Lord Spandex masher
When you encounter a set of FD bars that work in the opposite direction to the ones in the aircraft your mind has to adjust quite quickly to this, for the young computer generation this might be easy, for us old farts it takes a little more time.
As for the Maths it is much the same, a lot of this stuff I had not seen since I left school at 16 and so it takes time to get the brain into gear, the Maths I have to do on a day to day basis of course is a lot quicker.
16024 above refers to the compass test as a hoop to jump just like some of the stuff in the ATPL, I now understand that these are courses that you can buy to improve your score on the compass test, it is hardly a reliable test if the HR department don't know if the candidate has never seen the test before or has done the compass training course five times !
My opinions about the these tests set by Jet2 & others are largely based on observation of the poor results I have seen over the years in a number of airlines backed up by the research of the Scandinavian academic who ran a CRM course that I was on.
I have no axe to grind with Jet2 about the tests because as a direct result I have a much better job, so from my point of view the result was very satisfactory, what I do have an issue with is the aviation industry management not trusting the judgment of its own pilots and giving far too much time (and money) to those who push these inappropriate tests.
Any how five commercial type ratings including being curent on the B737 & A320 as I write can't be bad for someone who according to you can't add up !
Last edited by A and C; 28th March 2013 at 12:49.