Anyone get a Norwegian interview?
05-11-2017, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jowong1
So back to the op's question....anyone got an interview? On 737 or 787? Care to share experience and result?
The interview was at the Thales/L3 sim center in Crawley, next to LGW. An hour long orientation that started at 0700. At 0800 we were sent into the pilot lounge at the sim center and then they called us out two at a time for the sim evaluation, and one at a time for the two on one interview. The sim eval was set up so you would be PF, with another guy as PM. After your turn as PF, you would move to the right seat and be PM for a new guy coming in. So the PF had no idea of what to expect. Basically it was a simple PC type profile. I am an Airbus guy and did not have too much trouble with the 737 sim.
The two on one interview was a very basic tell me about yourself type. They asked about my experience, experience with bad FOs and good FOs. Things I have learned in my career. What destinations would I pick for Norwegian. Friendly and straight forward.
They offered me the job but decided I did not want to go through the process of securing a bank guarantee. As an Airbus guy it would have been €40,000 for me.
Hopefully that helps. You will get a lot of negative comments on here, but just realise that just about every new airline over the past 15 years has been trashed on these forums, and the pilots have been accused of being scabs. In the end nobody will care in a few years. When I got furloughed from Mesa in September 2001, I got the offer to go to Freedom Air, which was the target of pilot forum wrath back then. I turned down the offer thinking the threats of being blacklisted for my career would be real. Five years later nobody even remembered Freedom Air (and I know several former Freedom pilots who are at Delta, United and American), and GoJet had taken over as public enemy number 1 on the forums. Not too long after that, Virgin America and their pilots were the target of pilot forum scorn and nobody cared about GoJet. The same thing will be true with Norwegian (yeah, yeah, yeah - awaiting the trolls who say that they will NEVER forget about Norwegian...). If it works for you, and you are not crossing a picket line (NEVER do that), don't worry about what some folks say on an internet forum.
05-13-2017, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by NEDude
I'll bite. I interviewed with Norwegian last summer before I took the job with WOW Air. I am not sure if the process for the U.S. contracts is same for the European based contracts. I live in Europe and have dual U.S. and E.U. citizenship.
The interview was at the Thales/L3 sim center in Crawley, next to LGW. An hour long orientation that started at 0700. At 0800 we were sent into the pilot lounge at the sim center and then they called us out two at a time for the sim evaluation, and one at a time for the two on one interview. The sim eval was set up so you would be PF, with another guy as PM. After your turn as PF, you would move to the right seat and be PM for a new guy coming in. So the PF had no idea of what to expect. Basically it was a simple PC type profile. I am an Airbus guy and did not have too much trouble with the 737 sim.
The two on one interview was a very basic tell me about yourself type. They asked about my experience, experience with bad FOs and good FOs. Things I have learned in my career. What destinations would I pick for Norwegian. Friendly and straight forward.
They offered me the job but decided I did not want to go through the process of securing a bank guarantee. As an Airbus guy it would have been €40,000 for me.
Hopefully that helps. You will get a lot of negative comments on here, but just realise that just about every new airline over the past 15 years has been trashed on these forums, and the pilots have been accused of being scabs. In the end nobody will care in a few years. When I got furloughed from Mesa in September 2001, I got the offer to go to Freedom Air, which was the target of pilot forum wrath back then. I turned down the offer thinking the threats of being blacklisted for my career would be real. Five years later nobody even remembered Freedom Air (and I know several former Freedom pilots who are at Delta, United and American), and GoJet had taken over as public enemy number 1 on the forums. Not too long after that, Virgin America and their pilots were the target of pilot forum scorn and nobody cared about GoJet. The same thing will be true with Norwegian (yeah, yeah, yeah - awaiting the trolls who say that they will NEVER forget about Norwegian...). If it works for you, and you are not crossing a picket line (NEVER do that), don't worry about what some folks say on an internet forum.
The interview was at the Thales/L3 sim center in Crawley, next to LGW. An hour long orientation that started at 0700. At 0800 we were sent into the pilot lounge at the sim center and then they called us out two at a time for the sim evaluation, and one at a time for the two on one interview. The sim eval was set up so you would be PF, with another guy as PM. After your turn as PF, you would move to the right seat and be PM for a new guy coming in. So the PF had no idea of what to expect. Basically it was a simple PC type profile. I am an Airbus guy and did not have too much trouble with the 737 sim.
The two on one interview was a very basic tell me about yourself type. They asked about my experience, experience with bad FOs and good FOs. Things I have learned in my career. What destinations would I pick for Norwegian. Friendly and straight forward.
They offered me the job but decided I did not want to go through the process of securing a bank guarantee. As an Airbus guy it would have been €40,000 for me.
Hopefully that helps. You will get a lot of negative comments on here, but just realise that just about every new airline over the past 15 years has been trashed on these forums, and the pilots have been accused of being scabs. In the end nobody will care in a few years. When I got furloughed from Mesa in September 2001, I got the offer to go to Freedom Air, which was the target of pilot forum wrath back then. I turned down the offer thinking the threats of being blacklisted for my career would be real. Five years later nobody even remembered Freedom Air (and I know several former Freedom pilots who are at Delta, United and American), and GoJet had taken over as public enemy number 1 on the forums. Not too long after that, Virgin America and their pilots were the target of pilot forum scorn and nobody cared about GoJet. The same thing will be true with Norwegian (yeah, yeah, yeah - awaiting the trolls who say that they will NEVER forget about Norwegian...). If it works for you, and you are not crossing a picket line (NEVER do that), don't worry about what some folks say on an internet forum.
05-15-2017, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by NEDude
I interviewed with Norwegian last summer before I took the job with WOW Air.
05-23-2017, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
There's a lot of us that would agree with him. Thought provoking or not 
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