Guys, few more questions..
How we can get to Maastricht from Amsterdam(Schiphol)...are there trains from airport, or should we get to the central-rail station in Amsterdam...?

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dutch train services, you could plan your journey there.

from ams schiphol you can catch trains going to sittard or utrecht where you have to change train going directly to Maastricht.

Can't wait .....fingers crossed every single second. :)

Travelling from Brussles to Maastricht, do I need to buy the ticket online, or I can do that at the station? Any difference or? I hope the employees at the station know English.

Hi there guys,

I am invited for the 1st Phase to Maastricht which will be held on 16th of June.

It is a little bit difficult to find a good connection directly to Maastricht. Is anyone flying to DUS on 15th of June? Or does any of you know know how to get direct to Maastricht from Dusseldorf Airport in less than 3-4 train connections?

Cheers

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you can buy on the spot as well however i think it would be cheaper to buy that in advance.
in the benelux states basically everybody speaks English, especially hollands and luxo guys.


however be prepared for that in the Netherlands they dont really accept foreign credit or debit cards unless that's a maestro, so always have some cash with you.

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try Dusseldorf - Aachen by train - there's a bus stop just outside of Aachen train station.
Buses leave from there going directly to Maastricht; takes about an hour.

phase 2 invitation
 

Will also attend phase 2, meet everyone else there.

Waiting for update after email last week saying 'We will be in contact in due course with regards to an invitation to Phase 1 selection testing here at EUROCONTROL Maastricht UAC.'

How long shall I expect to wait, I'm hoping for at least a few weeks notice in order to book flights and trains...

I did the FEAST test (including DART) at NATS, UK over 3 years ago. :)

What's phase 3? Medical? Would you be going home between 2 and 3 Alduin?

Congrats to everybody who passed phase 1!
How many people were there in your group? Do you have any idea how many passed the first tests?

Hey all, I'm just new at the forum because I have some questions regarding this issue.

How much time did it take since the day you sent your visual certificate up until they called you?

It's because I'm right in the middle of an interchange programme and I have both Eurocontrol and my country (NAV Portugal) pending applications and I would like to schedule my life for the forthcoming months and it'd be nice to have an idea of how much time it takes. :ok:

Thanks in advance!

Still waiting for Stage 1 test date, anyone else the same?

Yep, @T250, me :oh:

Same here T250. Got an e-mail about three weeks ago now saying they have all my information and would be in touch shortly about a phase one testing date at MUAC but heard nothing as of yet.

I hope they won't call me when I have my exams in July. It would be a nightmare because I don't want to postpone my exams nor this opportunity.

In other news, does the education level have any influence on the process?

@pb1991 I hope not I've barely finished my A-levels :sad:

Got the invitation for phase 1. July 14th.

Anyone else?

I got invited for 14th but can't make it cause of current work commitments.

They wouldn't offer any alternative dates and said they'd contact me in a few months if they're still looking for candidates.

So, if they're not looking for candidates in a few months I'm automatically out even without doing the tests? :ugh:

Thanks for nothing! :ouch:

You're probably not out as in, you can't apply, but you will have to wait until the next round of tests are arranged.

You didn't expect them to arrange extra tests for you did you?

Phase 2
 

Hi Everyone, I went to Maastricht for phase 1 testing on 17th June, the next day I got a letter saying I was eligible to be invited for Phase 2 testing. I still haven't had an email from them 10 days later. Anyone else in this position? Did I have to reply to the email or do I just wait? Any help will be appreciated :)

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just sit there and wait, not much you can do about it.
lot of people tend to think that they're just sitting there at muac hr office handling only possible atcos' case.
that's not like that they're busy with other things as well. keep yourself busy, do not think about it, relax. that's the best way to prep yourself for stage2 anyway.

Of course not, but from the tone of their email it sounded like if they were to find that all the candidates are good enough to go through to the next stage at the test date that I cannot attend through no fault of my own, then that leaves me nowhere and with no further progress in my application.

I hope that's not the case and I'm sure I won't be as I'm sure we all know just how competitive and also how low the pass rate is for the FEAST test as some people have it and others don't.

So hopefully, if the group on 14th July is an average group then they shall still be needing further candidates in September. No offence intended to anyone by the way :)

From what we've been told about their schedule, I don't think they will. It'd be surprising if they ran Phase 1 simultaneously with Phase 2, when the latter is planned to start in a the next month or two already. Heck, I'm surprised they're even accepting new applications at the moment, five or six months after the opening. Sorry to break it to you. Good luck to those invited for Phase 2, my envious soul and thoughts are with you. :ok:

Not sure what you're trying to say, can't make any sense of it.

But for the facts, the recruitment and selection is fully open as of today 28th June 2014 at 1830 UTC and anyone can apply here: https://www.eurocontrol.int/articles...controller-job

:ok:

All I'm saying is that I'd take the opportunity offered if I were in your shoes, as there might not be another in the future. But best of luck and hopefully I'm being overly pessimistic.

I did Phase 1 on Monday, got my pass email today!
So happy!

Can someone tell me, in phase two is it just situational testing, and then if I pass that I will be called to Maastricht again? Or is it all done on the same day?

Thank you.

T250: I did phase 1 on the 14th. I can tell you that there were around 15 of us. 6 stayed for the DART. I know one guy failed here, I passed. I have no idea about the others though.

Hey Richard :)

I too was in the afternoon session and also received my pass email today! Looking forward to seeing who else from the 6 got through!

Thank you!

If the two stages are quite close together, that is a big help to me as I am supposed to be starting a job in September, but obviously I'd rather do this; so the sooner I know if I have been successful, the better!

..... and not withstanding that after training begins only approx 50-60% will succeed.

Thank you for that Alduin.
Do you think it is possible to practice for Phase 2? I mean, I didn't bother for Phase 1 as the instructions said that it wasn't really possible.

Hi guys,
I've just arrived back from Maastricht and unfortunately I failed phase 1.
I want to know your oppinions about trying to retake the test.
The reason I think i failed is because of the fatigue of the trip and a few other mishaps along the way.
Is it possible to get a second chance? Should i try again next year? Are there any succesfull atcos who passed on their second try ?
and my last question, does muac reimburse the travelling expenses on your second try, although i dint really care about the Travel expensses, I only care about another shot at working for eurocontrol and training with them

Hi Razvan 94,

Sorry to hear that you failed phase 1 at Maastricht. You are allowed to reapply at Maastricht, but you are only allowed to be tested at Maastricht a maximum of 2 times, so in other words if you do decide to go back that is the last chance that they give you. They reimburse the funds each time you go and you have to leave a minimum of two years before you can reapply. The only way in my opinion that you can prepare is just knowing what sort of tests that are involved. Even if you know what is coming and have practised it before, the tests that they make you undertake are designed so that they can test you on your natural abilities and not what you have studied.
If you do reapply, then whatever happens you know that you have done the tests to your full ability and then it is like a closed chapter and you know for sure what to do next. :D

Wow that sounds great.
Last time i was in poor mental health, messed the cube one really bad.
Thats really really great, another shot, kinda bummed its two years but i`ll take it :))

I have just failed and this was fair in my opinion. But all I have to say is DO PREPARATION if you want to suceed. Of course, you cannot improve some skills if you don't have them, but you will, at least, practice yourself in these skills in order to be ready on the day of test and not to lose so much time to understand
this very 'special' test. The most important is that with some kind of preparation you will be more familiar with the test. I personally believe that eurocontrol should give more information on the test in advance, and, why not, some simple examples from every part of the test to candidates. It would be more difficult for
a person without any knowledge of the content of the tests to suceed. In the day of the test no-one will inform you in advance for the content, you are just you and the computer, and before you understand it the test will begin. I regret every moment I did not prepare or informed more about the test but nor eurocontrol helped me a lot. It is reasonable in some way if you consider the amount of applicants and the number of people that will be selected. Only the best (and with a little bit of luck) will pass. Maybe next time I will give another try having already done a preparation, the test itself. Good luck to all of you guys in the next phases.

Well I just got my invitation for Phase 2: 16th September with the interview the day after.

Anybody else?

I have been impatiently waiting for an email from them since I got back from phase 1 in mid June. They said I was eligible for phase 2 and since then I have been waiting for the email to come and still nothing over a month later!! I might call them on Monday and see what is happening, but that might be a step to far, maybe this is normal and they do not email everyone at once or maybe they have forgotten! I don't know!!! Congrats on getting the email

After waiting about 2 months I finally got an invitation for phase 2.
I'll be there the 17th of September.

I too will be there on the 17th. Best of luck!

Anybody been sent the online personality questionnaire yet?
EDIT: I received mine today.