Hi Susie!!!

Thanks!!!! Good luck matey and hope your have lots of tips for us.
Fingers crossed for you......:)

hello,Does anybody know what criteria they match u up against?,and how much knowledge should u have e.g history of tcx and geography ect,any help is very much appricated,many thanks
susie.x

I have just heard that I am invited to a recruitment day too... Does another interview follow this if you are successful then?

No, the day described above is the whole thing. They will let you know shortly after that if you have been successful.

Hi!!!

Was wondering if anyone could help me with a few questions I have regarding an assessment day with TC at Gatwick in December???

Do you have to do a self presentation in a group interview???

How many people roughly attend assessment days???

Do the tests come first and do people go home at this stage if they dont pass???

Thanks in advance :ok:

hi palks

ive got my interview on the 9th, god its getting close now:eek:,from what ive read theres a few questions like why do u want to be crew?,when have you had to deal with an angry customer?,when have you worked as part of a team?,when have you been under pressure?,when have you suggested something to improve at work?. Im not 100% sure but they will defo ask some of these questions,good luck let us know how it goes and what happens,good luck :ok:

susie

Hi susie22

How was your assessment day on the 9th???? Did it go ok????

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Hi,

I have an assessment day in Manchester this monday, I applied last year and got though the stages, but i failed to impress at the interview, so even thou i have applied and passed for assessment, I am still worried that im not going to get though this stage.

I have worked as a PSA for TCX but im unsure what i could do different in this years assessment! Can anyone point out any tips, I would be Most Grateful.

Many Thanks
Paul ;)

Thomas Cook
 

Hi guys, I've got an interview with Thomas Cook in January 2009 and I just want to say thank you for writing how the interview is going to be held. When they say that contracts are temporary, so it means they don't hire people permanently!?? If one of you could give more examples of the questions they ask it would be great. By the way, English is not my native language so I hope you will have a good impression on it. Thank you for your reply...:ok:

hi kel36
thanks for askin,it got changed at the last min so its on the 15th now,have u had urs yet?

Hey Susie22

Mine is this Saturday 13th, not long now, am really nervous but excited at the same time.......
Will let you know how I got on. Good luck for the 15th. :ok:

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hi kel
 

how did u get on ur interview hun?,im sure u did fine,this is the worst bit waiting to find out lol,good luck soo excited for u:ok:,i have mine 2moz afternoon so were see,what base did u apply for again,

susie

Hi susie22

The assessment day was brilliant, the staff are so lovely they make you feel really at ease and so so friendly.

The day itself was great I managed to get through to the 2 to 1 which I was so pleased. Its just a waiting game now to see if I was successful or not so fingers crossed.

I am hoping for Gatwick. Good luck to you hun, I'm sure you will do great really enjoy the day too. Be thinking of you matey!!!!

Let me know how you get on xxxxx :ok:

hey kel36,

well done hun,didnt relise they were geting rid of people through the day we went from 28 to 7 who got a 2 to 1,couldnt belive it,but luckly i made it through to the end,i toatally agree the staff were amazing really nice and cos i was 10mins late due to being hit by a drunk driver and luckly my mate whos a taxi driver manged to get me to gatwick,so when they said they were eliminating i was sure i was going home cos i was late,but i stayed the whole day,and i got to say the rest of the 6 were the nicest bunch of people,and i did really enjoyed the day,just this waiting game now,we were all told we wouldnt find out till new year which seems ages due to xmas and this postal strike hmmm,likewise applied for gatwick so were see,good luck hun let me know how u got on,and have a good xmas.xx

Hi susie22

Well done hun!!!!! Am really pleased :D. You never know if we are successful we could be on the same training course as we have both had interviews round about the same time and also both wanting to be based at Gatwick.

It was a great day wasn't it and the staff were really lovely!!!

Anyway lets just wait and see what happens, let me know if you hear anything and I will to.

Well done matey :ok::ok::ok: xxxxx

Hey guys,

I got to the final 7 on the 15th too. Hope you everyone hears soon :)

Hey glider12000

Well done to you too congratulations :ok:.

Lets just keep our fingers crossed. Would be great to hear before xmas huh???? (only if its good news tho).

Keep in touch let us know if you here anything too.

Merry xmas x

Hi All,

I applied to TC a couple of days ago and was just wondering how long it generally takes to get a response from them???? Are we talking days or weeks???

Cheers FS :ok:

Expect to hear from them after Christmas. They have a lot of recruitment on, especially at Gatwick. Training dates aren`t going til be til March at the earliest anyway.

Righto cheers for that. March suits me for training if I were to get anywhere. I'm guessing the course is about 6 weeks long???My brother works for BA and thats how long his was so I'm guessing it'll be roughyl the same.

I wonder how many TC Cabin Crew have CPL/IR's???

Not sure, but expect a lot of XL/Zoom crew at LGW especially. Some with PPLs. Myself I have 28hours SEP, and have gliding experience and 2 years aviation degree.

Hi everyone, not sure if this is much help to any of you, but I'd just like to give my experience of recruitment from summer 2008, and hopefully it will go some way to answering some of your questions;

I applied to the airline in October after leaving my last airline, and by December had an email saying I had passed the initial screening process, and to wait until after Christmas for an interview date, and in early January I had an interview on Valentine's Day. We were told at the interview, which was extremely professional - but at the same time very relaxed and friendly - that it would take about two weeks to hear from them, and what was in fact a month later, they rang to say I had the job, but not at my preferred base, so I had to turn them down. About a month after this, they said my base was recruiting, and they were sending a contract and medical forms out. I didn't find out however where the training was, at what time, or any other details such as pre-course work, until the Friday lunchtime, beginning the course the following Monday.

The training course is intense, but the trainers (there's usually two, plus people who come along to teach specific modules) throughout the five weeks are really helpful and supportive, and all the information given is really thorough, and they don't mind going over things again if people don't necessarily understand the first time. We had a great night in Manchester on our course to do our doors, smoke and ditching when we went to Cheadle.

TCX is a really friendly airline, with good money and benefits, and a very approachable management and training team. Though I can't speak for the much bigger bases, crews have merged with inevitable griping, but overwhelmingly, everyone gets along and gets the job done. Career progression at some bases, including mine, isn't so great, and that hasn't been helped by the merger, though there are opportunities to do winter work in the shops, as well as to work with recruitment or on corporate days as an ambassador. The company's biggest let-down is their organisation, the airline isn't wonderful with paperwork, there's either too much or it goes missing. But I think if that's the biggest complaint, then it's not such a bad place to work!

Only one person from this year's two initial courses were kept for my base for the winter, however almost everyone from all other years were kept on. If anyone has any questions, though it will only be on S08's information, I'll try and answer.

Hi susie22

Got the golden email from Thomas Cook today!!!!!

Am successful but have to wait till the end of January to hear if there is a place for me as still finalising numbers.

Am really pleased and excited just another waiting game now tho!

Any news your end????
:):):)xxx

Same as you Kel

Just have to wait now. Sadly it`s a lot of waiting around at the moment!

Hi Glider12000

Yeah a long waiting game, still at least Its worth it.

Well done to you!!!!

When was your assessment day? What base are you hoping for?

LGW Base and interviewed 15th Dec..afternoon

oh wow mine was the 13th Dec pm, for LGW.

Have you ever been Cabin Crew before or was this your first ?

I was 2 years Junior at XL

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hey :) anyone have an assessment day on 28th jan at manchester?? x

Thomas Cook Interview!
 

Hey I have an interview on the 25th Jan with Thomas Cook in manchester! I'm really nervous about passing the numeracy and geography tests not rly sure what to expect?! Can anyone give me some advise??

Tcx Assessment Day
 

The tests are general knowledge/geog/maths...

I don't want to give it to you on a plate coz it's unfair but just make sure you learn your UK Airport Codes, phonetic alphabet, Spanish Islands, Capital Cities, currencies, EU Member States that kind of things.... The questions will change but will be similar...

As for maths... Addition/Subtraction you are allowed a calculator..

Just take time to read the questions, if you can't answer, go back to it...

Good Luck

Try not to worry about the maths part, I completed it without a calculator.

Best of luck.

Thomas Cook assessment day
 

Ayup guys anyone have an assessment day at Newcastle on the 18th jan 09?

Got mine on the 19th of Jan, looking forward to it, really hope it goes well. Good luck all.

Hi guys...

Im thinking of applying to TCX for LGW but have heard through galley fm that new crew on a temp contract dont do longhaul at TCX can any1 shed any light on this??

Cheers

First year crew will not get to do longhaul on the Airbus 330, which does our Florida, Caribbean and Indian programme, however you do some longhaul bullets to Canada and The Gambia on the 757 and there's plenty of night stops away from base in the UK.

Was wondering how often new entrants get these longhaul Canada flights roughly, and also how long do you stay in Canada for is it just overnight? One more thing, why would you have night stops away from bases in the UK?

Sorry for all the questions :):):)

Kel, you might operate out of a base which has a small number of aircraft there but no crew so you might operate W patterns into that destination.

I.E

LGW-PFO-EMA Nightstop EMA - ALC - LGW

Hey Glider

Thanks for that I get you, does this happen often???