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stingerdinger
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Helicopter Pilot Jobs · 5,474 like this.
25 August at 13:57 ·
An update on the "trainee pilot" position being offered by Senior Helicopters in the UK. We had another concerned person contact us today and they had actually paid the £290 fee they asked. This is her story, which we have permission to publish. Senior Helicopters are now advertising for the same role but in a different part of England. If you are thinking about applying, read this first.
hi,ive just came across an article on here, (be it a little late)
i applied for the senior helicopter pilot job and paid the £290 test fee, to which i attended, then to be told i was unsuccessful, when i messaged for the test results i received no correspondence, i see they are now adversing the same post in Chester, have i been conned ?? do you have any advice on reporting them or to recoup my costs ? any help would be very much appreciated.
We replied
thanks for getting back to me,
it was actually my daughter who went for this, she was 16 at the time of test but is now 17, after 4 years in the ATC (air training corps) she talked me into paying this, although she was there a good 4 hours, so were 10 other people, they had an hour briefing telling them how and what to do and then they all had about 10 minutes flight time, they were told a report would be written up and passed onto the company (senior aviations, the test supposedly an independent party, hence cost involved) who would be in touch, 2 weeks later she had a standard sorry you were unsuccessful email, when she asked for a copy of the report there was no response that was 2 weeks ago.
i feel very stupid right now
We replied
Thanks again for response, that sure put it into perspective, I have now contacted the police and CAA, hopefully they will investigate and save some one else been caught out, I will keep you posted
So, £290 for 10 minutes flying. Hmmm, so there's the con.
