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zaazoo....i bet u cant shoot an ILS with an engine failure !
I bet I can because i have, a simulated engine out, after I got my multi.
When I say a sim session I don't necessarily mean a full level d trip like an airbus, maybe just an FTD of a seneca or diamond maybe, most flight schools have FTD's nowadays.
zazoo....oh i didnt know you had finished your multi
Well then they could even take us up in the air for about half an hour?lol, i mean there are ppl who have been up the first time and come back down saying "this is NOT FOR ME" lol
my workspace is still blank, no response from the HR team,....and did anybody try calling?
Anyone know about the life of the pilot in ethiad? I read a tread about the emirates pilot and they said that they don 't live very well becasue of multiple facts..
But what about the ETHIAD????
Well go over to the middle east forum and have a read, they are mainly negative though, but then again, people usually only take the time to write bad things. But inflation and a weakening dollar do seem to be a pretty major issues! Then I read about VAT being introduced!
antes56, i lived in abu dhabi for over 10 years, and my parnets still live there.
ABu dhabi is a very family oriented place. I like it there cuz its easy going and stuff. BUT, and a BIG BUT, for example, if you have a hot or *flashy* wife/gf, DONT take her out in public less you want that unwanted attention if you know what i mean. This really bothered me when i was there recently. As soon as theres a person who doesn fit in with the norm, ppl tend to rudely stare you down.
This should give you a sense of what the people are like there.
The hot weather is good, but over the years, it does damage you. All that UV shining down on you everyday!
Other than what i mentioned and a few more annoying things (another biggie is TRAFFIC TRAFFIC TRAFFIC and this is getting really out of control, and NO PARKING SPOTS EVER) Id still rather live in Abu Dhabi b.c it is in my comfort zone.
Dont forget, ABu Dhabi does NOT want to be anything like Dubai.. DUbai is way way more westernized and you can see it in the population.. For example, when u walk into a mall in Dubai, u feel like your in Europe..but in Abu dhabi you walk into a mall, you KNOW you're in an Arab country from the make up of the crowd!!
Id still rather live in ABU DHABI although the ways things are going, increasing rent prices, i dont know what the future will behold. My folks rent was 85,000 per annum about 4 or 5 years ago and now its at 165,000! And this is subject to 5% increase every year
I hope this helps...i think anyone can get used to living anywhere, but some people are NOT meant for expat life! ANd the only way you can find out is if you just go thru it, unfortunealty.
Well i was called already for the first stage of assessments.
On the first stage they geve us a quick power point introduction of the airline,
The people interviewing us were quite friendly and liked to joke alot, i guess after some time the 29 of us in that room kind of relaxed abit thanks to the friendly and funny interviewers.
They gave us about 4-5 assessment tests afterward, all multiple choice.
general Knowledge, maths, english and logic.
The exams werent so hard, the problem is the very little time they give you.
I was unable to finish at least 3 of the tests, because when they say ''times is up'', evryone has to put their pencils down and they immediately collect them.
At first i was quite worried about not being able to finish a few of them completely, but later i heard from others that they did not finish either, so i relaxed again. According to the examiners, when they let us go they told us not to worry much if we had not completed them. it really seemed like it was common for people not to finish.
Now, i am not trying to sound like its something easy, or that u should be completely relaxed about. after all they received about 700 applicants, with that list growing in numbers in a daily basis. from those 700 only 12 can get into the Cadet pilot programe this year, at least.
the hard part is not being invited, as it seems many of the people who have got their papers right and meet the requirements will be invited at some point. I think the hard part comes during these stages, where you have to show them why you are the right candidate for them to spend 500,000 Dirhams on.
From what it looks like, they are not looking for the most intelligent person, but as they said to us , they are looking for ''people they can sit next to for a 10 hour flight in a cockpit''.
I am waiting for them to email me to see if i passed and therefore i am invited to the next stage which i believe is some kind of motor exam, but not entirely sure.... I am realy paraying here and crossing my fingers that i get invited for that, cus it seems the competition is very tight.
The only thing i don't see very logical about this , is that some of the guys who were there with me, were coming from another country like Canada, they actually came with the purpose of doing the Etihad Stage one.
afterwards they told us that they would call us back if we passed, in approximately 2 weeks, thus that would mean that many of the people who live abroad would have to come back to the UAE from their countries in 2-3 weeks, for the stage two, and same thing for the stage 3, and who knows how many stages are there... Its illogical for some who are not able to pay for tha plane ticket to come here every time they call them, some of them cant stay here in the UAE to wait, because they have things to do back at home like school or college or work. Or what if they waited here the 2-3 weeks and in the end they told them they did not pass?
anyhow the interviewers said there will be other assessments in other cities like Frankfurt, Sydney, J-burg, NY (i think) and some other. Whats strange is that there was a number of people in there who were coming from countries closer to frankfurt and those other cities, why didnt interview them there, when their time came? why bring them all the way to the UAE?
so yeah, thats all i know... i am crossing my fingers here..hehe
This is EXACTLY what i said. Getting shortlisted means absoloutly zilch. If you are at least 18 and no more than 26 and dont have anything higher than PPL..you will you will you will be shortlisted and get an assesment. So there are initially thousands of applicants world wide.
Im guessing, as they do in LSATs (Law School exams), you need to beat the average score to be considered for the next round. If those 29ppl scored an average of 75%, i guess people above the class average would be called in again...and slowly yet surely they WILL get the numbers down to only a few!
zopenhawer, where u allowed a calculator? And for the maths section, was it kind of general math or did it involve physics??
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