Lufthansa hiring process for US pilot
10-02-2011, 05:18 PM
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Lufthansa hiring process for US pilot
So has anyone considered moving to Germany and trying for Lufthansa? My soon to be wife is from Bavaria and does not want to stay in the US. I am just wondering how my license would go about transferring and what kind of battle am I looking at?
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10-02-2011, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by flywithjohn
So has anyone considered moving to Germany and trying for Lufthansa? My soon to be wife is from Bavaria and does not want to stay in the US. I am just wondering how my license would go about transferring and what kind of battle am I looking at?
Don't see anything on APC about it.
Don't see anything on APC about it.
10-02-2011, 06:07 PM
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you can get the work right no problem as you are married to a German. Getting the license will be a pain as I had done it, and it took about 3 months. Your largest hurdle is to get hired. They usually take kids with no experience right out of highschool and train them in Bremen at their University. They also have a max age restriction. I believe it is 27. That's why no military trained guys are at Lufthansa. After they do their 8 year commitment, too old. Good luck
10-02-2011, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by flywithjohn
So has anyone considered moving to Germany and trying for Lufthansa? My soon to be wife is from Bavaria and does not want to stay in the US. I am just wondering how my license would go about transferring and what kind of battle am I looking at?
Don't see anything on APC about it.
Don't see anything on APC about it.
Hast du Abitur?
Hast du schon mal den DLR Eignungstest gemacht?
Spricht du fließend Deutsch?
Hast du eine Deutsche (EU) Arbeitserlaubniss?
Formelle Eignung und Voraussetzungen für eine Bewerbung
Schulabschluss
- Folgende Kriterien müssen Sie für eine Bewerbung als Ready Entry erfüllen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass einige Voraussetzungen je nach Konzern-Flugbetrieb unterschiedlich sind.
- Für LH Passage, LH Cargo, Germanwings: europ. JAR ATPL(A) oder CPL(A)-IR, frozen ATPL mit ATPL theory credit oder MPL ohne Einschränkungsvermerk Flugbetrieb
- Für Germanwings ist die Bewerbung schon 2- 3 Monate vor Ausstellung des CPL(A)-IR möglich
- Für die LH Passage: 600 Stunden Flugerfahrung, davon 300 Stunden multiengine im Zwei-Mann-Cockpit in der kommerziellen Luftfahrt auf Jet-Aircraft/ Turboprop bzw. Ausbildung an der Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH Bremen auf mehrmotorigem Flugzeug (Jet-Aircraft/ Turboprop) mit mind. zwei Piloten
- Für die LH Cargo: 1.000 Stunden Flugerfahrung auf Jet-Aircraft /Turboprop in der kommerziellen Luftfahrt bzw. Ausbildung an der Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH Bremen auf mehrmotorigem Flugzeug (Jet-Aircraft/ Turboprop) mit mind. zwei Piloten
- Für Germanwings ist keine Mindestflugstunden-/MCC-Erfahrung nötig
Schulabschluss
- Für die LH Passage, LH Cargo und Germanwings: Allgemeine oder fachgeb. Hochschulreife (Fachhochschulreife reicht nicht aus)
- Für die LH Passage, LH Cargo und Germanwings: Körpergröße 1,65 bis 1,98 m
- Sie haben nicht mehr als 5 Punkte beim Verkehrszentralregister und keine Eintragung, die auf Drogen- oder Alkoholkonsum zurückzuführen ist.
- Deutsch und Englisch fließend in Wort und Schrift
- Gutes Sehvermögen (Grenzwerte für Refraktionsfehler +/-3 Dioptrien, für Astigmatismus 2 Dioptrien)
- Staatsangehörigkeit eines EU-Landes oder eine Aufenthaltsberechtigung / unbefristete Aufenthaltserlaubnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Besitz eines uneingeschränkten Reisepasses. Achtung: Rumänien und Bulgarien zählen mit Blick auf die Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit noch bis 31.12.2011 als Nicht-EU-Länder.
- Medical Klasse 1 / Deutschland
Viel Glück!
Cheers
George
10-02-2011, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dominican
Fluent in German is also required, they will not hire anyone that doesn't go thru their cadet program
They do offer ready entry positions to pilots who have previous experience and fulfill the laundry list of criteria.
Cheers
George
10-02-2011, 08:05 PM
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My Dad spent 14 years with LH on the 727 and 747 and he always says that speaking German isn't the hard part, it's the speaking fluently in technical German, that's hard. It's almost a different language.
Even if you meet all the requirements, you'll find it one of the most competitive things you've ever undertaken.
Even if you meet all the requirements, you'll find it one of the most competitive things you've ever undertaken.
10-02-2011, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by georgetg
Fluent in Deutsch und English, of course!
They do offer ready entry positions to pilots who have previous experience and fulfill the laundry list of criteria.
Cheers
George
They do offer ready entry positions to pilots who have previous experience and fulfill the laundry list of criteria.
Cheers
George
Thank you for the correction, I used to transport LTU and Lufthansa crews in position around the Caribbean in the mid 90's and this was the information that I was given, perhaps I misunderstood.
10-02-2011, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by flywithjohn
So has anyone considered moving to Germany and trying for Lufthansa? My soon to be wife is from Bavaria and does not want to stay in the US. I am just wondering how my license would go about transferring and what kind of battle am I looking at?
Don't see anything on APC about it.
Don't see anything on APC about it.
Might be easier to apply to FedEx and bid Cologne. Best of both worlds for you.
10-03-2011, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by georgetg
Fluent in Deutsch und English, of course!
They do offer ready entry positions to pilots who have previous experience and fulfill the laundry list of criteria.
Cheers
George
They do offer ready entry positions to pilots who have previous experience and fulfill the laundry list of criteria.
Cheers
George
ja
Nie davon gehört, bis gestern, so dass keine
Needs improvement aber ja, langsam zu sprechen
Derzeit nicht, aber das ist erreichbar
Why are the minimum so low? 600tt and 300multi 2 crew tp/jet, and that includes either PIC or SIC? Sounds too good to be true. I meet everything medically speaking.
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