Truckflyer
Not sure I share the joke, but the tests, as I’m sure you must already know, include:
Flying aptitude, hand / eye co-ordination and spatial awareness
Academic, mathematical and technical knowledge
Psychometric assessment, team working skills & leadership potential
Communication abilities, personal qualities & motivation.
I have no doubt you are correct with regard to Lufthansa. However, the assessment is certainly a lot more demanding than the pre-requisite for admission to say a law or medical degree course, which is little more than 3 As in relevant subjects. The point I was making to Jugs is that they definitely do not recruit idiots, or take any account of the size of one’s house or bank balance during the process.
Yes, you have been sold the whole sales pitch from CTC.
I know for a fact that out of the group who went to the assessment at the same time as the person referred to in my original post, she was the only one who was accepted. I also know for a fact that only a handful of the 32 people on her course were actually given an interview with the airline involved, and an even smaller number were offered a contract.
I don’t know why you think any of your taxes might be at risk from a bankruptcy. It’s no longer a viable option anyway, as unsecured loans are a thing of the past. You should be more worried about the tens of thousands of people persuing airy-fairy useles non-vocational degrees who
will cost you money when their student loans are written off.
I’m sure some trainees
will fail to make the grade or get a flying job, but that’s life. However, I don’t see any evidence yet that it is likely to be the majority. As in every walk of life, there will be people who made extremely bad career choices, people who made very good ones, and a whole spectrum of guys in between.