Unfortunately for some pilots there will always be some criteria that will make them inelligible to apply the scheme. Certain criteria have to be fulfilled and if you do not meet them it's unfortunate but even if you do, there is still a review process, the interviews/group-exercises and then the sim assessment itself.
All the requirements are there on the website and the questions we ask are used to determine eligibility. I will repeat them here for clarification: [quote]To be eligible for consideration for acceptance to the first stage of the application process you must be able to answer yes to the following questions:
1. Do you hold a valid and current CAA or JAA frozen ATPL?. .2. Is your Instrument Rating current?. .3. Do you have the right to live and work in the EEC?. .4. Can you be available to start a type-rating course by April 2002?. .5. Do you speak and understand English fluently?. .6. Are you computer literate?. .7. Do you have a full drivers licence?
. .If you can honestly answer yes to all the above questions you may proceed to the first stage of the application where you will confirm your answers to the above questions and answer a few additional, simple questions that are not critical to the application process.<hr></blockquote>
I don't know which part of question #2 is not clear but if you then proceeded to the first stage and then found that you were returned to the PPRuNe page after you answer the questions then you should not be so suprised. [quote]If, when you press the 'apply' button, you get delivered to PPRuNe it's because you have not met our minim requirements to be eligible for our B737 type rating course - and in that event we wish you well for the future and thank you for your interest.<hr></blockquote>
I can appreciate how frustrating it must be for some of you. We have spent a lot of our time preparing for this and trying to get it right. We decided to set those minimum criteria and if you have let you IR lapse then you cannot blame us for that. Even some of those with a current IR may not be able to pass the sim assessment.
Plese stop trying to compare this to the Ryanair pilot application process. We are not charging anyone for filling in the application, being interviewed or being assessed in the sim. The nominal amount we ask the successful applicants to put into an account is purely a part of the risk shareing we expect. This costing the PPRuNe Fund a large chunk of its limited resources. All the money that the successful candidate puts up is returned to them as long as they complete the course and complete their contract. The £3,000 we ask them to pay back to the PPRuNe fund over 3 years after they gain permanent employment is the return on our investment. It is not a huge amount and will go to help funding other schemes that we plan to have.
For those of you who are eligible or are not sure and would like to chat to us we will be holding a live 'chat' session on Wednesday 30th between 2000 and 2200. There will be a seperate chat room set up and you can fire away. We will do what we can to help but make no promises. Everyone has to be able to complete the forms.