I believe that this is a one-off scheme recruiting 12 people in the end. The difference with the process is that Bond get to have the pilots trained from Ab-Initio to their requirements and standards.
Also from this selection they can chose who will potentially make the best pilots, as (no offence to anyone) sometimes the experienced pilots may not have the better aptitude and handling of the helicopter.
Just my thoughts on that! - Plus its a huge oppertunity for someone to get a helicopter job who could otherwise not afford it!
*edit* - Just adding to this instead of writing a new post -
How many people do you think will have got through to the Bond interviews? - i guess that 48 people got through to the second day at OAT (unless anyone was on a selection period where less than 6 people got through) - so do you think they'll half that again for the Bond interviews, and then systematically half that for the 12 candidates?
Last edited by snowy_owl; 3rd Oct 2007 at 08:26.
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