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Began to get a lil worried,I was wondering if with the announced expansion,they'll keep some of us on a sort of "hold pool" for future scheduled training courses!not that I'm losing my hopes but 12 places for more than 500 of us,only the nearly "einstein/astronauts" could be selected as they would represent a less margin of risk for the airline!any thoughts?
hey zazoo and the rest of the people on the facebookgroup, could you guys make the facebook group private or somthing? Or an invite-only sort of thing. I want to join but i dont want it to show on my facebook groups!
If you can't then ill just join regardless.
Rapha_BA,
Thats the 1st thought that came to mind. 1st off, I think theres a little over a 1000 of us (and counting) for 12 spots! Im guessing they'll boil down this number down to maybe 200, 100 or 50 after this 1st round. So basically they'd take the top 200,100 or 50 top scores of the 1st round assesment. Thats what I think atleast. Any ideas>??
Well,yeah...It would give me a great boost If we had a chance to compete for places throughout the year of 2009,as this airline gets deliveries nearly every month.
I'll give you the insight of how it happens at BA,we lose 30-40 pilots a year due to loss of medical licence,plus around 50-100 sometimes more,on retiring captains or flight crew leaving to othe career moves,and,we aren't expanding as agressively as Etihad,still,BA has a holdpool for direct entry pilot,some cadets of OAT,CTC...
Would be cost effective for Etihad on assess this candidates untill end of this year as announced,and then isntead of dispose 80 out of 100,to keep a larger number,and perhaps give a chance to the ones who meet the most important of the criterias which is the ability to communicate effectively,approachable personality,the ones who can take feedback and are able to be a great leader by being humble honest and emphasise professionalism.I read an article on the net that the first group of cadets,the group with nationals only,they had a course of maths & physics,to put them up to the standard desired by Horizon,so that tells me that some of those 12,if not all,weren't the smarter guys...
What I would say is, out of the let's say,1000 interviewed,get the 500 best,divide in 3 groups A,B,C..group A were the one who managed a level lets say 8/10 on a overall performance(aptitude+personality+interview result)B 5-6/10 and C a minimum of 3.
Group A fills the 2009 initial classes,considering 2 groups of 12 per month,the remaining,have to improve levels on aptitude by doing another exam mid year.
well,having a break on the study,so thought in post the ideaany thoughts?
silent day... i guess everyone has the ticket in their pockets, a hotel room booked, and realized there's nothing left to do than wait (and maybe do some yoga).
Well I'm more of a Thai Chi (spelling??) guy myself but hey ho.
I think the best policy will be to wait and see - have been doing the usual brushing up - Maths, aptitude etc. that I did for CTC (I didn't pass that but they invited me back to try again this september as I was very close) so I am hoping this is a good bet.
I'm not entirely sure that we'll see them cream off any top percentile from this first stage - I imagine they will have set pass marks for the first apptitude tests and then those that meet these criteria will be invited for further assessments (and given what happens at other schemes this will bring down the numbers quite considerably) - being a whizz at Maths and even displaying the highest apptitude levels won't necessarily make the greatest Commercial Pilots - I'd imagine Etihad therefore will look at more than just this. (certainly everyone else does.)
See some of you on the 29th at Heathrow - looking forward to it - with some healthy levels of fear to!
hey aeromar, bit nervous about the assesment as is in just over a week, was just wondering if apart from evryones initial worries about maths is there anything else which we could be assesed on? Am also on the 29th at heathrow at 9 will see you there guys
hey guys was just wondering if anyone had any idea of what were gonna be assesed on other than just mathematical skills.....am pooping it slightly.lol. Am on the tuesday 29th at 9!! At heathrow isnt long now!.lol.
I think the assesment will cover pilot aptitude in general,physics/maths,hand-eye coordination,memory,multitaskin,verbal reasoning...!dont know man,I've been reading,playing FSX,doing equations...I was considering a bit of black magic too lolo
dan19ppl, (your name pretty much sums up your overall situation hahaha)
Anyway,
Id say the assesment will be pure math (percentages, ratios, divison, non calc. allowed) and verbal/logical reasoning. Verbal reasoning is very tough btw so Id suggest everybody practice on it. The hand eye coordination stuff will be for 2nd round because testing those things requires computers and such which which im pretty sure would be in AUH.
the math is pretty much Numeric Reasoning. Also, dont forget Logical Reasoning. Its those weird shapes and patterns and you have to identify the next shape based on the set of pictures, for example.
GREAT! for some reason im good with those little shapes! i wish everything in life was tested through tilted triangles and sequences of circles and squares.
Have been keeping a track of this thread for a while now. Just wondering if anyone could advise me on this.....
I know someone alluded to the scheduling of tests/interviews being based on the applicants' country of abode - which I assume is the case with European nationals at the end of this month (LHR & FRA)..
But does anyone have any idea when the selection round for Sydney is scheduled to take place? I've been "under review" for a while now and haven't as yet heard anything back from Etihad.
Best of luck to those attending the selection process this month
i dont know kuzukuzu. Something came into my mind though. Considering there will be assessments in FRA and in LHR (confirmed), and most probably in other places of the world too, dont u think that they would only do such a big selection if it was for more than 12 vacancies?
If i wanted 12 people for my company, I would probably just go to one main country and i would find 12 suitable ones for sure. Only good news about that though. Maybe they are considering cadet programs as their main pilot source... considering this is the best way to assure that people stay in the company, and do not run away like some other westerners do as soon as their AC stops working.
any thoughts?
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