Lufthansa pilot training 2015

Tesco TripleChicken

Just came across this: https://career.be-lufthansa.com/index.php?ac=search_result&showjobad=19737
From translating the webpages, it seems to say that the training is fully financed by lufthansa unless you get a job with them afterwards, then you pay it in monthly installments.
The only requirement I don't fulfill is "Fluent in German and English".
I don't speak German at all, but would it be worth applying for anyway or would it be a waste of their/my time?

EDIT: Doesn't matter, I just found this on another part of the website: (But others may find this thread useful)
"If you don’t speak German fluently or if you are looking for a different pilot qualification option for other reasons then you should look into this attractive alternative:
Pilot Training Network, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Flight Training. Here, a self-financed program lets you qualify within ca. 19 months for employment as a Pilot with a variety of European airlines.
All information regarding qualification via the Pilot Training Network can be found under: www.pilot-training-network.com"

basill

Most of the worlds airlines have some sort of criteria that is there in part to exclude non-nationals applying for local jobs. The exception would be the UK and Ireland who generally play the game for the most part when it comes to the EU anti discrimination laws.

Similar requirements are to speak French at Air France.

There is absolutely no point in you applying. They will be inundated with quality people who will serve their needs as well as being able to speak the local language to their customers, engineers, fuel truck driver etc etc.

Your best bet would be BA and/or CTC and AL whenever a new scheme is announced.

robclay26

Should we have Irish as a language requirement to protect our own Irish pilots ? I'm not been bad, but a German can apply to any German airline, uk or Irish, a polish pilot to a polish airline, uk or Irish, but Irish and uk pilots unless they speak the local lingo, can't get much luck elsewhere.
Bit unfair or am I over reacting?

Tesco TripleChicken

robclay26 wrote: »

Should we have Irish as a language requirement to protect our own Irish pilots ? I'm not been bad, but a German can apply to any German airline, uk or Irish, a polish pilot to a polish airline, uk or Irish, but Irish and uk pilots unless they speak the local lingo, can't get much luck elsewhere.
Bit unfair or am I over reacting?

I agree but it's probably also due to English being the primary language of Ireland/UK, but it is also spoken in many other countries, so a German person who already speaks English doesn't have to learn any other language to get an Irish job.
But in Germany, (correct me if Im wrong) German would be the primary language which not a lot of people outside Germany can speak, therefore it's reasonable to require candidatesto be able to speak the primary language of the country. It's kind of hard to get my point across but hopefully I did.

murphaph

robclay26 wrote: »

Should we have Irish as a language requirement to protect our own Irish pilots ? I'm not been bad, but a German can apply to any German airline, uk or Irish, a polish pilot to a polish airline, uk or Irish, but Irish and uk pilots unless they speak the local lingo, can't get much luck elsewhere.
Bit unfair or am I over reacting?

Johnny foreigner had to learn English though. Nothing stopping native English speakers from learning German, French, Polish etc.

I suspect an Irish language requirement would see most of the current Irish pilots collecting their P45s!!

folbotcar

robclay26 wrote: »

Should we have Irish as a language requirement to protect our own Irish pilots?

Since when do Irish pilots need protecting? Irish pilots work all over the Europe and the world. But the majority of Irish pilots work for Irish airlines. It's not as if the Irish are sitting at home while the foreigners are taking their jobs. If you're good enough you'll be hired.

If you've been turned down by Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Aer Arann, Cityjet, etc you might want to look at yourself rather than blame a biased recruitment process.

Ryanair would go out of business if they only could hire Irish citizens, never mind Irish language speakers. There simply isn't a big enough pool of suitably qualified Irish pilots to hire from.

You have to bear in mind that all non native English speakers must have a high standard of English, no matter where they want to work including their own country. Imagine if we all had to have a second foreign language to work for Aer Lingus?

Any attempt at restricting foreigners would backfire badly.