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what have people done who have failed stage 2 of CTC? Have you gone elsewhere like oxford or cabair and passed? I thought I would have passed as my scores on the hand eye coordination were high, must be the multi tasking i failed on! Bit stuck on what to do next ie get my ppl and try elsewhere..
I bought the Cockpitweb test software (£50) not realising that there is another company PilotPrep who do the same type of tests for half the price (and they actually make referance to CTC,FTE Cabair). Does anyone know which one bears the most resemblance to the tests at CTC (might purchase the Pilotprep one as well)
I bought the Cockpitweb test software (£50) not realising that there is another company PilotPrep who do the same type of tests for half the price (and they actually make referance to CTC,FTE Cabair). Does anyone know which one bears the most resemblance to the tests at CTC (might purchase the Pilotprep one as well)
Thanks
From what I know, the Cockpitweb software is much closer to what you will find at CTC than Pilotprep. I have the Cockpit web software and its very good.
The amount of time varies, from sending off phase one to being in newzealand didnt take me much longer than 7 weeks but others were in selection for almost a year, id like to think its because im amazing but sadly i dont think thats the case. Chasing them up pays off. Hassle them, i know they managed to loose a few peoples applications. One guy got a call six months later after he'd moved to america!
Just wondering about the minimum age you can be to apply for the CTC scheme. Reading through some previous post's it seems hard to tell what the minimum age is, does anyone know of people aged 18 being accepted on the scheme?
The reply for my faxed application (phase 1) was that ctc doesn't want to take my application any further. Obviously they didn't give me any feedback.
After thinking about it for a couple of days I started to wonder if they might think that I don't meet the minimum requirements to apply. The reason why I think this is that I stated all my school grades and qualifications in german. Whenever I applied to jobs before (in the UK) I stated the english equivalent but ctc sort of asks you to state your qualification as exact as possible so I did. But now I'm worried that they might not realize what it all means and assume that I don't have A-levels (Well, I don't. But I do have the equivalent!).
Does anybody know if it's worth a shot to send them an email (or a fax) stating this worry? Something in the line of 'I appreciate you can't give any feedback and I don't expect any but I would like to make sure that you know that I meet all the minimum requirements'?
It's just that it would be such a stupid thing to happen that I want to be as certain as possible that it's not even an option...just tell me if I'm just a bad looser! I decided to re-apply one way or another in six month time anyway so I know that already ;-)
Dolley =>
You have nothing to lose by asking for feedback. The worst they can do is say no. They are pretty friendly folk though and if you ask nicely, they probably will reply.
I would have thought though that if they didn't feel that you met the education requirements, they wouldn't have given you the four additional questions to fax back.
Asking them is the only way to find out for certain.
I was in a similar situation to you as I did all my schooling in South Africa so my grades where quoted in the South African system. I think if they sent you the written questions after your initial online application then it won't be a problem with your school marks. Always worth asking though.
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Originally Posted by Dolley
Hi everybody,
I've got the following situation:
The reply for my faxed application (phase 1) was that ctc doesn't want to take my application any further. Obviously they didn't give me any feedback.
After thinking about it for a couple of days I started to wonder if they might think that I don't meet the minimum requirements to apply. The reason why I think this is that I stated all my school grades and qualifications in german. Whenever I applied to jobs before (in the UK) I stated the english equivalent but ctc sort of asks you to state your qualification as exact as possible so I did. But now I'm worried that they might not realize what it all means and assume that I don't have A-levels (Well, I don't. But I do have the equivalent!).
Does anybody know if it's worth a shot to send them an email (or a fax) stating this worry? Something in the line of 'I appreciate you can't give any feedback and I don't expect any but I would like to make sure that you know that I meet all the minimum requirements'?
It's just that it would be such a stupid thing to happen that I want to be as certain as possible that it's not even an option...just tell me if I'm just a bad looser! I decided to re-apply one way or another in six month time anyway so I know that already ;-)
Bring on your thoughts!
Thanks for any advice!
I believe they must have changed the system because as soon as I sent of my online application I got the fax-questions. And I mean instandly, I pressed the button, next thing on screen was: 'Thanks for your filling out your first part of the application. Here are some questions that we want you to print out and fax them once answerd.'.
So I had the feeling it was automated and nobody ever checked the first part of my application before I got the second (how could they, within seconds?).
Does that make any sense?
Can anybody confirm that or had a similar experience?
I do not have any A-Level passes under any UK examining boards. They are from an EU country, but not UK, and they recognised them.
As previously stated, if they sent you the fax questions, I guess they did accept your basic qualifications. If this is an automated response or not - I don't know.
Im not sure if this has come up before but thought it might be helpful.
If you need accomodation for your phase at Bournemouth and you have 2 weeks to a month before your up and are driving there, forget the B&B for £40+. Book in at the Ringwood services, A31 Travellodge, if you book a month in advance its £15, 2 weeks in advance £26, BARGAIN.
Im up for Phase 2 reassesment on 5th Feb, good luck to everyone and if there is anyone on the same day as me see you there.
Ive recently commenced training on the CTC wings course out in NZ and have started writing a blog. The aim is to document all the good and bad points of training as im actually doing it. At this stage, I dont actually know where i'll end up in 18 months, and so have decided to keep a journal to record my progress.
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