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After reading a lot of the questions and post being
put on the Interviews, jobs & sponsorship forum,
I thought it would be wise to bring this thread to
the top of the pile again.
If you've got a 737 type rating and cannot get a job,
maybe you could do with paying Pete a visit.
Sooner the better
put on the Interviews, jobs & sponsorship forum,
I thought it would be wise to bring this thread to
the top of the pile again.
If you've got a 737 type rating and cannot get a job,
maybe you could do with paying Pete a visit.
Sooner the better
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Interview Techniques
I went to a course run by Pilot Pete (PITT).
Having a background in business and management I was undecided over the use of such a course, but a friend convinced me it was worthwhile.
I have to say I was surprised, and I found the day informative, well structured and professionally run. A major plus point is the ongoing support and feedback he provides.
I have no hesitation recommending it to anybody.
Having a background in business and management I was undecided over the use of such a course, but a friend convinced me it was worthwhile.
I have to say I was surprised, and I found the day informative, well structured and professionally run. A major plus point is the ongoing support and feedback he provides.
I have no hesitation recommending it to anybody.
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http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=130341
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...55#post1365255
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...55#post1365255
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PIT Training is worth every peeny
Hi Readers
I attended the PIT Training course this week to have a solid foundations about the CV's and Covering Letters also the feedback on selection procedure.
I would say it is worth every peeny, by doing this course you increase your chances to be called for selection, also gives you confident about yourself.
So grap the opportunity www.pittraining.co.uk
Regards
Syed
I attended the PIT Training course this week to have a solid foundations about the CV's and Covering Letters also the feedback on selection procedure.
I would say it is worth every peeny, by doing this course you increase your chances to be called for selection, also gives you confident about yourself.
So grap the opportunity www.pittraining.co.uk
Regards
Syed
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I know that this forum is getting a bit long in the tooth but I have tried to get hold of Penny Austin (pilotinterviews.co.uk) but to no avail. Anyone else had the same problem? Maybe it's just me!
Up the Greeks
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Up the Greeks
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Interesting post on the Bristol Ground School forum
http://jals.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=814#post814
http://jals.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=814#post814
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Still reckon that if you want advice on how to pass interviews, get it from the guys that actually do the interviewing! AOT is the only company that both Balpa and the IPA are invited to during their seminars and I have never met a nicer bunch of genuinely friendly professional guys who really know what they are talking about. They gave me the edge at my first interview and I still keep in touch with them now. Their website is www.aotraining.net Good luck to all.
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Well ,
after reading the JALS forum it looks like free advertising by EGCC4284....
Guys with all respect to Pete.....but there are many that are doing these Interview Technique courses....but I believe if you look at the bear bones of the courses...the information is all around us!
in my opinion I hold Penny Austin in high regard ....ask the last of the BA cadets...also I believe Pete himself was coached by Penny.....!!!
I know the AOT guys are expensive but again good.
I do not know of Pete's course but its all very general ...but EGCC4284 continous canvassing only tell me something else....
Keep Skidding
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after reading the JALS forum it looks like free advertising by EGCC4284....
Guys with all respect to Pete.....but there are many that are doing these Interview Technique courses....but I believe if you look at the bear bones of the courses...the information is all around us!
in my opinion I hold Penny Austin in high regard ....ask the last of the BA cadets...also I believe Pete himself was coached by Penny.....!!!
I know the AOT guys are expensive but again good.
I do not know of Pete's course but its all very general ...but EGCC4284 continous canvassing only tell me something else....
Keep Skidding
VS
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With all due respect to all these fancy "cv prep" and "interview training" places Keep your CV relevant and to one side,
Interview do some reaserch on the company and get your mum/wife to ask you some questions like "why do you want to work for us"
bit obvious really and much cheaper.
Interview do some reaserch on the company and get your mum/wife to ask you some questions like "why do you want to work for us"
bit obvious really and much cheaper.
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Dear VirginSkid
My name is Robert Cassidy and I work at
Manchester Airport as an aircraft refuller.
[email protected]
http://groups.msn.com/LatinFlyersAir.../egcc4284.msnw
I only have 290 hour's PPL and am 3 quarters
the way through my ATPL's.
Hopefully I will have CPL/IR by next March 2005.
Some time ago I read on pprune a post by Pilot Pete
about how he gained his Commercial Licence, and how
he managed to secure his first jet job with JMC
with less than a 1000 total time hours.
His post was very inspirational and for many months
after that would I always read anything that he put
on pprune and I felt as if I knew the guy.
Then September the 11th came along and
things changed for ever.
A couple of months went by, and knowing that a
lot of airlines were cutting back on costs in any
way they could, I sent Pilot Pete a private message
via pprune to see how things were going with
him with regard to his job.
To save time with ref to this point, you can read
this link from 31st January 2002
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...&threadid=5230
We became good friends and go out for a drink
about once a month, plus if he feels adventurous
he will come flying with me!!!!!!!
Some time after September 11th, when he had
been to hell and back with regard to whether he
had a secure job, he started doing his pilot
interview technique courses.
Me being in the job that I am in, and having lots
and lots of pilot friends who already fly for a living
but want to move on up the ladder, I would mention
Pete's course work and advise them to pay him
a visit.
I've also got to know lots of wannabes at my local
flying school, where I have a share in a 150, and
would do the same there, passing Pete's name
onto them for that final touch to their training.
The starting post on this topic by high-flyer give me
an opportunity to mention Pilot Pete's course work,
and yes from time to time I have brought the post
back to the top of the pile by adding to it whilst
bringing it to the attention of others.
At no time whats so ever has Pete asked me to post
anything on pprune with regard to his PIT courses.
Yes I agree that it does look like free advertising but
the only reason I keep bringing the post to the
attention of others is for them to become aware
of his excellent service.
VirginSkid, I would like you to clear up one point for me
You said in your post
"do not know of Pete's course but its all very general ...
but EGCC4284 continous canvassing only tell me something else...."
What is it that my so called canvassing is telling you??
I am concerned that your comment may send the
wrong signals to all other wannabes out there with
regard to Pilot Pete and would appreciate you
elaborating as to what exactly you are hinting at.
As for Penny Austin and the guy's at AOT, I am sure
they are also excellent at what they do.
I cannot comment on them as I have not experienced
their service and do not know of anyone who has,
apart from Pete, who, yes, I believe attended one
of Penny's classes some time ago.
He also rates her as highly as you do.
I do not intend posting on this thread anymore,
apart from replying to you VirginSkid, or anyone
else with regard to your post referring
this to free advertising.
If you are going to get all upset about this, I'm sorry.
Scroggs, Keygrip and Wee Weasley, if you feel that
this is free advertising I apologise.
I thought the whole point of pprune was to help
others to gain useful information and help from
our mentors.
If anyone was to do a search on all the posts
that Pilot Pete had replied to or started on pprune
and took the time to read them, then I'm sure that
everyone would realise that his input to pprune is
an awful lot more constructive and useful than
bickering about somebody else getting publicity
for a service they provide.
I use to be addicted to pprune and read it as often
as possible, but over the last 12-18 months do not
bother as much due to the lack of mature constructive
posts from guy's who genuinely want to pass on their
knowledge and experience.
One last point.
The guy who taught me to fly in 1999 at Welshpool,
and who has ATPL CPL/IR with thousands of hours
and hundreds of twin time, had been trying for the
last 5 years to get his first break. He is 38 years old.
I told him of Pete's course which he attended in April.
He had an interview with a major carrier 2 weeks ago
and was in the sim last Thursday ????????
I wish him luck
And to all that read this or any other post by me.
I already know that my grammar and spelling is
not very good but the one thing I'm best at is
being honest.
Regards Rob
sycamore tree expert, or is it sickamore???
My name is Robert Cassidy and I work at
Manchester Airport as an aircraft refuller.
[email protected]
http://groups.msn.com/LatinFlyersAir.../egcc4284.msnw
I only have 290 hour's PPL and am 3 quarters
the way through my ATPL's.
Hopefully I will have CPL/IR by next March 2005.
Some time ago I read on pprune a post by Pilot Pete
about how he gained his Commercial Licence, and how
he managed to secure his first jet job with JMC
with less than a 1000 total time hours.
His post was very inspirational and for many months
after that would I always read anything that he put
on pprune and I felt as if I knew the guy.
Then September the 11th came along and
things changed for ever.
A couple of months went by, and knowing that a
lot of airlines were cutting back on costs in any
way they could, I sent Pilot Pete a private message
via pprune to see how things were going with
him with regard to his job.
To save time with ref to this point, you can read
this link from 31st January 2002
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...&threadid=5230
We became good friends and go out for a drink
about once a month, plus if he feels adventurous
he will come flying with me!!!!!!!
Some time after September 11th, when he had
been to hell and back with regard to whether he
had a secure job, he started doing his pilot
interview technique courses.
Me being in the job that I am in, and having lots
and lots of pilot friends who already fly for a living
but want to move on up the ladder, I would mention
Pete's course work and advise them to pay him
a visit.
I've also got to know lots of wannabes at my local
flying school, where I have a share in a 150, and
would do the same there, passing Pete's name
onto them for that final touch to their training.
The starting post on this topic by high-flyer give me
an opportunity to mention Pilot Pete's course work,
and yes from time to time I have brought the post
back to the top of the pile by adding to it whilst
bringing it to the attention of others.
At no time whats so ever has Pete asked me to post
anything on pprune with regard to his PIT courses.
Yes I agree that it does look like free advertising but
the only reason I keep bringing the post to the
attention of others is for them to become aware
of his excellent service.
VirginSkid, I would like you to clear up one point for me
You said in your post
"do not know of Pete's course but its all very general ...
but EGCC4284 continous canvassing only tell me something else...."
What is it that my so called canvassing is telling you??
I am concerned that your comment may send the
wrong signals to all other wannabes out there with
regard to Pilot Pete and would appreciate you
elaborating as to what exactly you are hinting at.
As for Penny Austin and the guy's at AOT, I am sure
they are also excellent at what they do.
I cannot comment on them as I have not experienced
their service and do not know of anyone who has,
apart from Pete, who, yes, I believe attended one
of Penny's classes some time ago.
He also rates her as highly as you do.
I do not intend posting on this thread anymore,
apart from replying to you VirginSkid, or anyone
else with regard to your post referring
this to free advertising.
If you are going to get all upset about this, I'm sorry.
Scroggs, Keygrip and Wee Weasley, if you feel that
this is free advertising I apologise.
I thought the whole point of pprune was to help
others to gain useful information and help from
our mentors.
If anyone was to do a search on all the posts
that Pilot Pete had replied to or started on pprune
and took the time to read them, then I'm sure that
everyone would realise that his input to pprune is
an awful lot more constructive and useful than
bickering about somebody else getting publicity
for a service they provide.
I use to be addicted to pprune and read it as often
as possible, but over the last 12-18 months do not
bother as much due to the lack of mature constructive
posts from guy's who genuinely want to pass on their
knowledge and experience.
One last point.
The guy who taught me to fly in 1999 at Welshpool,
and who has ATPL CPL/IR with thousands of hours
and hundreds of twin time, had been trying for the
last 5 years to get his first break. He is 38 years old.
I told him of Pete's course which he attended in April.
He had an interview with a major carrier 2 weeks ago
and was in the sim last Thursday ????????
I wish him luck
And to all that read this or any other post by me.
I already know that my grammar and spelling is
not very good but the one thing I'm best at is
being honest.
Regards Rob
sycamore tree expert, or is it sickamore???
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Dear EGCC4284
A very good post indeed. Sorry did I strike a nerve. Well please let me clear this that was not my intention.
To be fair everytime this post comes about it feels likes you bring it up and you do post on other forums as well. So be it.
I can see your admiration to Pete, and to be honest after reading your material and his I feel this too. But when you are cascading his information constantly it looks like free advertsing to me possibly for a commission......(I am not saying that you are but I fell like this is slightly overdone!)
I never at any point stated that PP might have asked you to do this.
TCare
VS
A very good post indeed. Sorry did I strike a nerve. Well please let me clear this that was not my intention.
To be fair everytime this post comes about it feels likes you bring it up and you do post on other forums as well. So be it.
I can see your admiration to Pete, and to be honest after reading your material and his I feel this too. But when you are cascading his information constantly it looks like free advertsing to me possibly for a commission......(I am not saying that you are but I fell like this is slightly overdone!)
I never at any point stated that PP might have asked you to do this.
TCare
VS
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cv for training
in addition to a previous post, Is there anyone here who can give me a detailed plan or advise how to set out and what to include in my cv?
the difference is that i'm being interviewd for a conditional offer on a training course and not a job, therefore don't have any type ratings or additional flying hours, but do have abit of experience and other relevances to the aviation feild. Other than this it's just my aviation related job and academic qualificaions, and to be honest, from reading the forums I believe it's what's different from the others that gives you a good sted, and since I'm being interviewed, I think its wise to get a background info about the aviation feild. any advice would be helpful.
the difference is that i'm being interviewd for a conditional offer on a training course and not a job, therefore don't have any type ratings or additional flying hours, but do have abit of experience and other relevances to the aviation feild. Other than this it's just my aviation related job and academic qualificaions, and to be honest, from reading the forums I believe it's what's different from the others that gives you a good sted, and since I'm being interviewed, I think its wise to get a background info about the aviation feild. any advice would be helpful.
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You can take a lot of the above with several pinches of salt. Nothing wrong with the Microsoft templates - I use one myself, and contrary to other advice, mine is also 5 pages long. Don't get stressed up putting it all on one page - BUT - put all the relevant stuff on page 1 - if I want more information, I want it NOW, and I will not pick up the phone if I have 500 resumes to sift through. Imagine what you would want to know yourself as a Chief Pilot - that will tell you what to put on the first page.
Bear in mind that a resume gets you an interview, not a job, and the screener looks at it for 8 seconds before putting it in a pile. Don't give them an excuse to put it on the wrong one!
It certainly should be neat and well-spaced, with black printing on white paper (for scanning) and if you've taken the trouble to use a microsoft one, or even better a Framemaker one, it at least tells me you are computer literate to a certain degree.
Otherwise, no photos, no aol email addresses, referees will be taken up later, so you don't need them right now. However.......
YOUR COVERING LETTER IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT!
Read that again
And again
That's because it is a focussing device.
Good luck!
Phil
Bear in mind that a resume gets you an interview, not a job, and the screener looks at it for 8 seconds before putting it in a pile. Don't give them an excuse to put it on the wrong one!
It certainly should be neat and well-spaced, with black printing on white paper (for scanning) and if you've taken the trouble to use a microsoft one, or even better a Framemaker one, it at least tells me you are computer literate to a certain degree.
Otherwise, no photos, no aol email addresses, referees will be taken up later, so you don't need them right now. However.......
YOUR COVERING LETTER IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT!
Read that again
And again
That's because it is a focussing device.
Good luck!
Phil
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Try Pilot Pete - I did his course a while back. I use one of the templates he suggested, which is pretty close to some of the good advice in this thread.
His website is www.pittraining.co.uk
His website is www.pittraining.co.uk