Want to fly for Lufthansa.

Hi Guys,

without having read all of the above, I'm a US-Citizen living in Germany (where I was born as well) and I have to admit that my German is even better than my English. But one thing I can tell you for sure, as a none European citizen (not speaking German native fluently) it's absolutely impossible that Lufthansa will hire you as a pilot!

If you don't believe my and if your German is good enough you can check it out by yourself at the following link (the Lufthansa pilot employment page) just klick on Ready-Entries, pay special attention to "Sonstiges" at the bottom of the page, where it says "Staatsabgehörigkeit eines Eu Landes" which means European citizenship etc.

www.lufthansa-pilot.de

PS. Guess why there isn't an English version of the website?
 
I folglich heute wieder entschieden, um das Schicksal und die Zukunft des deutschen Reichs und unserer Leute in den Händen unserer Soldaten zu legen.
 
Well, this must be "European citizen and perfect language skills" isn't a Lufthansa specific requirement, it applies to all major EU carriers, such as Air France, KLM, British Airways etc. Even if you are a EU citizen, if you don't speak the respective language perfectly it's very unlikely that they'll hire you. Okay, the above story of the American (probably he's married with a Swiss girl) flying for a Swiss airline might be possible because Switzerland is a bit more liberal and isn't a member of the EU, but without speaking any German or French I wonder how he managed to get the job - that's like flying for an US carrier without speaking any English.
 
Brand X said:
I folglich heute wieder entschieden, um das Schicksal und die Zukunft des deutschen Reichs und unserer Leute in den Händen unserer Soldaten zu legen.
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I think I'm having trouble understanding this but it says something along the lines of You deciding that the German Reich and the German people should be in the hands of the soldiers. Is this right? Not sure what you mean because sometimes it's difficult to translate certain German phrases into English.
 
skidz said:
Hey Ramsey, have they built that terminal building there in Ramstein yet?
I went through Ramstein last year, the whole place looked like a big construction yard. I've heard they are building hotel or something?
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Actually the KMC Center is a real sore spot over here. There was actually a hearing in D.C. about it and the fact that it is still not complete.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54594&archive=true

Lawmakers want heads to role and has even asked why no one is in jail yet.

Lately it has come to light the roof leaks and entire project may need to be torn down and started over. This is really going to cost tax payers! :banghead:

...oh but the terminal is done! :rolleyes:
 
v1valarob said:
Well I was born English and naturalized American. When the EU became "The EU" it allowed anyone with a passport from a country within the EU to work in any country under the EU with no problem. You don't even need to go through customs anymore if you travel from say Germany to France. Its pretty nice...

Good luck getting to LH.

-Rob
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Now that's the kind of "market" I like :D Hopefully I'll be pimping all that in few years, lol. :D EU+USA There got to be a job opportunity somewhere no matter what. :nana2:
 
CaptainCrickettMan said:
I think I'm having trouble understanding this but it says something along the lines of You deciding that the German Reich and the German people should be in the hands of the soldiers. Is this right? Not sure what you mean because sometimes it's difficult to translate certain German phrases into English.
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:D indeed. sounds like a phrase from 1942
 
Ramsey said:
Actually the KMC Center is a real sore spot over here. There was actually a hearing in D.C. about it and the fact that it is still not complete.
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The building looks pretty tall, I wonder if it makes IMC approaches more interesting. :D
 
Red-Baron said:
Okay, the above story of the American (probably he's married with a Swiss girl) flying for a Swiss airline might be possible because Switzerland is a bit more liberal and isn't a member of the EU, but without speaking any German or French I wonder how he managed to get the job - that's like flying for an US carrier without speaking any English.
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He was single when I met him. He ended up marrying a German girl about a year later though. He was able to get me a visitor pass from the airline and the Salzburg airport to follow him around for all the preflight stuff. Got to see the operations area, preflight the aircraft and sit in the captain's chair and make vroom vroom noises (Saab 2000). It was a pretty awesome experience. His FO was from Iceland and spoke no Swiss languages either. He briefed all the FAs in English. I have no idea how he got the job or the visa, but it wasn't through marrying a Swiss citizen. Yeah, Switzerland is a different animal and isn't in the EU so they probably have different rules about hiring. I've since lost contact with him. I wish I could ask him how the heck he did it...

So it might not be so easy to get on with Lufthansa. But things could change. Lufthansa is out to make a profit. So if it ever gets too expensive to train a German born citizen from zero time, they might be willing to take on an experienced American pilot. But who knows?
 
I would also love to fly for LH. I lived and worked in Germany for a long time. It was easy at the time to get a work permit in my field (business technology consulting) because there was a shortage of qualified Germans/EU citizens. I would love to go back to work in Germany (six weeks of vacation from day one) but I doubt it would be very easy to do as a pilot. BUT if a pilot shortage in Europe develops, that will change quickly. This post has made me start to dream of it again. Man, what I would give for dual US/EU citizenship!

I think you better speak the language of your host country, whatever it happens to be. IFR comm is all in English, though, or is at least supposed to be (i.e. the French don't always abide by that).
 
LH would be an awesome airline to work for, from the impressions and my encounters with them. I'm considering to learn a new language...and German is at the top of that list, would be awesome to put that to good use by working for them.
 
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