Lufthansa? LTU? Air Berlin?
07-06-2008 | 04:59 PM
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Yes. I'm not too worried about that
If his mum is a German citizen he should be able to get citizenship through her. I am not sure how true this is, but from what I understand Germany does not recognize dual citizenship and requires you to renounce your American citizenship when becoming a German citizen.
07-06-2008 | 05:09 PM
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Badgeman,
Being able to speak German at a proficient level is a good start, although you mention that your mum is german citizen, are you? Without an EU passport you won't have a chance. And to be honest LH can be so picky about who they take, anything less than a German passport will probably kill your hopes.
Being able to speak German at a proficient level is a good start, although you mention that your mum is german citizen, are you? Without an EU passport you won't have a chance. And to be honest LH can be so picky about who they take, anything less than a German passport will probably kill your hopes.
Everything with them has been a one sided stand-off. One stone wall after another. AND I HAVE AN UNCLE FLYING FOR THEM ALREADY!!
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07-08-2008 | 09:12 AM
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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.
07-08-2008 | 09:41 AM
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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
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George
07-10-2008 | 03:33 PM
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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.
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.
07-10-2008 | 08:05 PM
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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. 
07-11-2008 | 04:40 PM
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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!!!
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.
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