Gillespie

Cheers Nearly,

well done for getting on the course. I'd love to say I'll see you out there, but I not going to count any chickens.

Just out of curiousity because you mentioned you had about the same amount of hours as me; how much of the foundation course do you need to complete?

Good advice about the mrs bit. 9 months is nothing compared to a life time!

Enjoy your training.

umoya

Hey Haavard

Will also be there on the 12th. Still looking for a place to stay.

What have you done in the way of preparation?

See you there!

Haavard

Hey again!

Anyone who where at Phase 2 testing 12 october who have got theyr feedback from CTC?

It would be fun to know who got trough and not

Simon_Sez

Hello people,

Finally got a Stage 3 date from CTC...not that I'm impatient...just excited you understand.

Anyway, I had my Stage 2 on Sept 14th and itd be cool to know if anyone else from that day was going along to this. Gimme a PM or e-mail if you are...

Regards,

Simon.

umoya

Hi Haavard

Got my feedback from stage 2 today...really pleased! Going to stage 3 at the end of this month.

Hope to see you there.

Haavard

Oh thats great to hear chap As i told you, i am sure you will come a long way there.

My late arrival before the day, combined with some unknown words in the test made me perform bad, so as i expected, I did fail phase 2... i just used £1000 on it so.....

Keep me informed how you are doing in thoose later stages.

And for double check.. you are the one driving me around?
Tnx for that service miss daisy..

Gillespie

Hey future ctc'ers

I'm through to stage 3 on 28th October. Who's with me? I'm trying to build up a picture of how many co-candidates to expect.

Anyone got any tips for stage 3?

Good luck.

half full

This may be a naive question, to which the reply can be imagined, but how many of the peeps that make their way onto the CTC scheme are directly placed in a comfy right seat at the end of it?

what of the dissappointed?

i wondered given the size of the cheque(s) to be written

cheers,

HF

Five5

Hi everyone,

There's a lot of dialogue between applicants and little or no feedback from guys on the scheme, so I thought I’d lend a word...

My advice on later stages of selection is to be your-self. In preparation for the interview try writing out a list of questions (and answering them!) you would ask a candidate in your shoes. Think about how you can answer these questions using concise examples and anecdotes to demonstrate motivation, attitude, “soft-skills”, teamwork and all those other important qualities they will be looking for. Be prepared and it will show…

Good Luck.

Geoff565

Hi All,

Firstly, i'd like to thank everyone who have posted some feedback/information regarding their assesment days e.t.c, it's been most useful.
I've been fortunate enough to progress to stage two of the selection, which i will be attending this Tuesday (19th Oct). Is anyone else attending this session?

Many thanks, and good luck to all!
Geoff

Nearly a learner!

Gillespie (and anyone else interested!)

I'm also attending Stage 3 on 28th October, but have you had feedback from Stage 2 yet - you know, I mean the detailed breakdown of how we did that we were promised?

See you on the 28th

Gillespie

Nearly a learner!,

I haven't received any feedback yet. Not sure weather it's coming in the post or via e-mail.

Looking forward to 28th. What are you doing in terms of preparation?

Nearly a learner!

Gillespie,

I've been getting some information off the web on each of the seven airlines in the scheme so that I have a bit of background on them and other than that I'm relying on my experiences from working for a major handling agent for four years. Also trying to think of some good examples to highlight my motivation and teamwork ability. I'm assuming by 'soft-skills' that Five5 means dealing with sensitive/difficult situations?

Where are you staying the night before? I'm staying at Ashdene House - I was too slow to book into Dale Farm, which I believe is very close to Dibden Manor. I wonder if we'll be allowed to use the facilities at the manor - swimming pool, gym etc. if we get through Thursday? Anybody out there know?

jmc1980

Errr... no swimming pool and no gym either at Dibden manor I'm afraid! there weren't any 2 months ago last time I was there anyway. Or maybe I missed something who knows! There is a mini golf though the putters are near the entrance!

good luck all with going through the phases. You'll enjoy your stay - they're really a great bunch down at CTC!

Nearly a Learner, are you applying for the wings selection (old cadet selection) or for the wings ATP programme (formerly known as ATP scheme)? If you are going for the cadets, there are only 2 companies that you need to study - eJ and Thomas Cook.

cheers all

JMC

Nearly a learner!

JMC,

Just had another look at the bit about Dibden Manor on CTC's website and read it more carefully! It says that there are leisure facilities nearby - that'll teach me to be more thorough!

Received an email from CTC around middle of September, this extract answers your question:

".....launch of the CTC Wings Programme, which replaces both the CTC McAlpine Sponsored Cadet Scheme and the CTC ATP Scheme. These are very exiting developments – we are pleased to announce additional airlines as Partner Airlines....."

The airlines that I mentioned in addition to Easyjet and Thomas Cook are the additional partner airlines so far. You'll notice that I only included a short extract - the whole document is a very informative 6 pages which I didn't think you would want to read! Very good for people like me applying to the scheme - they do seem to be very open in explaining all aspects of it.

Looking forward to next week - just hope I make it through.

20VT

Just wondering how long it normally takes for applicants to get a response after sending in the 4 questions. Sent mine in about 3 weeks ago and haven’t heard anything since. As I posted my answers I’m starting to wonder whether they actually arrived at the right place!

jmc1980

20VT, why don't you ring Jo Ward to confirm that they have received your application form? I got a reply just about 3 weeks after I had sent the form when I applied, so don't worry too much.

good luck

JMC

Simon_Sez

*kicks thread up arse..."fly my pretty...FLY!!"*

Stage 3 excitement kicking in yet anyone? With all the time between Stage 2 & 3 (it'll be 2 months for me)...has anyone else been contemplating life without CTC? I'm not being pessimistic...far from it...just a realistic optimist...

However I am confident that if CTC isn't what I'm meant to do and hence, I don't get through...I have two defined back-up plans which I'm also quite excited about.

Whaddya reckon? Is it worse to think about (a) "If I don't get through this, that's my life over with...", or (b) "So what if I don't get through this? I've got other things planned."

As always - Opinions welcome. Bullsh*t frowned upon.

Regards,

Simon

Vee One...Rotate

Absolutely agree - you should have backup plans...it's the trait of a good pilot

I'm sure everyone must have at least VAGUE idea of a Plan B...and C...and...??? Even if it's sometimes hard to go into too much detail as you want A to work out so bad...

The routes into aviation are as many and varied as the people who follow 'em...

Good luck chaps/chapettes

Another Optimistic Realist,

V1R

Rod Eddington

You'll probably get asked what your back-up plans are in your interview... So if you have some fairly detailed, aviation-related plans then it'll work in your favour.... Shows you're keen