BAA Wizz Air Cadet Scheme 2016
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Does any of you know if you can get to choose the base you want after the cadet program with wizzair?
I would like to apply for the scheme next year, but I am not really optimistic about moving to another country for 5 years or so after graduating it.
Thanks.
I would like to apply for the scheme next year, but I am not really optimistic about moving to another country for 5 years or so after graduating it.
Thanks.
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Hi bkogdan (Bogdan),
When it comes to WIZZ Air, you as a new employee upon finishing the TR do not have a saying in where you will be based. When you sign a contract with WIZZ Air, you will be asked which bases you would prefer, but in the end you get assigned a base where there is a need for F/O.
After you get assigned a base and start flying, you can apply to be transferred to some base. Now depending on the amount of people who are above you on the waiting list you will wait from few months to few years.
Keep in mind that WIZZ Air eventually tries to put people in the bases which are in the home countries of the pilots.
After you start your school for captains and get promoted to left seat, you will most likely again change a base to wherever WIZZ Air needs captains. You would then again apply for transfer and be placed on a waiting list again. In some cases if there is a need for new captains in the base where a pilot currently is, he/she might stay there.
After all, WIZZ Air is a very dynamic Airline and pilots should be willing to adapt if they wish to work for it.
When it comes to WIZZ Air, you as a new employee upon finishing the TR do not have a saying in where you will be based. When you sign a contract with WIZZ Air, you will be asked which bases you would prefer, but in the end you get assigned a base where there is a need for F/O.
After you get assigned a base and start flying, you can apply to be transferred to some base. Now depending on the amount of people who are above you on the waiting list you will wait from few months to few years.
Keep in mind that WIZZ Air eventually tries to put people in the bases which are in the home countries of the pilots.
After you start your school for captains and get promoted to left seat, you will most likely again change a base to wherever WIZZ Air needs captains. You would then again apply for transfer and be placed on a waiting list again. In some cases if there is a need for new captains in the base where a pilot currently is, he/she might stay there.
After all, WIZZ Air is a very dynamic Airline and pilots should be willing to adapt if they wish to work for it.
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Hi there P40Warhawk,
Hope you are doing fine.
I believe you have completed your ATPL from BAA Training.
I just wanted to know if the license is certified by EASA or Lithuania CAA. As the website suggests that BAA is an approved EASA ATO and courses are as per EASA standard.
I would be grateful for some clarification on that. Thanks!
Hope you are doing fine.
I believe you have completed your ATPL from BAA Training.
I just wanted to know if the license is certified by EASA or Lithuania CAA. As the website suggests that BAA is an approved EASA ATO and courses are as per EASA standard.
I would be grateful for some clarification on that. Thanks!
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EASA is the european umbrella organisation that are head of the individual member states' aviation authorities. If any member state gives you a license it is automatically an EASA license. The Lithuanian CAA are EASA members.
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Hello. I am going to participate in BAA's assessment day at the end of January. I'm trying to get in WizzAir's Cadet Programme and they told me that the next interview with WizzAir will be on 1-2 February. Has anyone else been invited? Also, do you have any advices for me ? Thanks.
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It would be a good idea to practice assessments online. There are several good ones which other guys have already mentioned in this thread. I even bought a joystick to practice... It was fun. Answer honestly when they ask about your personality, and basically no matter what they ask, just don't make anything up. After that, if you pass, you will have the interview with the people from Wizz - you should probably wear a suit and tie, smile, be friendly, have all the soft/people skills. Just try to 'sell' yourself the best way possible.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Hi guys,
I'm in the middle of my preparation for the BAA Assessment. Lots of great infos here in this thread, thank you all for this!!
What I haven't been able to find out yet is the scope of formulas we're supposed to have memorized for the compass test. Since it's been a few years since I attended school I'm wondering wether it's required to learn physics formulas like Optics and Electricity by heart. At least in the SkyTest prep software they kind of require you to know stuff like E=U/d or W=U*I*t to gain acceptable scores. Is that really necessary?
I'm in the middle of my preparation for the BAA Assessment. Lots of great infos here in this thread, thank you all for this!!
What I haven't been able to find out yet is the scope of formulas we're supposed to have memorized for the compass test. Since it's been a few years since I attended school I'm wondering wether it's required to learn physics formulas like Optics and Electricity by heart. At least in the SkyTest prep software they kind of require you to know stuff like E=U/d or W=U*I*t to gain acceptable scores. Is that really necessary?
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Hey everyone,
I'm going to be part of the BAA assessment (Compass and 1st interview) in February (around the 12th). I'm trying to get in the Wizz Air cadet program.
I'm currently training with SkyTest Middle East and a joystick.
Has anyone done the assessment before ? If yes what could you recommend focusing on for the compass ?
Thanks.
I'm going to be part of the BAA assessment (Compass and 1st interview) in February (around the 12th). I'm trying to get in the Wizz Air cadet program.
I'm currently training with SkyTest Middle East and a joystick.
Has anyone done the assessment before ? If yes what could you recommend focusing on for the compass ?
Thanks.
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There are students who already have the PPL, but regarding the price, you will have to ask the academy employees. In my experience, it is always better if you have any questions to simply contact BAA and ask what you would like to know. Here on the forums the info is not always correct, and also the rules/procedures/prices can change in the meantime.
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Guys,
I am going to do the assessments on hope to get into the Wizzair cadet program. Can someone confirm that there's an evaluation after 5 months and wizzair can simply get you off the cadet program without a specific reason? This really turns me off because I can do it much cheaper somewhere else. But the Cadet is a great eay to make you more confident that you'll find a job after the training.
Also I would really really really appreciate if someone who recently done the assessments can tell me (I am sure more people are interested) what exactly the assessments and, interview, grammer include...
Thanks!
I am going to do the assessments on hope to get into the Wizzair cadet program. Can someone confirm that there's an evaluation after 5 months and wizzair can simply get you off the cadet program without a specific reason? This really turns me off because I can do it much cheaper somewhere else. But the Cadet is a great eay to make you more confident that you'll find a job after the training.
Also I would really really really appreciate if someone who recently done the assessments can tell me (I am sure more people are interested) what exactly the assessments and, interview, grammer include...
Thanks!
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Hello guys,
I don't know if it's the right post, but I didn't find a more pertinent discussion.
I finally got my 300h and I'm about to apply for the WizzAir Cadet Pilot (non tr).
The only problem is that I don't have the JOC.
Now, I know that's a really small price, compared with the total training cost.
But before to spend the money for the JOC on the Airbus, while maybe in just a few months I can be called for an interview with RYR. I would prefere to send my Cv to Wizz. Then, if they will call me for an Interview, I will do my JOC in just one day (I already talked with the school and they said to me that we can arrange a JOC in just few days).
On wizzair website I read "Before an interview date is offered, all minimum requirements must be met.".
Do you think that this can be a problem? I mean, if I go to the interview with a JOC done, lets say, 2 days before the interview, they can be upset?
Thank you!
I don't know if it's the right post, but I didn't find a more pertinent discussion.
I finally got my 300h and I'm about to apply for the WizzAir Cadet Pilot (non tr).
The only problem is that I don't have the JOC.
Now, I know that's a really small price, compared with the total training cost.
But before to spend the money for the JOC on the Airbus, while maybe in just a few months I can be called for an interview with RYR. I would prefere to send my Cv to Wizz. Then, if they will call me for an Interview, I will do my JOC in just one day (I already talked with the school and they said to me that we can arrange a JOC in just few days).
On wizzair website I read "Before an interview date is offered, all minimum requirements must be met.".
Do you think that this can be a problem? I mean, if I go to the interview with a JOC done, lets say, 2 days before the interview, they can be upset?
Thank you!
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Just to make sure I understand correctly: "don't remember" in your case means it's just too long ago, or should that read that the questions concerning physics have been more like "why does an hot air balloon climb?"
Problem is that the middle east sky test thing has some crazy a** physics questions (electricity formulas for parallel/serial circuits, magnetism semiconductor ampere calculation, optics focal calculation etc) and in order to get an acceptable percentage there you would have to memorize those formulas.
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Thanks for the reply FlyNorth, appreciate it!
Just to make sure I understand correctly: "don't remember" in your case means it's just too long ago, or should that read that the questions concerning physics have been more like "why does an hot air balloon climb?"
Problem is that the middle east sky test thing has some crazy a** physics questions (electricity formulas for parallel/serial circuits, magnetism semiconductor ampere calculation, optics focal calculation etc) and in order to get an acceptable percentage there you would have to memorize those formulas.
Just to make sure I understand correctly: "don't remember" in your case means it's just too long ago, or should that read that the questions concerning physics have been more like "why does an hot air balloon climb?"
Problem is that the middle east sky test thing has some crazy a** physics questions (electricity formulas for parallel/serial circuits, magnetism semiconductor ampere calculation, optics focal calculation etc) and in order to get an acceptable percentage there you would have to memorize those formulas.
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Hello guys,
On wizzair website I read "Before an interview date is offered, all minimum requirements must be met.".
Do you think that this can be a problem? I mean, if I go to the interview with a JOC done, lets say, 2 days before the interview, they can be upset?
Thank you!
On wizzair website I read "Before an interview date is offered, all minimum requirements must be met.".
Do you think that this can be a problem? I mean, if I go to the interview with a JOC done, lets say, 2 days before the interview, they can be upset?
Thank you!
I really don't think having or not a JOC is a big deal, it's mostly to ensure you can handle a jet. So for example, if you had 7k hours only in ATR, you just got so used to it that when you switch, your maneuverability will have issues.
However put yourself in the shoes of the recruiter reviewing your profile, certainly there are hundreds of cadets applying, so they will choose the ones who had less chance to fail in the assessment, meaning the ones who meet all the min criteria.
Either way, good luck and patience.
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Being in BAA for almost 11 months I've had a chance to get familiar with the way the flight school actually operates. I'll use this post to try and point out the things you should pay double attention to....
Yes, I still think that this school is a good opportunity for all of candidates who manage to get into a cadet pilot program. Otherwise it really makes no sense to pay 72K EUR (new price) for a regular EASA Frozen ATPL which you can actually obtain for much less money in another EU countries. The only thing that makes up for this ridiculous amount of money which BAA is asking for is the employment guaranteed in the cadet program.
The employees of the school (sales managers and training managers) aren't really the best. I am really sorry to say it but there is space for much improvement. As for the sales managers it's maybe not event that much of a deal but the training managers.....
You will commonly hear this phrase "We don't know yet".... Your ground school schedule will not have a logical order so it may happen that you are first taking a subject which is comprised of the two subjects you are scheduled to listen afterwards. In my opinion this is mainly because the personnel responsible fur such tasks haven't received the proper training.
I've noticed the favoritism of domestic students over foreign. Now this is not some silly idea I have in my head but a statement backed up by facts and evidence.
According to the school rules you are allowed to miss 20% of each ground school subject, however these rules don't apply to each student for some reason. If you are a good student and you ask nicely you can pretty much get a lot of things. On the other side, if you aren't doing so great you might expect not to receive same support.
The training schedule changes often, that is when you get it in the first place.
The rules change as well. Initially when we started training we were told that in order to start the VFR flight training we have to listen to all ground school subjects and pass all school exams and before starting the IFR training we had to pass all CAA exams. Then during the training this rule all of a sudden changed to 10 out of 14 CAA exams needed to be passed before starting VFR training (plus all school exam of course, which is ok).
For your flight training training you can expect to do some of it or all of it in Spain, depending on when you start your training. Expect very poor support when it comes to finding a place to live in Kaunas or Panevezys where the flight training is actually done. As to how it is decided if you are going to Kaunas or Panevezys, well that is pure luck... Or if you are domestic student you can pick a base actually. Equality I know, but this has been the case in the two groups so far.... I was lucky enough to end up in Kaunas where I managed to find an apartment after 2 months of searching.
The BAA made some big changes by employing some very experienced people in the last one or two months in order to step up their game. I really hope this turns out good. At the moment it looks like BAA is going for quantity over quality...
Yes, I still think that this school is a good opportunity for all of candidates who manage to get into a cadet pilot program. Otherwise it really makes no sense to pay 72K EUR (new price) for a regular EASA Frozen ATPL which you can actually obtain for much less money in another EU countries. The only thing that makes up for this ridiculous amount of money which BAA is asking for is the employment guaranteed in the cadet program.
The employees of the school (sales managers and training managers) aren't really the best. I am really sorry to say it but there is space for much improvement. As for the sales managers it's maybe not event that much of a deal but the training managers.....
You will commonly hear this phrase "We don't know yet".... Your ground school schedule will not have a logical order so it may happen that you are first taking a subject which is comprised of the two subjects you are scheduled to listen afterwards. In my opinion this is mainly because the personnel responsible fur such tasks haven't received the proper training.
I've noticed the favoritism of domestic students over foreign. Now this is not some silly idea I have in my head but a statement backed up by facts and evidence.
According to the school rules you are allowed to miss 20% of each ground school subject, however these rules don't apply to each student for some reason. If you are a good student and you ask nicely you can pretty much get a lot of things. On the other side, if you aren't doing so great you might expect not to receive same support.
The training schedule changes often, that is when you get it in the first place.
The rules change as well. Initially when we started training we were told that in order to start the VFR flight training we have to listen to all ground school subjects and pass all school exams and before starting the IFR training we had to pass all CAA exams. Then during the training this rule all of a sudden changed to 10 out of 14 CAA exams needed to be passed before starting VFR training (plus all school exam of course, which is ok).
For your flight training training you can expect to do some of it or all of it in Spain, depending on when you start your training. Expect very poor support when it comes to finding a place to live in Kaunas or Panevezys where the flight training is actually done. As to how it is decided if you are going to Kaunas or Panevezys, well that is pure luck... Or if you are domestic student you can pick a base actually. Equality I know, but this has been the case in the two groups so far.... I was lucky enough to end up in Kaunas where I managed to find an apartment after 2 months of searching.
The BAA made some big changes by employing some very experienced people in the last one or two months in order to step up their game. I really hope this turns out good. At the moment it looks like BAA is going for quantity over quality...