Sorry, but I'm gonna have to disagree with 'hmm, nice flaps'. It just isn't the case that only the super able get through. I hate to say "I have friends in very high places", but I do, one of which being the chief recruitment boss of a major sponsoring airline (not BA). He said that when he got his cadets through Oxford/Cabair, there would always be the very good pilot, the mediocre and the dummy (his words). So I guess if you get through the aptitude tests you’re good at maths/mechanics etc, but it doesn’t guarantee the airline with top-notch pilots. Every system is fallible.
For all those out the who are failing the attitudes with the major airlines, in doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t make a good pilot. On the flip side though, you could make a bloody awful pilot so don’t pooh pooh these test all together.
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