tired fly-boy

you mentioned durations for the courses, does this mean that each course is specialist from the start? so might the september course be just for other airports for example? and would you find out in advance. Personally I'm hoping to work at Swanwick in the end as I live down the road!!! and I'm not quite sure I understand how they decide who goes where.

I'm definately not going to be on the September course anyway, I haven't even got a date for my medical yet, I was told June next year earliest for starting - what were you September people told to expect? It seems surprisingly positive for some people. Hope you all get on well.:ok:

Sla - In answer to your question, I was told at my interview on May 10th to expect an Oct 2005 start. Then on my letter I was told "sometime in 2005"

And then I received the call yesterday to say they had some places left in September.

My understanding of the courses is the everyone will start together on a 12 week general course before being filtered onto the courses described by TF.

oooooohhhhh! Im getting so excited about this now!

When I had my medical they said that it would probably be more like March or June next year before I was able to start.

Does anybody have any idea what positions they are trying to fill from the September course? Im really interested in area too.

James

Sla

I know as much as everyone else i'm afraid, i only got the durations after speaking to HR but didn't get a chance to really find out how they select the course you go on.

If i had the choice i'd go area but would want to go to ScOACC rather than Southampton.

Like everybody else i was told 2005 - at my interview (in Feb) i was told Jan or Mar 05 so like Someone_Else bit of a shock to get an offer of a place in Sep.

Now i need to worry about getting digs!

Ah well at least something has happened which is good!!!!

:ok:

Sorry for butting in (again!),

Recent precedence with new courses has been that the entire course is selected for a particular course...I think the people just off for OJT after finishing the (old) ADC2 are all destined for London Airports, with the course just started from what I can remember all Approach, but not necessarily London.

so by phantoms rational we should all be on the area course?!?

OK by me :ok:

Hi,

I will be on the September 6th course so look forward to seeing you all there. I was given a place on the October 04 which got moved to December and then had a call at the end of May to see if I wanted September.

To be honest it still hasn't sunk in......

Nick

Hi

Can anyone tell me how long the medical takes?

I think I'm going to fly from manchester so will need to know approximate times.

Thanks
Dave

Give 2 hours for it. It wont take that long but it gives you some leeway in case there are any problems.
I got the 10:50 flight from MAN for my 1400 medical, and came back on the 1705 flight. I had plenty of time

James

Sorry but my info was slightly incorrect - course 200 (the first intro course) have been told that a number of them are destined for area, although most will still be ADC/APP.

Has anybody who has got a late entry onto the September 6th course received their contracts or any other information from the college or NATs yet?
Im going to go down and look into accomodation in a few weeks and I dont want to sign any rental contracts before I have signed my NATs contract!!!!

nothing yet - but hopefully sometime this week!

Thinking about the B&B option till i get down there!

Most of the ones i've been looking at require a months deposit - only prob is the uni's go back soon after we get there so the student accomodation may go pretty quickly!

:ok:

Yeah they all want a deposit/bond equivalent to a months rent unfortunately. My girlfriend is moving down with me and we want to get it all sorted quickly so when the college starts I can concentrate on studying and not looking for somewhere to live!!

James

If only it were that easy!

Need to sell the house etc so i'll be travelling at the weekends!

Found out on one of these threads that the going take home is about £960 pcm (hope that doesn't include the living allowance!)

and does anybody know what the get you home rate is (round trip of nearly 1000miles so heres hoping its about 20p a mile!)

lol

see you there James

:ok:

Apparently its 16.4p a mile for the travel expenses. So that works out at an extra grand onto a years salary for me as its a 500 mile round trip!!!
That figure wont include the living allowance!! Im glad thats not taxed!

great so thats about £150 that'll pay for 2 trips home on FlyBe so no need to sell the house yet!

yippeee!!!

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CONTRACT and OTHER INFO
 

Hi all

Has anyone who is on the 6th Sep course recieved any info from the college about the course?

And more to the point has anyone got an up to date accomodation list that they can send me.

I'm travelling to bournemouth in Aug and would like to have a look at the accomodation (B&B) before i stay there at the start of the course!

TIA guys

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Hi All,

I've received my contract a couple of days ago.

To quote the contract on travel " You will be reimbursed expenditure at standard class rail using young person rail cards or running cost rate fo the use of a private car.............If undertaking long journeys you may choose to travel by air but reimbursesment will be limited to the surface costs of travel as detailed above"

It does not mention the equivlant pence per mile.

With regards to the course, the offer letter stated that the college will send out more information.

And incase you wondered...it's course 201.

Cheers

Craig

Apparently my security questionnaire hasnt come back to NATs yet and that is whats holding up my contract being sent out. I sent it in about 5/6 weeks ago so Im not too sure why its taking so long?
I dont really want to sign a rental agreement until I have signed my NATs contract just in case something happens, but I do need to think about finding somewhere to live in Bournemouth!
How many others are still waiting for contracts who are on the September course?

James

i don't remember doing a secrutiy form recently- was this after you got the nod after the second interview?

Saying that i may have signed one at the initial application stage :\ but i don't remember.

Apparently my references have still to be taken up and i am waiting for a cheque for expenses that i've still to be paid!

Ah well here's hoping !!

It's just that 6 weeks ain't very long to get everything done (and going on past records it def ain't enough time!!) lol:D
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