Arik Air assesment
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Good day Gents. I,m not a pilot but also involved in the game and have been offered a Maint. Manager position and also looking forward to having a 'look see'.Spent most of my life in Africa but only spent time in Port Harcourt with Heavylift and MK. Will be heading down on the 6th and will report back with regards to accomodation etc. I'll also be falling into the 8 on 2 off roster but I hear that this will change and spouses could be allowed more regular 'visits'.
Good luck to you guys with your assessments etc.
Cheers.
Mal
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Good luck to you guys with your assessments etc.
Cheers.
Mal
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where do i apply? Arik website?
But please do me a favour, if you do get the job you are looking for, please dont come back in here and ask how are the working and living conditions at Arik air and in Nigeria. It has been addressed so many time on this forum. Just reminber that life is a choice. If you can stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I know a lot of people who would love and will be happy to have a job flying new jets for Arik
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USAPAScabs, (by the way, I am a EAST pilot on EVLA, did some contract work for ARIK)
ARIK started with one Hawker. Sir Johnson, one of the founders of ARIK, saw a need for viable air transportation in Nigeria after the demise of Nigerian Airways. He initially used the Hawker for personal use and then began to use it for charter. (He now has a Challenger) Although Johnson's main focus is the scheduled part of the airline, ARIK is smart to stay in the charter business in Nigeria. There is a ton of business for those jets.
ARIK started with one Hawker. Sir Johnson, one of the founders of ARIK, saw a need for viable air transportation in Nigeria after the demise of Nigerian Airways. He initially used the Hawker for personal use and then began to use it for charter. (He now has a Challenger) Although Johnson's main focus is the scheduled part of the airline, ARIK is smart to stay in the charter business in Nigeria. There is a ton of business for those jets.
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I have been scheduled for a interview this October, I am going for the Q400 position and would appreciate any and all information everyone has on the company, the interview, the sim assessment, the job etc. to send me an email:
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Thank you very much.
[email protected]
Thank you very much.
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Arik assessment 1st & 2nd October
Hi all,
Am going to the Arik assessment on the 1st & 2nd of October. Anyone else?
Please PM with any helpful insight.
Thanks
Am going to the Arik assessment on the 1st & 2nd of October. Anyone else?
Please PM with any helpful insight.
Thanks
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Just completed day one of the assessment in London. The hotel is a 5 minute walk from the facility. Go out the Ibis lobby, turn left, walk 2 minutes to the round-about, then left for another 2 - 3 minutes. Couldn't be easier.
We have 8 in our group, so 4 started at 9am at the Oxford Aviation Academy near Gatwick airport, and 4 in the afternoon at 2:30pm. It was interview and computer tests. All very easy [edit: I'm told people actually FAIL this stuff. There's really nothing to study, secondary school geometry, basic conversions in metric to english measure, hand eye coordination, very basic ATP questions]
The group that is one day ahead of us met up with two Captains from Arik, and were taken to Heathrow airport to fly the B737 sim at British Midlands instead of the B737 here at Oxford in Gatwick. I'm told it's about a 30 minute drive.
It looks like my afternoon group will do the same tomorrow afternoon at 2pm.
I went up to Victoria train station in London this morning, and did a tour of Buckingham Palace. Cost £4.50 for the shuttle to the Gatwick airport, £18 round trip on the "GatwickExpress" train (leaves every 30 minutes at :20 and :50, returns every 30 minutes at :00 and :30). I took a cab instead of calling for the hotel shuttle on my return (pickup is at spot 12 at Gatwick south terminal, phone to call the hotel is yellow with number posted there). Taxi cost £11.50.
About an hour total time each way.
Right now, a US dollar is about 2:1, so double everything. It ain't cheap. and with the world finance melt down, it'll probably get worse.
The hotel has a free breakfast from 4am to 10am. Cereal, fruit, toast, coffee, deli meats. Internet and TV costs £9.95 each 24 hours. If you want movies, they're another £5.95 each.
Internet is not wifi, so you have to use their short cable, or bring your own longer one. They do have a computer in the lobby, and I think it is £1 for 10 minutes.
There's a quick shop about a 10 minute walk south, and a little cottage restaurant [breakfast / lunch only] maybe 4 minutes south, on the opposite side of the street from the hotel. To the north, about 3 minute walk, is a bar / pub.
I'm going to eat, hope this helps somebody.
We have 8 in our group, so 4 started at 9am at the Oxford Aviation Academy near Gatwick airport, and 4 in the afternoon at 2:30pm. It was interview and computer tests. All very easy [edit: I'm told people actually FAIL this stuff. There's really nothing to study, secondary school geometry, basic conversions in metric to english measure, hand eye coordination, very basic ATP questions]
The group that is one day ahead of us met up with two Captains from Arik, and were taken to Heathrow airport to fly the B737 sim at British Midlands instead of the B737 here at Oxford in Gatwick. I'm told it's about a 30 minute drive.
It looks like my afternoon group will do the same tomorrow afternoon at 2pm.
I went up to Victoria train station in London this morning, and did a tour of Buckingham Palace. Cost £4.50 for the shuttle to the Gatwick airport, £18 round trip on the "GatwickExpress" train (leaves every 30 minutes at :20 and :50, returns every 30 minutes at :00 and :30). I took a cab instead of calling for the hotel shuttle on my return (pickup is at spot 12 at Gatwick south terminal, phone to call the hotel is yellow with number posted there). Taxi cost £11.50.
About an hour total time each way.
Right now, a US dollar is about 2:1, so double everything. It ain't cheap. and with the world finance melt down, it'll probably get worse.
The hotel has a free breakfast from 4am to 10am. Cereal, fruit, toast, coffee, deli meats. Internet and TV costs £9.95 each 24 hours. If you want movies, they're another £5.95 each.
Internet is not wifi, so you have to use their short cable, or bring your own longer one. They do have a computer in the lobby, and I think it is £1 for 10 minutes.
There's a quick shop about a 10 minute walk south, and a little cottage restaurant [breakfast / lunch only] maybe 4 minutes south, on the opposite side of the street from the hotel. To the north, about 3 minute walk, is a bar / pub.
I'm going to eat, hope this helps somebody.
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(As a fellow American, I'm going to have to say your description of the hotel Ibis in London shows your ignorance of the way things are in foreign countries. Anyone who has ever spent any time in Europe (or anywhere else on Earth for that matter) knows that Euro bldgs and hotels are small, basic, and compact. That's standard, bro. Ibis is actually usually a pretty nice chain all over Europe. I'm baffled that it didn't meet your standards.
You honestly have ZERO business going to Nigeria if you turn your nose up at an IBIS hotel!!! Any Europeans on here care to add to that???)
Apparantly you can't read. My post clearly says that the hotel is "European Standard". I didn't say it didn't meet my standards, I said it didn't meet the standards of the contract I am under with my present employer. Accomodations are an important part of any contract and therefore my description of them (which was actually pretty positive) was an intent to inform other candidates of that aspect
I found it difficult to find any information about Arik and wanted to post as much detail as possible. Now suddenly we have experts such as yourself trashing the very information that people have been seeking. If its more detail than you wanted, then just disregard what you are not interested in please.
Are you seriously trying to recruit other Europeans to slam me for what you perceived as negative comments regarding the Hotel IBIS? Get a life!
You honestly have ZERO business going to Nigeria if you turn your nose up at an IBIS hotel!!! Any Europeans on here care to add to that???)
Apparantly you can't read. My post clearly says that the hotel is "European Standard". I didn't say it didn't meet my standards, I said it didn't meet the standards of the contract I am under with my present employer. Accomodations are an important part of any contract and therefore my description of them (which was actually pretty positive) was an intent to inform other candidates of that aspect
I found it difficult to find any information about Arik and wanted to post as much detail as possible. Now suddenly we have experts such as yourself trashing the very information that people have been seeking. If its more detail than you wanted, then just disregard what you are not interested in please.
Are you seriously trying to recruit other Europeans to slam me for what you perceived as negative comments regarding the Hotel IBIS? Get a life!
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Please if u could send me the profile, I will really appreciate it, I have 17 and 18 of december for the 737, thanks.[email protected]
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Arik assesment on 16th-17th October
Hi fellows;
I´m facing the assesment for Arik, on B737, on 16th-17th of October,i would appreciate a more detailed sim profile as well as whatever you may remember of the psychometrics and psychomotors,thanks a lot,you really help guys!!
I´m facing the assesment for Arik, on B737, on 16th-17th of October,i would appreciate a more detailed sim profile as well as whatever you may remember of the psychometrics and psychomotors,thanks a lot,you really help guys!!
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Anyone been offered a position with Arik? If so, how long did it take from completing assessment until being notified as being successful/unsuccessful and if you were indeed successful did you take it?
Regards, Dave.
Regards, Dave.
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Plates
G,day
I am attending interview on 8th & 9th of Dec. I live literally on the other side of the world if someone could send a scanned copy of the instrument plates likely to be used in sim it would be much appreciated.
Cheers
I am attending interview on 8th & 9th of Dec. I live literally on the other side of the world if someone could send a scanned copy of the instrument plates likely to be used in sim it would be much appreciated.
Cheers
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Can you e-mail me the sim profile, i'm about to take the interview/sim
Thanks A lot ([email protected])
Thanks A lot ([email protected])
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They give you the plates the night before the sim check. So you'll have them in plenty of time to study for the evaluation. I was offered a job and didn't feel like I did that great in the sim. I'd never flown the 737, so they took that into account I suppose. I knew how to navigate and I suppose thats what they wanted to see, cause I couldn't hold altitude for Sh@!. LoL!
The whole process is very relaxed. I wouldn't study or worry about it all. If you have a commercial license and some experience then you should have no problem. Good Luck.
The whole process is very relaxed. I wouldn't study or worry about it all. If you have a commercial license and some experience then you should have no problem. Good Luck.
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First: Arik Air has no old F-27's. They have F-50's and DHC-8's on lease from Denim Air (a company based in the Netherlands).
Their B737-300's are ex-USair or ex-United, the CRJ 900 and B737-700 came brand new from the factory, just like their newest acquisition the A340.
Lagos is a sh!thole. Sorry, can't say it any nicer. Don't use credit cards unless you absolutely know who handles it. Use a laptop computer with a very good firewall. It is not a place to leave your hotel, and even hotels do get robbed. The locals will not go across the causeway from the airport to Victoria Island after dark because of numerous robberies, usually by folks dressed like police. VI has a large buisiness district and some big hotels. One of our mechanics got held up right outside the airport gate by a police-look-a-like.
The hotels are EXPENSIVE! The Sheraton asks $450.00 a night for a simple room. We stayed at a little place that charged $280.- a night. I have stayed at some very nice hotels in africa that were less than that. Food is along the same lines.
The clock ticks on african time, it's slower than island time in the caribbean.
The airspace around Lagos is nothing like you've ever seen in your life. Everybody speaks at the same time, no delays expected untill 5 minutes later you are 10 deep in a holding where other people decide to squak the same code. A controller who cuts off the most important info so you have to ask again, a radar that operates occasionally and the most important info they want to know is tail number, souls on board and endurance, and where you came from.
Weather is like Miami on a hot day. 95F with 95% humidity
Have fun
Their B737-300's are ex-USair or ex-United, the CRJ 900 and B737-700 came brand new from the factory, just like their newest acquisition the A340.
Lagos is a sh!thole. Sorry, can't say it any nicer. Don't use credit cards unless you absolutely know who handles it. Use a laptop computer with a very good firewall. It is not a place to leave your hotel, and even hotels do get robbed. The locals will not go across the causeway from the airport to Victoria Island after dark because of numerous robberies, usually by folks dressed like police. VI has a large buisiness district and some big hotels. One of our mechanics got held up right outside the airport gate by a police-look-a-like.
The hotels are EXPENSIVE! The Sheraton asks $450.00 a night for a simple room. We stayed at a little place that charged $280.- a night. I have stayed at some very nice hotels in africa that were less than that. Food is along the same lines.
The clock ticks on african time, it's slower than island time in the caribbean.
The airspace around Lagos is nothing like you've ever seen in your life. Everybody speaks at the same time, no delays expected untill 5 minutes later you are 10 deep in a holding where other people decide to squak the same code. A controller who cuts off the most important info so you have to ask again, a radar that operates occasionally and the most important info they want to know is tail number, souls on board and endurance, and where you came from.
Weather is like Miami on a hot day. 95F with 95% humidity
Have fun
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Malaria is everywhere except North America, Europe and maybe Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Africa has Malaria below the Sahara except Addis Ababa (apparently mosquito's have a hard time getting up to the altitude this city is at).
A couple of years back in Uganda there was this radio station and if you were the 10th caller in some quiz you won: no, not a thousand dollars, euro's, local currency, no, grand prize was a mosquito net! Part of the fight malaria campaign.
If you're afraid of malaria don't go to India either. You'll have a choice actually: dengue fever or malaria. Take your pick. When you go to a hotel there beware of plug-in airfreshners. It are really some very potent mosquito killers and make you after a few hours very sick. How I know? Lets just say that the airport in Chennai smells worse than the one in Lagos. So you get to your room and see what looks like an airfreshner next to the tv. You plug it in in the hope that the room will smell nice and fresh when you wake up. However, a few hours later you'll wake up with a crashing headache and nauseated. Now the only solution you have is to open the windows, let the smelly air back in your room and if it's hot enough the mosquito's stay away. If the sun is not way above the horizon put on mosquito repellant before opening the aircraft door. It won't be one mosquito waiting for some fresh meat, it will be thousands.
A couple of years back in Uganda there was this radio station and if you were the 10th caller in some quiz you won: no, not a thousand dollars, euro's, local currency, no, grand prize was a mosquito net! Part of the fight malaria campaign.
If you're afraid of malaria don't go to India either. You'll have a choice actually: dengue fever or malaria. Take your pick. When you go to a hotel there beware of plug-in airfreshners. It are really some very potent mosquito killers and make you after a few hours very sick. How I know? Lets just say that the airport in Chennai smells worse than the one in Lagos. So you get to your room and see what looks like an airfreshner next to the tv. You plug it in in the hope that the room will smell nice and fresh when you wake up. However, a few hours later you'll wake up with a crashing headache and nauseated. Now the only solution you have is to open the windows, let the smelly air back in your room and if it's hot enough the mosquito's stay away. If the sun is not way above the horizon put on mosquito repellant before opening the aircraft door. It won't be one mosquito waiting for some fresh meat, it will be thousands.
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There is always 2 sides to a story. I know I will not mind at all about living in Nigeria.
How is the environment in Nigeria for an expat? I got an offer to work at Lagos, NAJR. Is it safe to go there? - Yahoo! Answers India
How is the environment in Nigeria for an expat? I got an offer to work at Lagos, NAJR. Is it safe to go there? - Yahoo! Answers India
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Arik Assessment
Hi guys,
Happy for you about the Arik assessment.i dont know why nobody's telling you anything about the assessment and what to expect.but i know a few guys that went for it and told me a few things just in case i was called.
Happy for you about the Arik assessment.i dont know why nobody's telling you anything about the assessment and what to expect.but i know a few guys that went for it and told me a few things just in case i was called.