Wizzair Pilot Academy

[Nurse2Pilot]

Originally Posted by cefey

How serious is the academy of one of the major airlines in Europe? Take a guess.

That didn't make sense....

[MovingUp]

Google is your friend, do a bit of research...
Egnatia Aviation performs the 1st phase of selection, Wizzair perform the 2nd and 3rd phases.
Wizzair has the final say on who gets in the program, as they will pay for over 3/4 of it.
Candidates are required to finance a minor portion to show their motivation and commitment.
The exam is a milestone performed by a Wizzair aircrew, to confirm the selection process "forecast".
If I understand correctly when Wizzair says yes at the end of the 3rd phase of the selection, that means you have the "Right Stuff" and there is no risk putting you through training.
Seeing their expansion and all the Airbus ordered, they will need a lot of pilots.
If anybody knows how many cadets they are looking at?
Good Luck if you are from one of the countries they select from.

[Nurse2Pilot]

Currently only open to Romanian/Bulgarian/Polish residents only Hopefully they'll expand the program to other countries in the near future?

[Simion]

Thanks mate. I think i will go for it.

[tlipiec]

Originally Posted by Simion

Hi all
Can anybody advise me please about the WizzAir Pilot Academy. I've been selected and invited to interview by Egnatia Aviation, but i can't make a decision. I am afraid that they could select more people than the WizzAir need and send them away after the completion of the first 5 months when you must pass the exams, for which you have to pay 22150 Eur. Does anybody go through all these steps and can share the experience with me? How serious is this school?
Thank you in advance!

Hi Simon,

I really wouldn’t worry about that. I’m on a WAPA programme myself (with Trener, not EA though) and at no point during my training there was a sign from either the flight school or Wizz themselves that they wanted to fail us - everyone passed their Wizz Air check flights and got the loan. Boldly speaking, more students retained = more money for the FTO, so if you’re working hard and showing a good initiative, instructors will be happy to help you

All the best
Tom

[tlipiec]

Originally Posted by Michael S

Maybe it’s because they know French people are disrespectful and can’t bother to properly spell the nation and fail to put a capital letter at the beginning of nation’s name (apart from French off course).

Wow... no surprise people say PPRuNe is one of the most toxic places on the Internet

[Simion]

Originally Posted by tlipiec

Hi Simon,

I really wouldn’t worry about that. I’m on a WAPA programme myself (with Trener, not EA though) and at no point during my training there was a sign from either the flight school or Wizz themselves that they wanted to fail us - everyone passed their Wizz Air check flights and got the loan. Boldly speaking, more students retained = more money for the FTO, so if you’re working hard and showing a good initiative, instructors will be happy to help you

All the best
Tom

Thank you Tom
Hope everithing will be ok.

[tlipiec]

Originally Posted by Simion

Thank you Tom
Hope everithing will be ok.

Happy to help, feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions on the programme. Good luck!

[tds1704]

Originally Posted by emgie

I was afraid of it but it was better than I thought In fact I didn't prepare to COMPASS because I didn' knot how it looks like and what skills should I improve. COMPASS tests your orientation, memory, reflex, taskmenager, basic technical knowledge, your English (general and aviation), maths and physics (quite basic but you have to calculate quickly only with your head, pencil and piece of paper - no electronical devices). You will also have personal psychological test (over 200 questions how would you react in some kinds of situations) and quick, nice chat with examinators. On 2nd day is teamwork (how do you cooperate with other people) and chat again. As you can find on their website, the last step is a meeting with psychologist. Besides, all your papers must be OK - criminal record, medical certificate class 1, bank account statement, loan ability etc. And the most important - ENGLISH. All test, tasks and chats are in English. You might have best skills but it will be useless if you didn't understand an instruction of a task

Sorry for no details but I don't know how much I can tell and I don't want any troubles with Wizz

Have you already started your recruitment process?

Hi emgie, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of level of basic was the maths/physics on day1? I haven't been in school for quite awhile and a serious refresh is needed. If you could drop a little hint on what to focus more, I would be forever grateful. Thanks!

[zohra]

Hello
I just received a maintenance request yesterday from INDIVISIO. This is a website that WIZZ AIR uses for video recording. They ask a question. You have 30 seconds to think. Then the recording will start automatically. and you have almost 2 minutes I think to answer. I have not started yet. I would like to know if any of you already had this experience with Wizz Air. And especially what kind of question there is? it's only 10 minutes of interview. Thank you all.

[Tango_Hector]

Hi !
I see many people from UK, Paris... Is it now open to other countries ? Or you guys are living in Romania, Poland... ?

[tlipiec]

Originally Posted by Tango_Hector

Hi !
I see many people from UK, Paris... Is it now open to other countries ? Or you guys are living in Romania, Poland... ?

Hi,

At the moment it's only for PL, RO and BG but as far as I know they're working on other countries

Tom

[Flyavit]

Hey there!

Anyone else waiting for the email about an interview slot?

Thank you!

[tlipiec]

Just FYI, the course is now open for Hungarians as well

[hgvwi]

Originally Posted by tlipiec

Hi Simon,

I really wouldn’t worry about that. I’m on a WAPA programme myself (with Trener, not EA though) and at no point during my training there was a sign from either the flight school or Wizz themselves that they wanted to fail us - everyone passed their Wizz Air check flights and got the loan. Boldly speaking, more students retained = more money for the FTO, so if you’re working hard and showing a good initiative, instructors will be happy to help you

All the best
Tom

Hi tlipiec,
Did you finish this training or in which part are you now ? I would like to send to Wizz my application but I have some question, could I contact with you by email or something ?

[tlipiec]

Originally Posted by hgvwi

Hi tlipiec,
Did you finish this training or in which part are you now ? I would like to send to Wizz my application but I have some question, could I contact with you by email or something ?

Hi hgvwi,

Regarding my progress, I’m done with 6 out of 14 ATPL exams and finished about 40% of flights (finished day VFR and currently learning night VFR and IFR). Check your PPRuNe pm inbox, I’ve sent you my email should you wish to contact me.

regards,
Tom

[wzz]

Originally Posted by tlipiec

Hi hgvwi,

Regarding my progress, I’m done with 6 out of 14 ATPL exams and finished about 40% of flights (finished day VFR and currently learning night VFR and IFR). Check your PPRuNe pm inbox, I’ve sent you my email should you wish to contact me.

regards,
Tom

Hi Tom,

I have been invited to the second screening of the Pilot Academy with Wizz Air and was wondering if I could ask you a few questions regarding the process? If so, could you please send me an email where I can contact you?

Many Thanks

Chris

[tlipiec]

Originally Posted by wzz

Hi Tom,

I have been invited to the second screening of the Pilot Academy with Wizz Air and was wondering if I could ask you a few questions regarding the process? If so, could you please send me an email where I can contact you?

Many Thanks

Chris

Hi Chris,

I’ve tried sending you a PM, but I’m unable as apparently your inbox is full (classic PPRuNe being stuck in late 80s and not allowing more than 20 messages...). Give me a shout when you free up some space & I’ll message you

All the best,
Tom

[wzz]

Originally Posted by tlipiec

Hi Chris,

I’ve tried sending you a PM, but I’m unable as apparently your inbox is full (classic PPRuNe being stuck in late 80s and not allowing more than 20 messages...). Give me a shout when you free up some space & I’ll message you

All the best,
Tom

Hi Tom,

Sorry about that. Yes, I see it says that my inbox is 100% full but I actually have 0 messages in it and it won't let me empty it. You can message me on my email. It is "[email protected]".

I really appreciate the help.

Many Thanks

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Chris

[KSI]

Hey there guys,

I have a second day screening coming up soon.

Can someone fill me in on any useful info that you might already have?
I want to prepare and perform my best.

Hope we can all be colleagues soon
Thanks !