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getting to whitley/swanwick
Hey i have my stage 2 next tuesday flying in from NI the day before. Probably staying in Southampton. Is it easy enough to travel from Southampton to test venue by taxi or train? I cannot hire a car
Any advice would be greatfully received.
Any advice would be greatfully received.
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hi all,
I have my S1 at Preswick on the 10th September, give me a shout if you are heading along that day aswell.
I have already sat the appitude tests for pilot in the airforce and got a pretty good score so have some idea of concentration levels and general skill levels required.
I was told by a mate who works with NATS that eventhough they are still putting people through recruitment etc that they have upped the pass rates to silly levels and only hiring a select few for the next year or so. any truth in these rumours?
I have my S1 at Preswick on the 10th September, give me a shout if you are heading along that day aswell.
I have already sat the appitude tests for pilot in the airforce and got a pretty good score so have some idea of concentration levels and general skill levels required.
I was told by a mate who works with NATS that eventhough they are still putting people through recruitment etc that they have upped the pass rates to silly levels and only hiring a select few for the next year or so. any truth in these rumours?
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@ treebeard04
I'd believe that, I sat my stage 1 a couple of weeks ago and got through the first two tests (ATC & numeracy) and took the remaining two tests (cubes & diagramming).
I was quietly confident and thought I had done well enough to get through but got an email saying I hadn't.
Can't just go off what one person thinks I know, but Im just giving my opinion.
Best of luck
I'd believe that, I sat my stage 1 a couple of weeks ago and got through the first two tests (ATC & numeracy) and took the remaining two tests (cubes & diagramming).
I was quietly confident and thought I had done well enough to get through but got an email saying I hadn't.
Can't just go off what one person thinks I know, but Im just giving my opinion.
Best of luck
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Treebeard, i'll be there on the 10th as well.
Been reading these forums quite a bit now and i'm starting to brick myself just a tad.
Therefore, i'll be visiting these forums very very rarely up till S1, feel free to PM me with whatever.
Could go over some more sample papers if you can find any, i've not had much luck
Been reading these forums quite a bit now and i'm starting to brick myself just a tad.
Therefore, i'll be visiting these forums very very rarely up till S1, feel free to PM me with whatever.
Could go over some more sample papers if you can find any, i've not had much luck
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To Treebeard and Thomolithic, I'll be at Prestwick on the 10th aswell, will see you guys there!
I have been practising s/d/t sums and reading the document with all the basic ATC stuff over and over so far. I have been using this website Speed Distance Time | Test
to practise my s/d/t and am getting pretty quick... Although could someone confirm if this is of a similar standard to the actual test i.e. are the real questions harder, easier, roughly the same? (By the way if you hit refresh it generates a new set of questions each time)
I think I seen someone post that ALL questions in the stage 1 selection day are multiple choice? Is this right?
Also have any of you guys found anything on the net to practise for the cubes and logic diagrams? I've been struggling to find freebie practise material for this part of the test so far.
Either way good luck to you guys for the tests on the 10th!
I have been practising s/d/t sums and reading the document with all the basic ATC stuff over and over so far. I have been using this website Speed Distance Time | Test
to practise my s/d/t and am getting pretty quick... Although could someone confirm if this is of a similar standard to the actual test i.e. are the real questions harder, easier, roughly the same? (By the way if you hit refresh it generates a new set of questions each time)
I think I seen someone post that ALL questions in the stage 1 selection day are multiple choice? Is this right?
Also have any of you guys found anything on the net to practise for the cubes and logic diagrams? I've been struggling to find freebie practise material for this part of the test so far.
Either way good luck to you guys for the tests on the 10th!
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ATC application
I applied for ATC yesterday and have today received an email asking me to complete an online test? Could anybody give me a bit of info as to what to expect,i.e. do I need a lot of time to do it? Is it hard or is it more of a personality questionaire?
Thank you
Thank you
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Hi all,
This is my first post in this thread. I'm Armenian but living in Madrid since 2000.
I tried to apply for ATC selection here in Spain but unfortunately, two months ago they changed the requirements and any person who isn't of European Union nationality, is automatically out of selection process
. I decided to try my luck with NATS and I have my Stage 1 on the 10th at Prestwick as well.
Wish everyone good luck!!!
This is my first post in this thread. I'm Armenian but living in Madrid since 2000.
I tried to apply for ATC selection here in Spain but unfortunately, two months ago they changed the requirements and any person who isn't of European Union nationality, is automatically out of selection process
. I decided to try my luck with NATS and I have my Stage 1 on the 10th at Prestwick as well.Wish everyone good luck!!!
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I've just heard that my start date will be for the aerodrome course in July 2011. I had originally heard that I should expect to start in January at my interview so I'm quite disappointed that its now going to be an even longer wait till July. Has anyone else heard anything?
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When did you do your medical and send it along? July 2011 would be perfect for me as I could complete my MEng in case anything goes wrong with the training.
When did you specify that you wanted to do Aero? I would too but nobody has asked me for a preference yet.
When did you do your medical and send it along? July 2011 would be perfect for me as I could complete my MEng in case anything goes wrong with the training.
When did you specify that you wanted to do Aero? I would too but nobody has asked me for a preference yet.
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@cjshields
I passed my medical the first week in July, a few weeks after I found out I had been accepted! I never specified aero thats just the course they've given me, quite happy with that though. When did you do your medical?
GavDarv
I passed my medical the first week in July, a few weeks after I found out I had been accepted! I never specified aero thats just the course they've given me, quite happy with that though. When did you do your medical?
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@gavdarv
I passed mine last Friday (Aug 20th) but I got accepted and filled in my security questionairre on the 6th of July. It could be that the delay for your start date was pending security clearance, whereas mine may be already cleared (wishful thinking maybe but I don't like the thought of having to wait 6 weeks).
Has anyone else had a chance to specify Aero or Area or does everyone get streamed into whichever course they are best suited to? I would much prefer Aero.
I passed mine last Friday (Aug 20th) but I got accepted and filled in my security questionairre on the 6th of July. It could be that the delay for your start date was pending security clearance, whereas mine may be already cleared (wishful thinking maybe but I don't like the thought of having to wait 6 weeks).
Has anyone else had a chance to specify Aero or Area or does everyone get streamed into whichever course they are best suited to? I would much prefer Aero.
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Good luck to you guys doing your stage 1 at Prestwick 
its really handy to get to, taxis outside the terminal know where it is, was #3.50 when i went tho its about 1.5 mile walk. If your early your probably better to stay in the airport to chill as at the Prestwick building, we had to wait in the reception area, one guy needed to go to the toilet but had to wait till they were ready to take us all through due to security lol.
Yeh, the 4 tests are multiple choice, but answers can be similar. I couldnt find much at all on cubes, just an example put somewhere in this thread somewhere and a few online google searchs threw some very easy examples lol. Didnt really get anythin on the diagrammatic reasoning either.
The first online test you get when you first apply is a checking test where it gives you a time limit in which you have to select the matching number from 5 options as is displayed on the left hand side. After every 5 questions the time gets reduced.
Just completed that Bio Personality test and I gotta say it was nasty, askin some crazy ass questions lol... hope its not too long a wait!
its really handy to get to, taxis outside the terminal know where it is, was #3.50 when i went tho its about 1.5 mile walk. If your early your probably better to stay in the airport to chill as at the Prestwick building, we had to wait in the reception area, one guy needed to go to the toilet but had to wait till they were ready to take us all through due to security lol.Yeh, the 4 tests are multiple choice, but answers can be similar. I couldnt find much at all on cubes, just an example put somewhere in this thread somewhere and a few online google searchs threw some very easy examples lol. Didnt really get anythin on the diagrammatic reasoning either.
The first online test you get when you first apply is a checking test where it gives you a time limit in which you have to select the matching number from 5 options as is displayed on the left hand side. After every 5 questions the time gets reduced.
Just completed that Bio Personality test and I gotta say it was nasty, askin some crazy ass questions lol... hope its not too long a wait!
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Bio Personality Test
Just completed that Bio Personality test and I gotta say it was nasty, askin some crazy ass questions lol... hope its not too long a wait!
Hmmm.... I wonder if some come to mind and you would like to share?
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Hi all
I have just completed my online assessment and i have been invited to S1, had to choose a slot between November and December and i went with December in Fareham, has anyone been given a slot around that time, it just seems a long time to wait
I have just completed my online assessment and i have been invited to S1, had to choose a slot between November and December and i went with December in Fareham, has anyone been given a slot around that time, it just seems a long time to wait
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@SKOS hey, yeh there were 98 questions of which you had to say whether you Strongly Agreed, Agreed, Disagreed or Strongly disagreed with them. The first 30 or so were handy enough about your self, but then it goes on to ask about how you assess other people psychologically and how peoples behaviours effect you an how you effect them, sorry i cant remember exactly but it was nuts stuff that I had no real idea how to answer. Lots of stuff on how you view rules and regulations too lol. But got the invite to stage 2 so really happy
There were dates available in oct, nov an dec, does anyone know if it looks bad to select a date in Dec, which is 4 months away? got a chance to head to asia for a couple months and would love to take it before i settle.
Thanks again
There were dates available in oct, nov an dec, does anyone know if it looks bad to select a date in Dec, which is 4 months away? got a chance to head to asia for a couple months and would love to take it before i settle.
Thanks again
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SKOS,
Sounds a load of horsesh*t to me. Surely you can only assess people psychologically if you have a 'psychology' degree.
Sharmanat0r,
Best of luck.
Sounds a load of horsesh*t to me. Surely you can only assess people psychologically if you have a 'psychology' degree.
Sharmanat0r,
Best of luck.