FO. Threatens Capt.with gun
Uplinker ; You are, of course, completely correct. AS are others who allude and recognise that selection has been dumbed down along with educational standards. You now have the dumbed down writing the selection criteria and administering.
The ideal, as expressed by the RAF Selection hand-out back in the sixties was that candidates should have no pre-conception of what the selection tests contain.
The ideal world is just a dream and the cat is ,usually, quickly out of the bag. But what we have these days is selection tests widely available, highly practiced by candidates, shared by candidates, which makes the ideal impossible and short-lived.
Expressing my view over on the Training forums about the laughable description of BA calling their latest training venture the "Speedbird Acadamy" where the net has been widened to include age of entry up to 55, selection tests are widely shared and discussed, interview techniques widely shared and discussed , actually, invoked less derision than I though and was tolerated in the spirit of the offering. Good opportunity to get into the profession and good on BA for making it possible.
Selection standards and criteria are nothing compared to the earlier days in this profession and the results will be predictable. Thankfully, the handful of cases discussed here will be in the minority and worthy of psychological help.