Etihad Cadet Pilot Training Assessment 2009
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Hi Guys,
First of all, congratulations to those who made it through phase one. I didnt make it also but feel i have gained great experience. Remember guys that didnt make it like myself that there many future pilots among us who genuinely slipped the net. There is no shame in not making it through, only shame in not trying.
I met many people on the day, which itself made the four hour drive and overnight stay worth it. I did feel that i could have done better myself but this was my first aptitude test so im just going to take it on the chin. I do feel a little frustrated that we didnt get a little detailed feedback of where we went wrong but we were made aware of this. Would have been nice to know though! . I thought i have travelled quite far only to discover that there was a guy there from Sweden, one from Abu Dhabi as well as many other places.
Just out of interest, are there any people who didnt make it through that have passed the Pilapt test? or any other tests?
Once again congratulations to the maybe guys! I wish you all a prosperous career with Etihad!
Nathan1986
First of all, congratulations to those who made it through phase one. I didnt make it also but feel i have gained great experience. Remember guys that didnt make it like myself that there many future pilots among us who genuinely slipped the net. There is no shame in not making it through, only shame in not trying.
I met many people on the day, which itself made the four hour drive and overnight stay worth it. I did feel that i could have done better myself but this was my first aptitude test so im just going to take it on the chin. I do feel a little frustrated that we didnt get a little detailed feedback of where we went wrong but we were made aware of this. Would have been nice to know though! . I thought i have travelled quite far only to discover that there was a guy there from Sweden, one from Abu Dhabi as well as many other places.
Just out of interest, are there any people who didnt make it through that have passed the Pilapt test? or any other tests?
Once again congratulations to the maybe guys! I wish you all a prosperous career with Etihad!
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Hey man,
ur right, no shame in failing. You can be damn sure ill be there again next year as determined as can be. yea my parents had to scrape money off the bottom of their bank accounts and credit cards to send me to London, a 15 hour flight with 1 stopover( there is a direct 11h30min flight but its more expensive
) Plus having to pay for the hotel and food and stuff. Seemed like an immense waste of money at first but, in the end its not so bad. As u said its experience, vital experience in my book. Im sure we will have a better chance next year! Courage to the people like me who got a no....(or 2 lol) and Congrats to the mayB people, hope u get there and we meet next year in Al Ain!!
ur right, no shame in failing. You can be damn sure ill be there again next year as determined as can be. yea my parents had to scrape money off the bottom of their bank accounts and credit cards to send me to London, a 15 hour flight with 1 stopover( there is a direct 11h30min flight but its more expensive
) Plus having to pay for the hotel and food and stuff. Seemed like an immense waste of money at first but, in the end its not so bad. As u said its experience, vital experience in my book. Im sure we will have a better chance next year! Courage to the people like me who got a no....(or 2 lol) and Congrats to the mayB people, hope u get there and we meet next year in Al Ain!!
Just out of interest, are there any people who didnt make it through that have passed the Pilapt test? or any other tests?
I'll take it as a good experience, even if I'll be too old for next year though.
Congratulations to the guys who did get through, hope you all make it to Abu Dhabi -don't forget to let us know how you get on!
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Under Pressure
Hello To All
First Congrats For Those Who Got It Right !
Guys I'm Going To Tell I Lil About My Self Right Now I'm Working For Ek In Dxb Ive Tried Last Year And Got The No!!!
I Sucked Yes It Did But Didnt Be So Harsh On You Either
My Current Situation Is The Worst Ive Ever Been And If I Didnt Pass In This Prog In ****** For Life!!!
Ive Been Around The Globe For A Opportunity Like This....
I Know This Is Not Good To Say It I'm Only 24 My Wife Is Pregnant I Hate My Job The Only Thing I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Pilot In Life And Like The Others I Do Have Some Hours In The Logbook But Didnt Have Much Money To Keep On Going I'm From Brazil Used To Live Many Years In Vegas Working In All Kinds Of Jobs (beside Go-go Boy) Hahaha My Friend Got The Yes Yes Yes Email And Today He Is One Of The Cadets In Al Ain I Just Been There And It's Really Nice I'm Basically Got One Shot One Chance Like Shady Said Once In 8 Mile I Just Hope I Make It In This Stuff For Every One Good Luck Keep On Trying For Those Whom Got The No Go To Your Last Chance Never Give Up Form Your Dreams!!!!!!!!
When You Think You Suck Or They Didnt Give You A Chance And Bla Bla Bla Think About People Like Me Whom Got The No Now I Have My Wife And Kid And I'm Wondering How I'm Going To Fly In South Africa Coz Its Really Cheap There Actually Affordable
So Cheer Up Every One !!!!!!!!!!
Live Life As Best ,fast,high As You Can And Regret Only What You Haven't Done And Always Have A Backup Plan!!!!
Hahahah By The Way Does Anyone Heard About Sa Flight Academy ???? Are They Good?
I Will Be In Johannesburg In May !!!!! Anyone Else????
Lets Meet!!! Hotel Prices Etc Pass It On!!!!
First Congrats For Those Who Got It Right !
Guys I'm Going To Tell I Lil About My Self Right Now I'm Working For Ek In Dxb Ive Tried Last Year And Got The No!!!
I Sucked Yes It Did But Didnt Be So Harsh On You Either
My Current Situation Is The Worst Ive Ever Been And If I Didnt Pass In This Prog In ****** For Life!!!
Ive Been Around The Globe For A Opportunity Like This....
I Know This Is Not Good To Say It I'm Only 24 My Wife Is Pregnant I Hate My Job The Only Thing I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Pilot In Life And Like The Others I Do Have Some Hours In The Logbook But Didnt Have Much Money To Keep On Going I'm From Brazil Used To Live Many Years In Vegas Working In All Kinds Of Jobs (beside Go-go Boy) Hahaha My Friend Got The Yes Yes Yes Email And Today He Is One Of The Cadets In Al Ain I Just Been There And It's Really Nice I'm Basically Got One Shot One Chance Like Shady Said Once In 8 Mile I Just Hope I Make It In This Stuff For Every One Good Luck Keep On Trying For Those Whom Got The No Go To Your Last Chance Never Give Up Form Your Dreams!!!!!!!!
When You Think You Suck Or They Didnt Give You A Chance And Bla Bla Bla Think About People Like Me Whom Got The No Now I Have My Wife And Kid And I'm Wondering How I'm Going To Fly In South Africa Coz Its Really Cheap There Actually Affordable
So Cheer Up Every One !!!!!!!!!!
Live Life As Best ,fast,high As You Can And Regret Only What You Haven't Done And Always Have A Backup Plan!!!!
Hahahah By The Way Does Anyone Heard About Sa Flight Academy ???? Are They Good?
I Will Be In Johannesburg In May !!!!! Anyone Else????
Lets Meet!!! Hotel Prices Etc Pass It On!!!!
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luis,
Dont forget to fill up whatever papers you will need for EY the same way you write here... Please Do It And Im Sure You Are Going To Get A Job Without Even Having The Tests
Dont forget to fill up whatever papers you will need for EY the same way you write here... Please Do It And Im Sure You Are Going To Get A Job Without Even Having The Tests
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God that musnt be easy man. yea life's a bitch but we get better with those experiences. When we get through we will enjoy life much more than others who had everything handed to them on a platter. Some are born silver spoon in hand but some like us have to sweat to get things done. I know what you mean man, i myself have a couple of hours, same story, no money lol! so like you I pretty much depend on a cadetship program so im pretty much screwed. Im from Mauritius and Theres only 1 airline here with very little opportunity at the moment. Some people have so many possible ways to get stuff done like in Europe or America where there are tons and tons and tons of airlines and flying schools. Some like me are stuck and depend on one cadetsihp program a year to get my career started so lets say its not gonna be easy. And GBB whats ur problem, when someone sends u a msg saying : I WIll Killed Myself....do u answer, 'duuude..whats with the captial letters, theyre annoying....and whats with the grammar!!...'.
good god!
good god!
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Do you usually compare yourself to slim shady? Come on, you have to be kidding me right? I mean your looking for a proffesional career in Aviation and although i failed the test and im by no means perfect, I think that your post looked very unproffesional and if one of those recruiters from Etihad were to have read that then i very much doubt you would be in with much chance. Rememeber that among this Website there are many proffesionals. I belive that if i talk to these in a proffesional manner and ask for their advice then there is a good chance i might get it. If i was in their shoes and read a post like yours id seriously struggle to take you seriously. I certainly dont want to put you down and i know that English isnt your spoken language but a little effort goes a long way.
Just my two cents
Regards
Nathan1986
Just my two cents
Regards
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He didn't compare himself to Slim Shady, he compared 'having one shot' to the song that he sang. Nathan, if we are going to be pedantic you may want to capitalise the letter "I" in your sentences when you are referring to yourself, spell 'professional' with one 'f' and two 's's, 'Website' without the capital letter, 'id' with an apostrophe and 'rememeber' without the extra 'e' - you may want to put that extra 'e' into 'belive'. 
As you say, "...a little effort goes a long way." I could understand your 'concern' for this being a professional pilot forum if you were a professional yourself. This forum is not a place for people to impress recruiters either; it's a place where people can discuss aviation and share knowledge - and Luis already has one over both you of with regards to that if you take your last posts (your's and GBB's) into consideration. As well as that, he is not filling in his CV in this forum so why does his post need to look 'professional'? It would have been nice if it was easier to read but no need to be CV standard. Would you have preferred some 'Previous Employment' information in there?
I am sorry, but I just don't like people slamming someone when it's one of their very first posts, they are not 'english'-speaking (note no capital
) and they are just looking for a bit of advice - which you didn't even attempt to give...
The guy already apologised for the way the post looked, he said it had to do with some editing issue...This is not an English language group discussion forum. Leave the poor guy alone...
Just a thought...
P.S - He had less spelling errors than you!
Luis - Yes, SA Flight Academy is very good, and quite cheap. The weather in SA is ideal for training as well. Good luck!
As you say, "...a little effort goes a long way." I could understand your 'concern' for this being a professional pilot forum if you were a professional yourself. This forum is not a place for people to impress recruiters either; it's a place where people can discuss aviation and share knowledge - and Luis already has one over both you of with regards to that if you take your last posts (your's and GBB's) into consideration. As well as that, he is not filling in his CV in this forum so why does his post need to look 'professional'? It would have been nice if it was easier to read but no need to be CV standard. Would you have preferred some 'Previous Employment' information in there? I am sorry, but I just don't like people slamming someone when it's one of their very first posts, they are not 'english'-speaking (note no capital
) and they are just looking for a bit of advice - which you didn't even attempt to give...The guy already apologised for the way the post looked, he said it had to do with some editing issue...This is not an English language group discussion forum. Leave the poor guy alone...
Just a thought...
P.S - He had less spelling errors than you!
Luis - Yes, SA Flight Academy is very good, and quite cheap. The weather in SA is ideal for training as well. Good luck!
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Stage 2 : Boys are you getting ready to take the heat?
Temperatures jumping up to 35 degrees these days here in Abu Dhabi and by the time you get here would most certainly be in it's 40s.
Lots of shorts n T-shirts
where are all the Frankfurt people any1 arranging a get together?
Temperatures jumping up to 35 degrees these days here in Abu Dhabi and by the time you get here would most certainly be in it's 40s.
Lots of shorts n T-shirts
where are all the Frankfurt people any1 arranging a get together?
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Is it bitter to wonder why a company looking for speed and accuracy sends rejection e-mails twice to the same people, and indeed within the initial information, actually misspelt the location of the tests?
Windsor, its Windsor, not Winsor!
Fascinating, ironic, and worth a chuckle.
Windsor, its Windsor, not Winsor!
Fascinating, ironic, and worth a chuckle.
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Thank's for all the help guys
Ok let me see,
First of all I would like to thank all of you guys for posting all your ideas about it that's the feeling!!!!
Indeed I am not a English speaker even if I've been speaking the language for the last five years of my life I do recognize sometimes one two or few mistakes happen hihihihihihh.......
And in fact I totally agree this is not a professional assessment forum even if other members do work in airlines in the middle east like myself i dont have problem in say that i work for emirates... they have their advantages and disadvantage like every other airline in the world and believe me when I say it... I worked for few of them already !!!!!!!!
EY is definitely in "MY OPINION" the best airline in the industry today for many reasons and even if i don't make for the cadet program is really worth work for it!!!!!!!
So guy's take it easy as long as you don't lose the ethics in your phrases i don't see a problem in expressing yourself over your thought's it wont have any influence during a job interview!
However I indeed apologize for the first message i posted in the forum because yes it could be more clear but i was in the work like 3 am studying for this thing and i got "desperado" seen every one saying i got rejected god luck guys etc etc etc !!!!!
cut me some slack on that one hahahah if you guys have any questions how is to work here in Dubai etc just send me a msg i will be more than happy to clear any doubts other than that I can only say i wont use this spelling corrector anymore it caused me to much of trouble hahahahahahaha
good luck for every one!!!!!! i hope to see the JNB CREW THERE
PS: Las vegas soo far was the cheapest place i found for acft rental
but things get really messed up if you got emergency landing near Nelli's AFB
it can ruin your career for good (i know some one who got the problem)
South Florida is kinda good as well but expensive!
so far south Africa is the best place to fly so i guess i will save some money
and head down there later next year!!!!! 
GOOD LUCK FOR YOU ALL
First of all I would like to thank all of you guys for posting all your ideas about it that's the feeling!!!!
Indeed I am not a English speaker even if I've been speaking the language for the last five years of my life I do recognize sometimes one two or few mistakes happen hihihihihihh.......
And in fact I totally agree this is not a professional assessment forum even if other members do work in airlines in the middle east like myself i dont have problem in say that i work for emirates... they have their advantages and disadvantage like every other airline in the world and believe me when I say it... I worked for few of them already !!!!!!!!
EY is definitely in "MY OPINION" the best airline in the industry today for many reasons and even if i don't make for the cadet program is really worth work for it!!!!!!!
So guy's take it easy as long as you don't lose the ethics in your phrases i don't see a problem in expressing yourself over your thought's it wont have any influence during a job interview!
However I indeed apologize for the first message i posted in the forum because yes it could be more clear but i was in the work like 3 am studying for this thing and i got "desperado" seen every one saying i got rejected god luck guys etc etc etc !!!!!
cut me some slack on that one hahahah if you guys have any questions how is to work here in Dubai etc just send me a msg i will be more than happy to clear any doubts other than that I can only say i wont use this spelling corrector anymore it caused me to much of trouble hahahahahahaha
good luck for every one!!!!!! i hope to see the JNB CREW THERE
PS: Las vegas soo far was the cheapest place i found for acft rental
but things get really messed up if you got emergency landing near Nelli's AFB
it can ruin your career for good (i know some one who got the problem)
South Florida is kinda good as well but expensive!
so far south Africa is the best place to fly so i guess i will save some money
and head down there later next year!!!!!
GOOD LUCK FOR YOU ALL
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Are the assessments finished now then?
You've wandered off onto thread drift and seem to have finished the conversation - so presumably no need to keep a multi million page thread open any longer?
You can all console yourselves and pat each other on the back on Facebook, no?
You've wandered off onto thread drift and seem to have finished the conversation - so presumably no need to keep a multi million page thread open any longer?
You can all console yourselves and pat each other on the back on Facebook, no?
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In 2009 we will be conducting initial assessments in London(February),Frankfurt(March),Johannesburg(May),Sydney(J une),Abu Dhabi(July),Toronto(August), New York (August) and Singapore(September).
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FRA
Maybe someone could desrcribe how stage two looks like?
If anyone wants to meet I will be in FRA 23-25th of March (Star Hotel), please PM.
P.S. On 25th there is a plan to visit Concorde..Only few hours from FRA
If anyone wants to meet I will be in FRA 23-25th of March (Star Hotel), please PM.
P.S. On 25th there is a plan to visit Concorde..Only few hours from FRA
