ATC IssuesA place where pilots may enter the 'lions den' that is Air Traffic Control in complete safety and find out the answers to all those obscure topics which you always wanted to know the answer to but were afraid to ask.
Whereas with many EU Member States using FEAST, they tend to split the test into two parts, with NATS (I believe) it is a full day session with no split.
Hi to the guy who had stage 3 on Monday (forgot your name sorry!) I take it you haven't heard back yet either??
I must have checked my phone and emails about 5 times a day this week
I'm due to re-apply in October after falling at S3 in Feb this year. Is anyone else re-applying this year after not getting through last time? How is everyone coping with the changes in the process?
Really worried I don't make it back through to S3...next time is my 3rd time...
Sat stage 3 last week, not as pressurised as stage 2, all in all fairly relaxed day. First thing you do is the group test, involves a scenario of bus routes, you are given an individual task to work out then you all put you plans together to come up with an answer. quite enjoyable really, i wouldnt worry about it though. Next you are taken off it two's to have your interview. We had 6 of us so you will be waiting around for most of the day. My post a couple of pages back has a link to the new NATS website where there is a list of the questions you are going to be asked about, so have a look and prepare some answers.
Good luck with it, im still waiting for THE result !!!!
Ah that sounds alright then. Thanks for that. Good luck with the result, hate the wait. Keep us informed of how you do. I just want to get on with it now.
Hi I had my S3 on the 6th. The day was something like this:
We didn't really do anything until about 9:30 then we did the group exercise which took about an hour. There were 6 of us and they interviewed 2 at a time (different interviewers, different rooms!) So 4 people were interviewed before lunch (10:30-1pm) then lunch for an hour and the other 2 interviewed after lunch. The interviews were just over an hour and the day involved a lot of waiting around especially for me as I was one of the first 2 to be interviewed! Once we had all been interviewed we had a tour and left about 4:30. All in all a long day! Good luck! I am still waiting to here
I agreee with JonathanB, i guess you could ask to leave if you were first to be interviewed but i dont think it would be the "done" thing. There is a lot of waiting around, the first interviewees were done by 11am ish and then had to wait until 4pm for the "tour", worth it if you havent seen LTC or the ops room.
OK fair enough, I just wasn't sure if anything happened after the interview, if there's a tour or anything else happening then I'd definitely wait around. Wouldn't look too good running off early anyway would it!
Congratulations on passing S2 !!!
Good luck with S3, i would visit a NATS facility if you can , as part of the interview in stage 3 they do ask about motivation so its a good talking point !!!!
I believe you can ask via the message centre about who to contact for a visit at Swanwick, they are usually very accomodating.
I am attending a visit to the Swanwick control centre on the 25th July before my S3 in early August. If you email you should be able to find out if there are any spaces left. Apparently this is the last one at Swanwick until the end of August so you need to be quick!