Anyone get a Norwegian interview?
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Because I wanted to do something different. I have stated many times that working for a legacy was never my primary goal. Inside the flight deck, the airplanes all look the same, I wanted some different experiences. Virgin America looked like a fun challenge and it was. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. But I have always had wanderlust, and when the viable opportunity to live and work overseas arose, I decided to take it.
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Norwegian is the least of your worries. Really. Consider Lufthansa backing their own low cost brand, that currently operates with 8 different AOCs, each of which has complete and free access to the US if they ever want to use it.
I agree! This is a clear flag of convenience situation and exactly what my worst fear is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience
I agree! This is a clear flag of convenience situation and exactly what my worst fear is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience
Of course those many different AOCs do serve a purpose, but then Lufty always had several AOCs running side by side, even before the LCCs invaded the market. Switching between AOCs is not a big issue anymore, neither for aircraft (takes about 4 hours) nor crews (takes two weeks). There are even some carriers that try out interoperability. In my outfit we could, for some time, switch every flight between planes and AOCs that were based in different countries. Simply remember that one has an OE registration when filling out the techlog and not the usual D registration. Aviation across the EU is under common rules and regulations.
Therefore a flag of convenience, in eastern europe for example, would be possible. However, that is simply not needed. Different companies with different T&Cs is simply a divide and conquer tool, and it works very well indeed in western european countries without the need to go east.
Yes, open sky agreements can be renegotiated. And they will at some point. How that ends is open for debate. Especially as the economical relevance of the US, while still high, is declining compared to other areas of the world, like china for example.
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I need to make another correction, but the edit function is gone. Upon further review the salaries offered by Ryanair are not €22,000 per month, but rather a total annual increase of €22,000. Total monthly pay being offered is now just over €13,000 per month or about $15,500 USD per month. My apologies for the mistake.
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I've done extremely well taking financial advice from airline guys!!!
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