Eurowings Europe F/O

[Hogos]

How is the situation for non-German speaker actually ?
reading this thread nothing before December / January, I heard some mates of mine and the info looks reliable, does anybody have some further news ?

[BoeingLudo737]

I think if you speak German you have a big advantage

[RomanK]

The situation for non-German speaker in EW Europe is absolutely fine.
It is a different story for EW Germany, candidates should speak German at a level (may be B1 but not sure at all) but EW Germany is off-topic here

[Pinuz89]

Originally Posted by RomanK

The situation for non-German speaker in EW Europe is absolutely fine.
It is a different story for EW Germany, candidates should speak German at a level (may be B1 but not sure at all) but EW Germany is off-topic here

Ok, good to know. Shouldn't be better for German speaker, due to the majority of hubs in german ?
I think we can only obtain PMI from eurowings europe, so wothout much choice.

[Pinuz89]

I was asking this because I imagine it should be easier to spread pilots around the 8 german bases, compared to a single hub in PMI and 2 in Austria.

[RC_92]

Originally Posted by cavok_flyer

Mental math, no paper. Some easy addition and subtraction, but also squaring and square roots, too. Check one of my previous posts for a link to a mental math practice web page.

Thanks Cavok. Would you advise brushing up on any other areas of math? I.e. did trigonometry / rules of three come up?

I'm also not sure how much physics to learn. Skytest (which I know you feel is overkill) seems to have a lot of areas in the physics section that wasn't mentioned on the EFA site (waves, maths, optics, magnetism, electricity, mechanics). There have been a few posts where people talk about their success at BQ, and they don't talk about physics at all.

Could anyone offer any guidance here? which areas of physics do we need to learn? Will we be asked to do complex calculations as well - i.e. use Bernoulli's Equation or Ideal Gas equations for the fluid and thermo dynamic sections? Or is it sufficient just to know the principles?

Any help would be really appreciated!

Thanks,
RC

[cavok_flyer]

Originally Posted by RC_92

Thanks Cavok. Would you advise brushing up on any other areas of math? I.e. did trigonometry / rules of three come up?

Be fit with addition, subtraction of 4 digit numbers, squaring/power of three and roots of 3 digit numbers, percentages, fractions, and multpilying 3 digit numbers. The numbers flash on the screen and you have to remember them as well as the operation (+,-, *, / etc). It starts with easy with 2 digit numbers with multiple operations, and ends with more complicated numbers/actions. Also, there is a time limit to deal with Please note that I am currently doing a DLR prep and my memory may not be 100%. As I have previously posted, be fit with the example tests they provide. Some links that help(ed) me: Practice mental arithmetic http://burningmath.********.com/2013/09/extracting-square-roots-mentally-at.html

[ALS1]

Originally Posted by cavok_flyer

Be fit with addition, subtraction of 4 digit numbers, squaring/power of three and roots of 3 digit numbers, percentages, fractions, and multpilying 3 digit numbers. The numbers flash on the screen and you have to remember them as well as the operation (+,-, *, / etc). It starts with easy with 2 digit numbers with multiple operations, and ends with more complicated numbers/actions. Also, there is a time limit to deal with Please note that I am currently doing a DLR prep and my memory may not be 100%. As I have previously posted, be fit with the example tests they provide.

Thanks Cavok_flyer

What about the Aviation Proficiency Test ? Is it tricky? About which subjects are they asking for? where should we start going over?

BTW, anyone is taking the test the 5th of August?

[cavok_flyer]

I did the direct entry exams and I don't think there were any questions like that. Or there were and they were so easy, I already forgot them. Or if you mean the joystick, push button test, it was actually kind of fun, video-game-like.

[rp001]

I was on the tests last week. And I can say if you use skytest for exercise you are on a good way to pass. Some test are the same. I has some problems with ATPL part and Mathematics, but the rest was ok. At the end they told you if you have passed or not, and they also told you where were you ok and where not. They told me that at Math and the part with weights were a little bit bad but everything else was ok. It is not important to be the best at everything, it is important to be ok at all parts. I learned ATPL from Aviationexam, from 5% of base questions that are opened if you have not payed.
There is enough time for everything, expect for my Mathematics
I am looking forward for the next part.
The only problem is that you have to come to Hamburg more often. The best way would be to have everything in three days.

Best of luck to all who have to go through the first part.

[OldDreamer]

I did the BQ last week, all I can tell is. You need to buy Skytest, I didn't and I failed miserably. Tbf I think even if I had bought I would still have failed, the test is extremely difficult, specially the mental maths part. From the 20ish people who did the test with me about 4 passed. I am still recovering from the shock. It feels like they want astronauts rather than pilots. Don't get me wrong, I think they are right in filtering as much as they can as the surplus of pilot is huge now.

[ALS1]

rp001;

Which ATPL subjects where they asking more questions? which should I revise?

[rp001]

There were 60 questions, approx 5 from each field. I know there were questions from Air Law, performance, principles of flight, systems, meteo, navigation.
Some questions:
Balanced take off, what is v1, when is rwy contaminated, what happens with v1 when rwy is flooded, how is fuel measured when filling the tanks, where does the CP move if you increase AofA, climbing with constant TAS, CAS..., from what FL is the possibility if icing in CB, correct position report in IFR, what is 7700, compass error...

The time is a bit tricky because it seems 45min is enough but if you will be nervous like me it can get a little hot at the end

Best of luck!

Originally Posted by ALS1

rp001;

Which ATPL subjects where they asking more questions? which should I revise?

[Hogos]

I would like to share my sad experience in EW selection:

First of all i didn't get it, unfortunately, and the most frustrating thing is that I passed every step except the last one: the CQ.
Guys, this is the toughest conversation I really had in my life. They are doing non-sense questions (of course, there might be a reason if they ask those), and despite you are going there enthisastic and prepared to talk about yourself, etc. , they try to push you hard in only talking about negative things about your life or yourself.
For example: you why did you take longer for taking your degree (that is absolutely not a requirement), why did you quit this job , are you really sure to become a pilot, etc.
Maybe they are going to test your resilience, and see how you react.
Anyway the interview was too much focused in depth about my background (they might not have like it), and nothing concerning aviation related questions.
Apparently this is the toughest phase despite the BQ and the Sim.
I wish you best luck

[rp001]

How is the simulator.
What do you need to know? Are they strict at screening?
Is there any way to get ready for it?

Originally Posted by Hogos

I would like to share my sad experience in EW selection:






First of all i didn't get it, unfortunately, and the most frustrating thing is that I passed every step except the last one: the CQ.
Guys, this is the toughest conversation I really had in my life. They are doing non-sense questions (of course, there might be a reason if they ask those), and despite you are going there enthisastic and prepared to talk about yourself, etc. , they try to push you hard in only talking about negative things about your life or yourself.
For example: you why did you take longer for taking your degree (that is absolutely not a requirement), why did you quit this job , are you really sure to become a pilot, etc.
Maybe they are going to test your resilience, and see how you react.
Anyway the interview was too much focused in depth about my background (they might not have like it), and nothing concerning aviation related questions.
Apparently this is the toughest phase despite the BQ and the Sim.
I wish you best luck

[B77WPilot]

Anyone going on 13th August for the BQ?

[Grav]

How about the Physics questions in the BQ? Are they difficult? How many of them can we expect in the test?

[Pinuz89]

Originally Posted by Grav

How about the Physics questions in the BQ? Are they difficult? How many of them can we expect in the test?

There are no physics questions in the BQ, you might mean math problems, maybe.

[rp001]

There were 25 math questions and 20min of time to answer them

Originally Posted by Pinuz89

There are no physics questions in the BQ, you might mean math problems, maybe.

[RC_92]

Hey OD,

Sorry to hear you didn't get through this time - plenty of other schemes and more chances to try again for this one . Check out the 2020 Air Lingus one too - one of the only funded ones out there!

Mental math is the bit I'm most worried about too, please could you give me a heads up on the following:
- Is it addition / subtraction / multiplication / division, or are there other operations they give you?
- How big are the numbers, 3 or 4 digit?
- How many stages / screens for each calculation?

Anything on the other maths? I'm still worried about doing trig without a calculator!

Thanks,
Bram