badgeman

Technically I would have to become a citizen to get a German passport. My brother is over there right now getting naturalized, a process that takes 5 years. How would LH ever hire any other than German citizens to fly their planes if it took them 5 years just to get a passport. I think your concern is legitimate but I don't think it's quite as exclusive as this. My brother was issued a work permit which requires he always work as an engineer there at least until he acquires citizenship.

Great.... more school.

Everything with them has been a one sided stand-off. One stone wall after another. AND I HAVE AN UNCLE FLYING FOR THEM ALREADY!!

Merlyn

Germany changed their laws about 10 years ago. German citizens who become American citizens now retain their German citizenship unless they specifically renounce it. Don't know how it works going the other way though.

georgetg

hehehe, so true.

If you don't follow along the traditional ways of education, you can pretty much forget about getting a job in Germany. It's like pulling teeth.

Where is your thisandthis Schein, where is your soandso Diplom.

Things are changing, but many aspects of securing employment in Germany are very process oriented as opposed to the US where things are typically more results oriented.

...read the account on Pilots.de of the LH applicant who did lots of prep, flew the perfect sim, so he busted for being "too good" and was accused of trying to game the test...

Also have you taken the DLR tests?
Lufthansa has a dumbed-down version here


Tschüß
George

Andym037

Does anyone know much about Lufthansa Cityline? I have heard that they are hiring foreigners. Any truth to this? I'd love to work in Germany.

Kenny

Andy,

I used to work closely with the LH Cityline training department a few years back and I'd be speachless if that was the case. The few positions that cityline has are filled with grads from the LH flight school and those positions are very highly sought after.

Bad information, I think.

Badgeman

Officially, Lufty is hiring "non-Germans", but, I'll bet that policy only exists on paper and is there for good PR. I have a Damn uncle working for LH the legacy airline who knows I have really good institutional flight training and he is remaining tight-lipped even with me. It's like an airline mafia.

nicholasblonde

It's not there for PR, it's there for EU legalities which the Germans grudgingly go along with...i.e. they probably wouldn't hire a Czech or Pole for LH, even if they were hurting for qualified pilots...but they can't outright say it these days or it would **** off the people in Brussels!!!