THRILLSEEKER

CP 44's

www.spacecowboys.co.uk

Streety

But most importantly... CP41's

http://www.cp41.net

PAJ

Hi to anyone who was at stage 3 yesterday (10th) - Firstly a confession - I have somehow managed to lose my pad of paper somewhere between my bedroom and my computer which had your email addresses on - sure I'll find it in a weeks time or something but that should hopefully explain why you have had no contact details through! You were a great bunch of guys and as they said, there are places for everyone if we are the right people so here's to us all getting a place! No word yet obviously - will post when I know - anyone who reads this do the same. All the best!
Paul


Edit: Just got the good news. Stage 4 is far too soon - tomorrow! I reckon I might just crash that lovely 737 sim!

pcoltas

well done mate, my stage 4 is 2 weeks 2moro, i was given 6 weeks notice after stage 3! guess it all depends on when you can start, i dont graduate till july so earliest date i can start is august

all the best for it, let us know how you get on!

paul

k8tyl123

You are the reason why its bad 18 year olds are gettin let in Mr!! heehee
can't wait to have u back tho!!

PAJ

I am absolutely delighted to be able to be one of the fortunate few who gets to post saying they have been successful at stage 4!! Had my 737-300 session yesterday with capt Nick Pennington - top guy and got the call 20 mins later. I am apparently joining those on CP49, departing 2nd May! No time to prepare. Say hi if you're a 49er as the shellshock is still glazing over everything else.

Paul

Sepi

Paj, congrats...hoping Ill be posting the same words within the next 10 days!!! Was the day as good as they make out or pretty gruelling??

Pcoltas, ill be meeting you on the 26th Im guessing! 3 of us so far from what I understand. Time is going so damn slow just waiting to get in the sim...

stefan

PAJ

Thanks very much - has just about sunk in now but is being overshadowed by how much I have to sort out before I go!!

Stage 4 is awesome - I've always wanted to fly the 737 so if I get the Airbus at the end (not an issue in the slightest though I might add!) at least I can say I've tried one! Best thing to do is try to enjoy it and really be yourself. Try to act professionally - try to imitate the kind of conversation you might expect to be making when you are flying for real. I have over 60hrs SEP time so that made things easier in terms of knowing what everyhing did, and my coordination skills were perhaps slightly more honed but this is designed for complete beginners. I think they expect more from you the more experience you have. To give you an idea, I felt that if I were to deviate from my altitude by more than 100ft without making note of it and then correcting it, that would have been an issue. Also, tiny changes in pitch are how you make the thinig fly precisely - rather than using the Artificial Horizon as the central point of your intrument scan, use the VSI as this will give you the quickest indication if you are deviating. Very heavy in the steep turns - prepare for that. Also its IFR conditions so be aware. No maths questions for me - we just spoke about general handline charateristics of the 73 while doing a climbing turn - say standby if you need to concentrate before replying. Great fun though - just don't let the pressure get to you. Hope it goes well for you.

NT42

Hello all!

If anybody is on (or provisionally on) CP50 give me a bell either on here or "john.foreman@the new e-mail addresses we have.

Would be good to hear from any of you.

I passed Phase 4 the other day - very very demanding, but seriously good fun! Got the call when I was in the airport waiting to fly home - scary stuff.

Due to fly out to NZ on the 30th, pending all sorts of wonderful things.

Anyway anybody on CP50, let me know - would be good to talk.

PAJ - sorry I didn't ring you. Was incredibly busy and didn't get a chance - cheers for the support though!

Captain Spam Can

Im flying out to NZ on Weds and in the process of packing and i have a couple of Q'S:

Do you have to take Knives and forks, Plates and Cups out with you or are they provided...otherwise ive got a day to get them.!!!

Can you take your laptop and Flight case on board the flight as 2 seperate items, or can you only take 1 item of hand luggage?

Help

Thanks

SA242

No all plates, knives and forks are provided. You'll either be in Peachgrove or another new place that will be holding cadets until clearways becomes available. All the other places you are housed in outside clearways have facilities and cutlery etc. On the flight take one piece of handluggage only! I arrived with an slr camera and loenses only to find I had to squash the whole lot along with laptop into my flight case.....! See you in a few days. Enjoy the flight!

bjkeates

Also, it might be useful to note that the luggage allowance is 30kg. If you're slightly over you shouldn't have too much of a problem on the way out, but be warned that they've attempted to charge people on the return leg at Auckland. One recently went home 2kg over the 30kg limit and they attempted to charge him $150 - which amounts to slightly over 25 quid a kilo. Yes, it's expensive! So just something to bear in mind when you're packing.

Captain Spam Can

Thanks v. much for the quick reply, ive almost finised packing now just got to put the uniform in....See everyone out there!!!

oates76

Hey, just a quick shout to see if anyone is on CP51 in July? I'm heading over from Canada, and looking to get in touch with my fellow course mates. Feel free to PM. Thanks, and see you in NZ!

MajorYaw

JayB,

Competency questions are as you describe.

CTC could ask you lots of other questions. There's a lot of information about all of this in the old and current CTC Cadet thread. If you want in, read from start to finish, bookmarking the valuable pages. You won't go wrong, and it'll save you posting questions already posed. Sure, there's loads of pages, but that's better than few. Everything anyone needs is already on the glorious Pprune.

In a nutshell, if you are prepared for any graduate recruitment level assessment process, you will be prepared for CTC, provided that you are suitably genned up on aviation to a level appropriate to your flight experience i.e. no flight experience = reading industry publications, maybe some trial flights, maybe talking to pilots, know CTC and stuff about its partner airlines, typical pilot routine blah blah blah; some flight experience = expect some more technical questions appropriate to your level (from what I gather on here and having talked to people in selection).

Why not apply for some other grad jobs to brush up in preparation?

If time is on your side i.e. you're not old, my advice would be don't rush it. Get a plan together to maximise your success at the first go. You can fail at any time, and the maths test is the only thing you can try again. Some people get told they can re-apply for stage 3 in 6 months time due to some experiential shortcoming, but if you use your time wisely before you apply there's no reason why you can't get through without any of that. And stage 4 is still a pass/fail, even if the odds are in your favour. Plus, if you can demonstrate long term focus, that's another string to your bowand answering questions like "so what have you done to pursue your dream?", willl be a piece of cake.

Best of luck.

leigh_logan

Hello,

I passed my stage 2 on 30th may , and doing my stage 3 on the 15th may, is there anyone else doing stage 3 on this date?

Hope to hear from someone,

Regards Lee

pcoltas

Hi all, passed stage 4 last week so am joining CP52 flying out on 8th August.

Anyone else on CP52?

Flik Roll

Anyone off to Phase 2 on June 29th? (It's a Friday)

lewni

Has anybody heard how they got on at the stage 3 interviews on 15th May??

flightless_bird

Ah, the stage 3 interview...