Thomsonfly FTE Scheme
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Guys, just a heads-up. Don't commit too soon because the approved course due to graduate in September, have been told that they are not going to be employed in the foreseeable future and will be placed in the holding pool.
Remember, it is only an 'approved' scheme with no guarantees of employment at the end of the course.
Don't commit financially unless you are certain that you can accept the 'blow' if you were to be told the same thing after more than a years hard work and watching all the past approved courses being given their contracts on graduation day.
Remember, it is only an 'approved' scheme with no guarantees of employment at the end of the course.
Don't commit financially unless you are certain that you can accept the 'blow' if you were to be told the same thing after more than a years hard work and watching all the past approved courses being given their contracts on graduation day.
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Travel to Wigmore
If you are coming by rail get off at 'Luton Parkway' and there is a TUI staff bus that runs every 20 mins, no ID is needed to get on and that will take you to Wigmore.
If flying into LTN then the TUI bus also goes to the terminal (You cant miss it as its big, blue and has TUI down the side.)
Or if your coming by car they may let you park in the visitors area, or theres the local shops or ASDA or the short stay car park at the terminal and jump on the TUI bus.
Hope that helps answer a few questions
If flying into LTN then the TUI bus also goes to the terminal (You cant miss it as its big, blue and has TUI down the side.)
Or if your coming by car they may let you park in the visitors area, or theres the local shops or ASDA or the short stay car park at the terminal and jump on the TUI bus.
Hope that helps answer a few questions
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Originally Posted by femaleWannabe
This thread has gone very quiet! How's everyone getting on with preparation for next week? Anyone else been asked to the next stage?
but I'm looking forward to the interview and tests.. hopefully I won't be too nervous 
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Originally Posted by femaleWannabe
This thread has gone very quiet! How's everyone getting on with preparation for next week? Anyone else been asked to the next stage?
Yeah, I'm going down to Luton tomorrow night- i've got the selection day at 9am on Monday morning.
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Me too, Im too skint to fly down tho, so ive got the early bus to catch.
Staying overnight at luton.
See you monday, bright and early sdss2 and mixmaster.
Drifted
Staying overnight at luton.
See you monday, bright and early sdss2 and mixmaster.
Drifted
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More great news, thats it airlines keep sponsoring peeps with no experience...just let the hard working broke pilots in this industry keep hanging on some more......
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Originally Posted by wingbar
More great news, thats it airlines keep sponsoring peeps with no experience...just let the hard working broke pilots in this industry keep hanging on some more......
Good luck to everyone going for selection tomorrow, remember to post how it goes
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Guys, just a heads-up. Don't commit too soon because the approved course due to graduate in September, have been told that they are not going to be employed in the foreseeable future and will be placed in the holding pool.
Remember, it is only an 'approved' scheme with no guarantees of employment at the end of the course.
Remember, it is only an 'approved' scheme with no guarantees of employment at the end of the course.
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There was no talk of it not going ahead yesterday. The day comprised of 5 different tests; maths with a calculator, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, PILAPT and an interview with a staff member from FTE, there is no contact with anyone from ThomsonFLy until the next stage. Apparently there have been 24 people selected for this stage with a maximum of ten places available on the course, gotta like those odds!
Good luck to the monday morning crew and to everyone else on it, seems like a great scheme to get on
Good luck to the monday morning crew and to everyone else on it, seems like a great scheme to get on
Schemes like this make sense to the airlines that run them. It is all about forward thinking. They know they are going to need pilots in a couple of years. So why not guarantee they have the candidates already selected and in the pipeline that they want to cover part of those needs. It saves adverts in flight, selection days, sim tests when they actually need the pilots. Delaying them getting on line etc.
Not only are they thinking a little further forward. But with a scheme like this they will be able to have a certain input into the way the training is carried out, company SOP's etc when it comes to mcc and jot courses for example. This enables them to get a candidate who is used to flying the practices they want for the type rating and on the line. And ensures they have 2 years almost to weed out any bad apples whos attitudes dont fit. I for one would have to sit next to you
This is a scheme for a job a year and a half to two years down the line. For a company who ARENT CURRENTLY RECRUITING - so how bitter can you really get about it.
Airlines running schemes like this will never fill all their requirements with low houred pilots. They arent able to for insurance reasons. So while 10 jobs may not be available to low houred pilots from other backgrounds in a couple of years. With all your instructing (poor students) etc you wont qualify as that, because in theory you should have something more to bring to the table.
You need to keep your attitude in check, by all means post opinions and experiences, they are always welcome. But if you have nothing to contribute - why try and pick a fight or put others down when they are trying to help each other etc.
rant over
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I had mine last monday and was told we would hear the results between 5 and 10 days time. I asked in the interview if the recruitment freeze was going to have any impact on this scheme and they seemed to suggest that it wouldn't. They claimed they would be takin 10 of 24 candidates.