As Has been mentioned before there are only a few questions in the motiviation paper that involve mental maths and it is really just speed distance time stuff.

e.g

A B738 at 36000ft descending at 1500 ft per min has a speed of 420knts and has to divert, which of the following airports could it divert to?

Then it will give you 4 different options all different distances away and you have to choose the one it could divert to given all the information.
I reckon i failed the spatial reasoning even although I was fine with the practice questions, I think you either have that or you don't.

Best advice for that and the diagramming stuff is just think through it logically and don't panic if you can't get it just move onto the next.

Thank you :)!

On the test paper you took............

Yes the test paper I took..

However Gonzo I reckon it would go against the point of half the tests given on the day, to give speed time distance questions to some and different maths questions to others. The whole point as far as I am aware is to make it fair to all applicants.

Workman01

There could be several variants of the initial tests - that does not mean that someone might get an unfair advantage - the papers will all be of a similar level of difficulty.

You can either do it or you cannot - what someone else may or may not have been asked does not have any bearing on your individual effort.

If you are succesful and commence ATC training, be prepared for many exams (especially Oral boards) where people at the same stage as you get asked totally different questions... the point is that the standard required from the examiners and the examinees will be the same across the board.

Amentohep et al have been gracious in their bid to enlighten people as to the format they can expect, but I have a top tip for applicants - possibly the best tip you will receive.

Read the paperwork you print off i.e. the motivation paper and learn it. and read the other information you are given.

A neighbour returned from stage one testing in London yesterday and they were incredulous that 4 or 5 of the candidates had not even done that.

Learning that paperwork aside - you can either do the tests or you can't... training your brain (or jump starting it) by doing IQ books, puzzles etc is a good idea IMHO, but it only serves to get your brain back up to speed if you have not used it that way for a while.

If you have never had the aptitude to do these sorts of tests, then you probably never will.

As long as you give it your best shot, thats all you can ask of yourself and its all NATS can ask of you (and that stays true throughout your training)

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Hi Amen.What happen with you?Hopefully you have some good news.The last thing Im bothered about is what to wear.Cant believe some people spend time on this when actually they apply for ATCO.Its about how much brain luggage you have and how you can use it I think.Anyway I just have very dissapointing day.I was suposed to have Stage1 in the morning but get late so I missed it:{ Still cant believe.
Have a chat with a lady from NATS and try to explaine the situation but she was having her own problems so she says that I need to re-book.Anyway can we discuss a bit more all the stages at the first test,please?TY

Are these the type of time, distance, speed questions ?

Speed Distance Time | OASC: RAF Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre

cheers