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Maps 2007
The FlyBe MAPS scheme is back up and running again!!! 
Go to www.flighttrainingeurope.com and fill in the online application form.
Looks like they are recruiting for 2 courses in 2007, one starting 25th June and the other 10th September.
All the usual application criteria: 2 Alevels, and 5 GCSEs
Closing date is 4th March 2007
Good luck to all those who apply!
Go to www.flighttrainingeurope.com and fill in the online application form.
Looks like they are recruiting for 2 courses in 2007, one starting 25th June and the other 10th September.
All the usual application criteria: 2 Alevels, and 5 GCSEs
Closing date is 4th March 2007
Good luck to all those who apply!
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Hi,
They don't send you and email to say 'thanks for applying' but you will receive an email saying whether or not you are through to the next stage!
FTE are very good at replying to applications within a few days of the closing date and subsequently with any more replies you may get further down the line. I have had to phone them once and ask how i did and they were very apologetic so i don't thinkmit happens very often at all!
BTW, does anyone know if there are any limits to applying? I was lucky enough to get through to the final stage about this time last year but wasn' given a place
but am wondering how long you have to leave it in between applications? I re applied twice after my initial good fortune and was rejected straight away! Anyone know why this may be?
Good luck guys and gals!
Chile
They don't send you and email to say 'thanks for applying' but you will receive an email saying whether or not you are through to the next stage!
FTE are very good at replying to applications within a few days of the closing date and subsequently with any more replies you may get further down the line. I have had to phone them once and ask how i did and they were very apologetic so i don't thinkmit happens very often at all!
BTW, does anyone know if there are any limits to applying? I was lucky enough to get through to the final stage about this time last year but wasn' given a place
but am wondering how long you have to leave it in between applications? I re applied twice after my initial good fortune and was rejected straight away! Anyone know why this may be?Good luck guys and gals!
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Babalot,
The application stages go something along these lines:
1) Initial application
2) Mini essay style questions: they will ask you about previous roles of responsibility, why you want to be a pilot, what you think are the most important aspects of flying, what charactyeristics you have that suit a pilot etc etc etc. It is definitely better to write what you feel rather than try and give them what they've heard a million times. Try and be original but some of the answers are really obvious anyway. Don't lie about yourself as you'll get caught out if you get to interview!
3) PILAPT tests: 2D and 3D flying tests on a laptop and some spatial awareness tests. You'll also do a maths paper (you were allowed a calculator last year but not sure if they will in 2007), about 15 mins and it's strictly timed. You'll also do a verbal and literary reasoning paper, about 20/30 mins for each. For these, you are given a piece of literature and a list of statements, you have to answer which, if any, are true false, or neither.
You will also do an interview with FTE at stage 3. These are fairly relaxed as they want to see what sort of a person you are and whether or not they should recommend you for the final stage. A few technical questions, expanding on your CV/applucation etc
4) Final interview with FlyBe. About one hour and by this stage there are only about 20 ish applicants. Quite a few technical questions - if you don't know the answer then admit it - don't try and bullsh!t
After that one you'll be told if you got through or not.
All exams and interviews take place at FlyBe HQ at Exeter airport.
Hope that helps!
Chile
The application stages go something along these lines:
1) Initial application
2) Mini essay style questions: they will ask you about previous roles of responsibility, why you want to be a pilot, what you think are the most important aspects of flying, what charactyeristics you have that suit a pilot etc etc etc. It is definitely better to write what you feel rather than try and give them what they've heard a million times. Try and be original but some of the answers are really obvious anyway. Don't lie about yourself as you'll get caught out if you get to interview!
3) PILAPT tests: 2D and 3D flying tests on a laptop and some spatial awareness tests. You'll also do a maths paper (you were allowed a calculator last year but not sure if they will in 2007), about 15 mins and it's strictly timed. You'll also do a verbal and literary reasoning paper, about 20/30 mins for each. For these, you are given a piece of literature and a list of statements, you have to answer which, if any, are true false, or neither.
You will also do an interview with FTE at stage 3. These are fairly relaxed as they want to see what sort of a person you are and whether or not they should recommend you for the final stage. A few technical questions, expanding on your CV/applucation etc
4) Final interview with FlyBe. About one hour and by this stage there are only about 20 ish applicants. Quite a few technical questions - if you don't know the answer then admit it - don't try and bullsh!t
After that one you'll be told if you got through or not.
All exams and interviews take place at FlyBe HQ at Exeter airport.
Hope that helps!
Chile
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Thanks dude!
That gives me an idea on what to expect. But I must admit the CTC and OAT/NetJets Europe programmes are far better than this one.
Don't know, but that's the impression I have so far.
That gives me an idea on what to expect. But I must admit the CTC and OAT/NetJets Europe programmes are far better than this one.
Don't know, but that's the impression I have so far.
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Babolat,
Don't know too much about CTC but i would say, IMHO, that this is a WAY better scheme that the NetJets/OAT one.
#1 You get to train full time in a nice warm and sunny place with loads of leisure activities to make studying that bit easier
#2 It is far cheaper than Oxford - everything is included in the 96,000Euros and there really are no extras. Unlike OAT who giev you a price, then say you have to stay in their accommodation at £££'s per week - oh and it's England where it rains most of the time
#3 I felt OAT was a bit of a processing plant when i went there but FTE is personal and really friendly
I suppose it depends whether you want to fly GA or commercial, but either way, it's a job and it's in an aircraft so how wrong could you go either way?!?!?!
*Preparing for incoming from Oxford fans*
chile
Don't know too much about CTC but i would say, IMHO, that this is a WAY better scheme that the NetJets/OAT one.
#1 You get to train full time in a nice warm and sunny place with loads of leisure activities to make studying that bit easier
#2 It is far cheaper than Oxford - everything is included in the 96,000Euros and there really are no extras. Unlike OAT who giev you a price, then say you have to stay in their accommodation at £££'s per week - oh and it's England where it rains most of the time
#3 I felt OAT was a bit of a processing plant when i went there but FTE is personal and really friendly
I suppose it depends whether you want to fly GA or commercial, but either way, it's a job and it's in an aircraft so how wrong could you go either way?!?!?!
*Preparing for incoming from Oxford fans*
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I think the refund of the loan is a problem with the Flybe scheme: I'm not sure the starting salary is sufficient to live correctly after the monthly refunds.
I'd like to get more concret informations about this concern.
I'd like to get more concret informations about this concern.
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I have applied and received the questions.
I am worried however about funding the course. Does the BBVA loan need to be secured? I am not a UK citizen.
Thank you for any replies...
I am worried however about funding the course. Does the BBVA loan need to be secured? I am not a UK citizen.
Thank you for any replies...
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Babolat, when did you apply and when did you receive the questions? I applied on the first day of the scheme and have not received anything as of yet.
I should imagine the loan needs to be secured. The HSBC one with Oxford requires the loan to be secured if you are borrowing the full £50k.
I should imagine the loan needs to be secured. The HSBC one with Oxford requires the loan to be secured if you are borrowing the full £50k.
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I applied the evening the Flybe/MAPS scheme opened and I received the questions today however I'd have to turn it down most probably due to financial reasons.
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Hi there,
I got the questions through yesterday and am going to answer them this weekend. Not sure why we only have 3 days to reply and I hope thats 3 working days! Guess it's best to just be honest, give different examples for each Q and prob no more than 4/5 lines for each, you dont want to bore them!!
it also says the next stage is between 23-27th March, assume it's a 1 day event as there's no way it would take 4 days.
I got the questions through yesterday and am going to answer them this weekend. Not sure why we only have 3 days to reply and I hope thats 3 working days! Guess it's best to just be honest, give different examples for each Q and prob no more than 4/5 lines for each, you dont want to bore them!!
it also says the next stage is between 23-27th March, assume it's a 1 day event as there's no way it would take 4 days.
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Gggrrr...
OK, so i didn't get through again this year!
What confuses me though, is the fact that i got down to the final 18 in 2006 but wasn't given a place!!!
Have FlyBe changed their entry criteria since last year? Or, is it because i have applied fairly recently, that they don't let you apply more than once every 12 months? And also, after my initial success (almost) last year, i applied about twice more in 2006. Is it reset at each application?
Lots of questions i know but i phoned FlyBe and was told they'd phone me back: whatever!
Good luck to the rest of you
Chile
What confuses me though, is the fact that i got down to the final 18 in 2006 but wasn't given a place!!!
Have FlyBe changed their entry criteria since last year? Or, is it because i have applied fairly recently, that they don't let you apply more than once every 12 months? And also, after my initial success (almost) last year, i applied about twice more in 2006. Is it reset at each application?
Lots of questions i know but i phoned FlyBe and was told they'd phone me back: whatever!
Good luck to the rest of you
Chile
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No, i didn't even get sent the questions! I'm really quite annoyed with it really, cos last year i was obviously good enough but now i'm not!
I'm tempted to phone FlyBe again but i wouldn't know who to talk to about it! Ian Cheese?
Chile
I'm tempted to phone FlyBe again but i wouldn't know who to talk to about it! Ian Cheese?
Chile