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I made it to the flight school interview stage last year, with Skyborne, and had no further physics questions after the initial online numerical and verbal reasoning tests. When were yours? There were spatial awareness tests, reaction time tests and so on, but no physics. Were you with FTE Jerez, I know their tests were a little different.
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Hey everyone, while looking back through this thread from earlier someone was asking about showing Scottish qualifications’ compatibility with GCSEs etc- I’ve got Nat 5s and Highers under my belt but am unsure whether I need to provide a letter from someone testifying to their compatibility?
Any help really appreciated.
Any help really appreciated.
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I made it to the flight school interview stage last year, with Skyborne, and had no further physics questions after the initial online numerical and verbal reasoning tests. When were yours? There were spatial awareness tests, reaction time tests and so on, but no physics. Were you with FTE Jerez, I know their tests were a little different.
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I'm also a Scottish student although I only have my 8 Nat 5s, no highers as I left school early. GCSE (AQA? Level 2) and Nat5 (SQA Level 5) are exactly equivalent so Highers are not necessary for this program. Not sure about the letter of compatibility but I would think you won't need to do anything other than provide your Nat5 SQA certificates as the application asked for GCSE or equivalent.
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I made it to the flight school interview stage last year, with Skyborne, and had no further physics questions after the initial online numerical and verbal reasoning tests. When were yours? There were spatial awareness tests, reaction time tests and so on, but no physics. Were you with FTE Jerez, I know their tests were a little different.
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No shade from me, I understand this will be the recruitment team’s busiest time of year and while I’m sure we’d appreciate a quicker response it just adds on to their high workload.
I will not check my email every 20 seconds…
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Nothing here, including checking junk mail. If my understanding is correct it means that a number of us are ‘overdue’ a response as per the 2 week timeframe BA set.
No shade from me, I understand this will be the recruitment team’s busiest time of year and while I’m sure we’d appreciate a quicker response it just adds on to their high workload.
I will not check my email every 20 seconds…
No shade from me, I understand this will be the recruitment team’s busiest time of year and while I’m sure we’d appreciate a quicker response it just adds on to their high workload.
I will not check my email every 20 seconds…
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Been speaking to some people! Last year apparently the invitation for assessment was sent depending on your Flight School. We should have heard back by now, but if we haven't been rejected then, according to them, they are most likely waiting to send the invitation in full.
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Does anybody have any rough idea on how leave and breaks throughout the 18month long course would work? I fully understand and appreciate we are training and working towards a very intense career, but surely they must have at least a few days break here and there.
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But, as the first in-person assessment is on Monday 27th May, I reckon we'll start hearing back from tomorrow as they'll try to give a couple of weeks' notice for those who are going for that first one
I'm sure you'll hear one way or the other by the 21st
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Hoping to hear back today or at least this week. I know Skybourne state they have the online assessments between 20th and 27th May. I haven’t been rejected… yet. But I remain optimistic and hope no news has been good news.
I sit at my desk and in the bus (I’m a bus driver currently) refreshing emails every 30 seconds😂
I sit at my desk and in the bus (I’m a bus driver currently) refreshing emails every 30 seconds😂
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Hoping to hear back today or at least this week. I know Skybourne state they have the online assessments between 20th and 27th May. I haven’t been rejected… yet. But I remain optimistic and hope no news has been good news.
I sit at my desk and in the bus (I’m a bus driver currently) refreshing emails every 30 seconds😂
I sit at my desk and in the bus (I’m a bus driver currently) refreshing emails every 30 seconds😂
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So you'll get 5 - 6 weeks in total, obvious dates are Christmas, Easter and summer etc
But as they'll own you, they don't and won't ask you - it's implied that's it is what it is and you'll work around it - same as when you're qualified and a new rota is issued, get on with it while the senior pilots have their choice of leave dates as they'll bid for them
Best of luck
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Same here - some submitted earlier and some much later - we're all working on the no news is good news and more so after another comment that if we haven't heard so far, then the chances are better and we'll get a full invitation to/from the flight school.
If that's the case, then they've already decided, they'll be finalising the logistics and dividing us all up between schools, dates and sessions.
I'm checking here more as I get notifications from my email so no need to check that
If that's the case, then they've already decided, they'll be finalising the logistics and dividing us all up between schools, dates and sessions.
I'm checking here more as I get notifications from my email so no need to check that