Originally Posted by DragStrut
Before you go off on your high horse have you asked if i already have a licence?? NO you didn't
I apologise if the tone of my post sounded like that in any way; it was not intended to. I was merely giving my opinions on the practice tests as I am entitled to do, having been through the real thing myself. You opened your post, however, in a tone which could possibly have suggested that you were applying for the Wings scheme and therefore may have had no experience whatsoever. If would have helped if you had made it clearer that you were applying for the ATP scheme. If you had suggested you had passed all your exams, then I'm sure nobody, myself included, would have commented on your flying ability. My comments were based on the assumption that you had little to no experience and were applying for the Wings scheme. I would also guess that King Rooney's slightly stronger comments were made with the same assumption in mind.
Originally Posted by dragstrut
if you would go to an interview without taking advantage of every avenue to ensure you are fully prepared then perhaps you two dont deserve to be givien jobs !!
I didn't know they existed at the time of my interview; however, I'm still not sure I would have paid the extra money for them. I thought the whole point of the PILAPTs was that you weren't supposed to be prepared for them, however that is only my interpretation. In fact, at the Stage 2 presentation day we were actually told "there is very little you can do to prepare for stage 2". If, however, preparing for them is what you want to do, then go ahead and good luck with it.