Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Pretty much all the pilots at LH were picked from high school and have done nothing else than fly planes for LH group airlines since then. So there is definitely a clear disconnect with the job market. That said its also what LH wants. The ab-initio training ensures that pilots have the exact same training and will do exactly the same in unison when a situation comes up with discussion.
It is not that bad, a lot of pilots started doing other things as well, ranging from degrees in management to work part time in HQ e.g. in crew scheduling to training their peers how to fly planes or designing software at Systems.
This does not affect their very lucrative pension schemes, though, and given the currrent market conditions, LH faces the same problem as many life insurance companies; they promised too much in earlier negotiations.
Hence, this one will become ugly.
