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SunsetSheepLandings - it's a funny world aviation - my close friend is good enough to fly the Prime Minster, knows his stuff on Business and Economy - yet BA palmed him off at Waterside like a piece of dog number twos! A real victim of HR box ticking in this case - this guy slipped through their net for sure. A true English gentleman with both long haul heavy and short/medium jet experience. A great peoples person, team player etc.
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junior jetset yeah. was that for a job?
mpl is a bit different as you're starting from the beginning.
on the form for OAA all you had was your personal details, education, any flying hours, and a couple of other things. no questions, not even anything asking about your employment history other than if you have worked for easy jet.
I mean there's nothing much the application assessors can go on there, that's why I'm puzzled. All a bit odd.. oh well.
ManUtd1999 curious that. wonder if it's because they are no longer doing the female pilot initiative, as that is what they were due to talk about in the seminar? what do you think?
mpl is a bit different as you're starting from the beginning.
on the form for OAA all you had was your personal details, education, any flying hours, and a couple of other things. no questions, not even anything asking about your employment history other than if you have worked for easy jet.
I mean there's nothing much the application assessors can go on there, that's why I'm puzzled. All a bit odd.. oh well.
ManUtd1999 curious that. wonder if it's because they are no longer doing the female pilot initiative, as that is what they were due to talk about in the seminar? what do you think?
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ManUtd1999 curious that. wonder if it's because they are no longer doing the female pilot initiative, as that is what they were due to talk about in the seminar? what do you think?
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I just got rejected from the OAA selection for easyJet MPL.
Apparently A*A*A* at A-Level isn't good enough...
Apparently A*A*A* at A-Level isn't good enough...
It cases like this that show that, regardless of ability, you need more than a little bit of luck to get through aswell.
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I just got rejected from the OAA selection for easyJet MPL.
Apparently A*A*A* at A-Level isn't good enough...
Apparently A*A*A* at A-Level isn't good enough...
Firstly, all the airlines are absolutely massive about personality but in different ways. One wanted those who had really strived and paid for any experience they had out of their own pocket (except scholarships of course), one seemed to value life experience quite a bit (lots of career changers), one was all about being part of a great team. The last was actually rather coy about who they took but their focus was on recruiting self-funded modular.
So a good way forward I think is to head to one of these events or go to one of the flight schools and meet the cadets and find out what each airline is really looking for. I did get the impression that the grades in particular are about getting past the minimum standards, so long as you meet those standards it comes down to aptitude, life experience and how you "fit" the airline.
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Hi Everyone 
Thanks for all the advice and feedback. Was feeling a bit miffed the other day. But as many people do in aviation, just got to keep trying
Chris - I was there too so can guess who you are talking about
Interesting you picked up on those things, I got similar impressions. I'd say I'm under the life experience category myself. Was a good event, learnt a lot! How did you find it?
Back to general comments; interesting how easyJet weren't even exhibiting...
Thanks for all the advice and feedback. Was feeling a bit miffed the other day. But as many people do in aviation, just got to keep trying
Chris - I was there too so can guess who you are talking about
Interesting you picked up on those things, I got similar impressions. I'd say I'm under the life experience category myself. Was a good event, learnt a lot! How did you find it?Back to general comments; interesting how easyJet weren't even exhibiting...
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I did think that the Flyer event was rather good, there were a few things that became apparent.
Firstly, None of the airline/cadets pilots I met who were younger than their late twenties had fully self-funded. They had financial support from family or from an airline.
Secondly, if one is going modular, plan to take on an FI role as a first job, as this seemed fairly common. Personally, I'd I were to go modular, I'd keep the day job in some form.
Easy not exhibiting is strange, it could be due to literally anything though, wouldn't want to second guess at this stage. I imagine that something may become apparent in due course.
Firstly, None of the airline/cadets pilots I met who were younger than their late twenties had fully self-funded. They had financial support from family or from an airline.
Secondly, if one is going modular, plan to take on an FI role as a first job, as this seemed fairly common. Personally, I'd I were to go modular, I'd keep the day job in some form.
Easy not exhibiting is strange, it could be due to literally anything though, wouldn't want to second guess at this stage. I imagine that something may become apparent in due course.
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Chris maybe coz easy have fulfilled their quotas at Ox and CTC for this year's selection so they didn't need to go?
What route you thinking of doing?
I liked it, loads of flying schools I had never heard of there which was good to see there are more options beyond the well known ones.
What route you thinking of doing?
I liked it, loads of flying schools I had never heard of there which was good to see there are more options beyond the well known ones.
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Perseverance is the key to getting a job in the RH seat. Keep trying, never give up and always reassure yourself that one day you'll get there, no matter how long it takes!
It took me 6 years to get to where I am today and trust me, I went through a lot of rejections (application / interview / final interview stages) too. And you know what, it feels even better when you finally get where you want to be if you wait for it... plus it gives me something to talk about on those long sector flights!
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Agree with THR RED ACC here. Just because you can calculate a trajectory for a spacecraft around Jupiter doesn't mean you will have the personality traits that recruiters are looking for. Did essay questions form part of the application process? If so I would look there as the first port of call. What do you feel the recruiters would want to read?
Best of luck
Best of luck
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THR RED ACC and average-punter
I know A-levels aren't that important but when you're fresh out of school they're all you've got really.
This was the application form for OAA: CAE Oxford Aviation Academy - no essays, nothing much on there to put convey what makes a given candidate stand out, only simple factual information about an individual. Not much to go by. But reflecting upon it, they may have already filled their quota of suitable candidates to take through to assessment.
average-punter not sure, i'm young and new to all this.
I know A-levels aren't that important but when you're fresh out of school they're all you've got really.
This was the application form for OAA: CAE Oxford Aviation Academy - no essays, nothing much on there to put convey what makes a given candidate stand out, only simple factual information about an individual. Not much to go by. But reflecting upon it, they may have already filled their quota of suitable candidates to take through to assessment.
average-punter not sure, i'm young and new to all this.
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EZY not speaking is undoubtedly something to do with the on going SSH situation, don't take it personally.
Re. A Levels, whilst important for a young person, personality and life experience will also be important factors.
As alluded to above, you come across some very clever folks but it doesn't necessarily make them the best to work with in a small, closed environment for the whole day.
Keep at it.
Re. A Levels, whilst important for a young person, personality and life experience will also be important factors.
As alluded to above, you come across some very clever folks but it doesn't necessarily make them the best to work with in a small, closed environment for the whole day.
Keep at it.
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