Hey fellows!

I'm the Aachen guy, I passed Phase 1 on 20th, too!
Glad to see that you did it!
PM me whenever you want to talk! :)

Greetings,

Steve

Haha yeah, google came in very handy!

In the bus I was like, what is he talking about xD Luckily I found it! Very helpfull forum. Thanks alot for the tip.

Any of you (spanish guy or Steve) know how many people passed the SDM test?

See you soon!

I don't know, I've heard about 4 people in this Forum (including me) and two other Germans.
Have you checked the blog of that raven dude? Its pretty useful!!

Greetings,

Steve

what blog? Never heard of it ;)

And who was the Raven dude? Didn't pay much attention to names, or looks that day :P Was more nervous about the tests..

Stupid nerves..

Thank you evolve, was about to do that ;)

Greets,
Steve

Just had a look at that blog. It's pretty good basic advice for those looking to get on the ladder (FWIW I was in Ab Initio 1 !!! and am now happily retired) Realise the job is constantly evolving. Nothing is set in stone. It is difficult to quantify exactly what we are looking for and some people make it into advanced stages of training before we, or they, realise this is not for them.
Personality plays a big part in the selection. You have to be a team player, yet capable of functioning on your own; of making decisions and abiding by them, but always having a plan B and knowing when things have gone rat!!!! and it's time to implement that.
Getting though the selection process is not something you can learn - nor should you want to. It won't help you at all should you be selected. It's not 100% a scientific selection, a lot is based on gut feeling on the part of the board, but if you get to IANS you have just become part of a very select group; those who make it through the training process and validate at MUAC have joined the ranks of the best controllers in the world

Skytest
 

Anyone have a used copy of skytest. I want to practice, just not sure if its worth the money.

Icarus, are you from Aberdeen? :E

I am indeed, how did you guess? Does it say it in my profile?

Hey,

My Phase 2 testing has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances... I'll be invited next month. Anyone got the same Mail?


Greetings,
Steve

Heyy Tsorin.. looks like I finally found someone on this forum that starts the course in may!! when did you pass the interview? do you have any idea how big is our group?
anyway I guess we'll all meet for the medical test.. Best of luck man!!!

By the way to those who have phase two in a couple of days good luck!! and to the spanish people; dadle caña que molaria monton que pasarais!! mucha suerte! y si tenies dudas preguntad ;)

just be yourself, relax, and think before speaking!

cheers!!!

@no pain no gain
My interview was on 28th of July.
The medical exam should be 3 months before the start of the course, so I guess it's gonna be sometime in March 2011.

I have no idea how many we will be in our group, but we'll be in touch.
We may very well meet at the medical exam. :ok:

Hey all,

I passed the interview and I think the medical won't be a problem.. So I am almost in!! I was told that I would start in may.. Great because I allready waited for 6 months now.. Then at the end of the interview they said I can start in january 2012 :O

At least I am in but still.. That's more than a year!!

Anyone got any good ideas on what to do in that year.. Maybe an job related to air traffic controller.. Or a study that looks like it.

Thanks for the information that's everyone allready posted here! It's very usefull.

Bey!!

Good news. I'm in for May also, had the interview 2 days ago.

congratzzzzz both of youuu!!.. by any chance did they tell you where??
cya in medical!

First phase will be in Langen! Accommodation provided.

Bandit, did we did a phase togheter?

They told me that first 3 months would be in Germany, frankfurt I think.. But that is if you start in January.

i don't think so. phase 1 for me was in october, phase two, a few days ago.
i'm in for may!

so.. the may group still doesnt know the location of the first phase??

read the previous posts:
I'll be in may for the first phase of training in Langen, Germany. And, as i was told, accommodation is provided.

Band1tu, my phase 1 was 20the of october. phase 2 the 8th of november.

So it would be possible.

band1tu or JoostRoozen, how did you knew that you were in? I was told to call on Monday, did you call them or did they call you?

i was told to call on Friday in the afternoon. So i did!

I had my interview on the 12th of november, and because I was the only one that day they told me to call in the afternoon.

I did and Imke congratulated me! I was sooo happy :D

Still am xD

Congrats to you both! That's amazing! :)
I'll have my Phase 2 on 6th December. Too bad I couldn't have it with you guys!

Best wishes,

Steve


Joost, you got a pm ;)

Awesome, I might see you there SPeety!

Was at the November 17th Phase 1 testing, and just received the results:

"You are eligible to be invited for Phase 2 testing which will take place in the
near future at the Maastricht UAC, the Netherlands."

Hopefully they give me an exact date soon. Anyone else from the Nov 17th testing on here? Any results yet?

Jason

Hey Jason,

congratulation!
See you in Maastricht ! ;)
How many have you been on 17th ?

Steve

Thanks!

There were 8 or so of us that made it through the morning part (about 1/3rd, apparently the most they've had succeed in a long time) - but I'm not sure how many passed the SDM test.

I've still no confirmation about when I'll actually be there other than "near future", but I can always hope!

I'll be spending the evening in the hotel bar if I do make it, you can meet me there ;)

Jason

From our experience, 3 people that i know of made it through the whole of phase 1 (i.e. including SDM!), i was the only one to get to the interview. Of our group at phase 2 (4 of us), 2 got through to the interview. In the group the day before 2 got through to the interview and on the day before only 1 got to the interview. Of those, i believe only 1 passed (not me, sadly)!

Qoute: There were 8 or so of us that made it through the morning part (about 1/3rd, apparently the most they've had succeed in a long time)

Haha, not in a long time ;)

I had my phase 1 on the 20th of October. We started with 19 and 9 made it to the SDM test.. Almost 50%!!

I know that in total (of that 9) 3 allready passed the interview (including me)

And 1 (Steve/Speety) made it to phase 2.
Another 1 failed phase 2.

So that gives us 4 more unknowns xD Steve, you got any idea how they ended up?

Well, Is the third one Carlos? Since he's on vacation, I haven't talked to him. Whats with that Italian/Dublin guy?

Basically, no, I have no idea.

Greetings,

Steve

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hey guys,

congrats on getting through for everyone who's made it.

I passed the interview too, but it'd really good to see it "on paper". Did you get any confirm-mail after passing the interview?

Cheers.

Congrats Stelar!
Yes, I received the letter with the result via e-mail. It was just a few hours after I called to ask about the result.

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Hi tsorin,

congrats to you too, and hm, good for you.
I think the best would be wait another week then call them.

When and where will be your course (if they offered you something already)?

At the time I had the interview, they didn't know the exact location for the first phase of the training.
I was told there are 4-5 possible locations and that I'll get more details later on.

The course will start in May.

@Stelar, I had my interview the 12th of november and the only confirmation I got was the call. No letter or email or anything.

@Steve, The dublin guy failed the phase 1 morning part. I don't know the italian guy xD

The people that I know that passed are: Carlos, the spanish guy. Gina the german Girl and me.

i only got the call too no email.. i was wondering about that couple of weeks ago.. i guess ill call about that. its always better to have it on paper..

@Joost

The italian guy IS the dublin guy. There was a "genuine" Dublin guy on Phase 1, yeah, but there was also the Italian guy who's living in Dublin now, who attended the interview. :D
Anyhoo, so glad Carlos and Gina made it!

Best wishes to you all, please keep your fingers crossed ;)

Steve

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The italian/Dublin guy attended the interview in the same day as i did, but i don't know his result.
Nothing written for me neither. Just over the phone.

Hey guys =) Congrats to all of you who made it!

I also just got the phone call! Did anyone of you call for any feedback? Because they told me that we can call as well if we pass...