what were the assessments like? any changes to the atpl questions?

Hello! A beautiful amount of info in this thread already.

I didn't accept the May assessment days, but am thinking of going there during June for the NTR FO B747.

• Does anyone know if the courses start frequently (ie. weekly basis) or are they gathering a backlog to start training after the Summer season?
• On the Confair website there is a mention of a fixed training allowance during CBT+TRTO+SIMs. Does anyone know the amount of the allowance?

A little confirmation needed to see if I have understood the "salary" scheme correctly.
Let's imagine a scenario:

• I start the work with a fixed 21 ON / 12 OFF roster
• Let's say, they fly me out of my home on day #1
• I stay in a hotel in Frankfurt for 5 days
• I fly the B747 for 5 days
• I am on Standby in a hotel for 5 days
• I fly another 5 days
• They fly me back to my home

-Do I get paid the varying daily fee (let's imagine 350USD) only for the 10 days flying the plane? Or do I get the 350USD for every day I am not at home (21 days)?
-I suppose the per diems (let's imagine 85USD) are still for every day I am not home (21 days)?

Does anyone know how many hours 747 FO's are doing there now per year? And for the salary calculations I suppose I should ask how many flying days per year?
Background in RYR so not too afraid of the contractor scheme.. if the compensation is fair.

Thanks a ton!

Hi,

I dont know regarding compensation during training how that works these days.

Courses start regularly.

Pay say 21/14, regardless how much you fly during days on base, you get paid 21 days. Not only the days you fly, say 21x350 plus 21x85.

Hrs per year somewhere 500-600 hrs a year. Depending on roster pattern.

Going on and off base are part of the say 21 day, so paid. Off days off base are real off days.

Good luck and maybe see you 😉

Thats good news! Makes AAI worthy to consider. Maybe we will see there! ;)
Someone mentioned pilots waiting at home without getting paid. Are said pilot on the "world wide"-contract?
If I start in the company with 21/14 roster is the company committed to maintain the 21/14 roster (pay) for the 12 months?

I got an info packet from AAI yesterday. No dates yet, but I suppose they are gathering interested people until they have enough for a few assessment groups.

• Found an answer to the fixed training allowance. For First Officers it seems to be a total of 5000USD. 2500USD for CBT and Ground Training and another 2500USD for Simulators and the OFF days between ground- and simulator training. For Captains the amounts are 3500USD, so a total of 7000USD. Waiting for licence is unpaid, and normal pay starts when STBY on base waiting for LIFUS.
• Bond is a 18kUSD loan for the TR. It is lowered by 500USD /month (36months). If you leave before, you pay the remaining sum.
• OCC is also bonded with 5000USD (non-reducing) for 12 months.

airborne announced via linkedin today that the recruitment for dct entry cpts is on hold until further notice. Do they have enough guys already?

Many upgrades have been taking place.

There is a high number of Cpt to FO ratio 😃.

But there will be a hiring spree soon enough, I am very sure about that.

Anyone coming to the assessment 24.6? :)

I did the assessment yesterday.
It went pretty much as briefed here.

It was held in Utrecht, Netherlands. Eight of us there with varying backgrounds, all applying for NTR 747 FO.

The day started with a very short briefing on the company. Followed by a quick ATPL questioner, 30min to complete. After that, we were waiting and were called in in a seemingly random order to either do the HR interview or in pairs to the B737 sim. While waiting, we could have quick chats with the representative of Confair. All contract related questions were to made to them.
HR interview was very relaxed and more of a pleasent chat. You could ask any ops related questions from them.

Simulator was quite straight forward. Fully manual, raw data departure followed by a transition to an ILS approach. Following of radials in and out and frequency changes made it a busy one for the PM also. As there were also guys without 737 experience there was no need to do anything with the upper panel.

The Confair representative promised to contact us as soon as the company has done their selection.

Now is the most unpleasent part of any recruitment process, waiting. :bored:

edit: PASSED the assessment! Hoping to start the OCC and TR soon!

Congrats on your new position!
If you don’t mind, could you please DM me some details about the contract with Confair? I’m seriously considering applying for the First Officer position as well and would really appreciate any insights.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Re-apply for AIR Atlanta Iceland
 

Thank you!

Why would you want too reapply, to an outfit, that must have rejected you first time?
I get on my knees only to God.

OCC
 

Hey guys,

Anyone with more info about what comes after the assessment if you passed?
How does the OCC go, where, how long until type rating and actually start working, test required etcetc

Thanks in advance!!

P.D. Can confirm all the above about the assessment: walk in the park. Easy going chat, some basic questions (for the older ones among us: refresh what you studied all those years ago just in case) and pretty chill SIM, raw data.

Have a good one!

Air Atlanta still hiring Direct Entry Captains for the B747?

According to Airborne Personnel, for now, recruiting type rated B777 and adding pilots to the B747 pool for the near future.
https://airbornepersonnel.info/find-jobs

Does anyone know if the recently advertised NTR DEC 747 was genuine or just a recruitment agency trying to drum up interest?

There have been any improvement on the Captains daily fee for B777 and B747?

Hello Pilotfly-FL410,
I do appreciate your time and work done here in the forum and I do understand your frustration that only a few people giving feed back!
As you are very good organized in giving feed back, I like to approach you in giving me some feedback about the ATPL questions asked, as I am new in this forum an do have an interview early in Decembre.
Thanks and best regards.

Hello Tatudavinci,
are you able to provide me with some feedback about the ATPL questions, maybe you wrote them down?

Thanks for your help, rgds!

Air Atlanta Interview
 

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,
is anybody able to provide me with updated ATPL questions asked by the AAI interview in Utrecht?
I do appreciate your help and support.
Thanks and regards.

Hi guys, selection update from December 25’

Short presentation, very friendly atmosphere from everyone, test with 20 ATPL and 3 math questions, this is what I remember:

What does TA stand for

According to ICAO who’s in charge of the apron (ACC, aerodrome control, approach, FIR)

Normal breathing rate

Resuscitation rate (30:2 , 15:4, 20:2 don’t really remember the numbers)

What is rate gyro

In TCaS II when does an aircraft become proximity traffic

With 0.86M at ISA X that is the TAS



Then you go either to the interview or sim, that is more of a friendly chat and what they offer and what do you expect, and the sim Departure from MUN 26L vectors to the VOR exit on a radial of the approach chart and ILS nothing more, very easy.

Me and my sim partner got selected, they give you an answer the following or in 2 days. Good luck!