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Good Luck to all those attending their Sim assessments over the coming week! Hopefully it'll be a fun and enjoyable assessment - personally looking forward to being in a 737 cockpit for the first time! 
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what an awesome experience that was! Thoroughly enjoyed every second of the Sim assessment and think it’s amazing that TUI offer the chance to be able to sit in a 737 simulator as part of the recruitment process. All the best to the candidates who have either had their sim, or have it coming up over the next couple of days!
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what an awesome experience that was! Thoroughly enjoyed every second of the Sim assessment and think it’s amazing that TUI offer the chance to be able to sit in a 737 simulator as part of the recruitment process. All the best to the candidates who have either had their sim, or have it coming up over the next couple of days!
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Second scenario, one-engine-inoperative departure, engine failure after v1 - vectors for ILS with FD - end of scenario.
Third scenario - one crosswind ILS approach and landing
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engines operating departure, followed by airwork (steep turns, rolling out on specific headings, speed changes, altitude changes etc.) basic stuff. Then one ILS approach - end of scenario.
Second scenario, one-engine-inoperative departure, engine failure after v1 - vectors for ILS with FD - end of scenario.
Third scenario - one crosswind ILS approach and landing
Second scenario, one-engine-inoperative departure, engine failure after v1 - vectors for ILS with FD - end of scenario.
Third scenario - one crosswind ILS approach and landing
Mine was completely different to this with none of these scenarios because I don't have any flight experience! So, just some very basic flying with some manoeuvres - unfortunately cant say much more than that!
They were fantastic at making me feel comfortable in the Sim and tailored the session to my experience! No one was trying to trick me out
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engines operating departure, followed by airwork (steep turns, rolling out on specific headings, speed changes, altitude changes etc.) basic stuff. Then one ILS approach - end of scenario.
Second scenario, one-engine-inoperative departure, engine failure after v1 - vectors for ILS with FD - end of scenario.
Third scenario - one crosswind ILS approach and landing
Second scenario, one-engine-inoperative departure, engine failure after v1 - vectors for ILS with FD - end of scenario.
Third scenario - one crosswind ILS approach and landing
best of luck to everyone! This wait is killing me
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I do wonder how the process works now - do you think the recruitment team sit down and go through everyone's individual performance across the entire recruitment process, i.e., looking at how we performed during the assessment day and also in the sim and then rank us? or do you think they are purely looking at the sim assessment now to decide the successful candidates and nothing else?
Personally I think they'll rank us 1-50 based on the assessment day and simulator assessment because ultimately they may really like certain individuals who had a great interview etc.
let me know what you guys think!
Personally I think they'll rank us 1-50 based on the assessment day and simulator assessment because ultimately they may really like certain individuals who had a great interview etc.
let me know what you guys think!
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I do wonder how the process works now - do you think the recruitment team sit down and go through everyone's individual performance across the entire recruitment process, i.e., looking at how we performed during the assessment day and also in the sim and then rank us? or do you think they are purely looking at the sim assessment now to decide the successful candidates and nothing else?
Personally I think they'll rank us 1-50 based on the assessment day and simulator assessment because ultimately they may really like certain individuals who had a great interview etc.
let me know what you guys think!
Personally I think they'll rank us 1-50 based on the assessment day and simulator assessment because ultimately they may really like certain individuals who had a great interview etc.
let me know what you guys think!
Secondly, back to your post - If I was on the assessment/recruitment/training team, I would want to go through the sim check, assessment day and also all of the tests beforehand (so everything in its entirety). I'd weight them all, enter the scores and totals will pop out at the end of a spreadsheet. That's the more robust and thorough way to evaluate candidates (be it a pilot academy or any other position in an organisation).
As you said, some may have had a great interview and that could be weighted quite high as that's very important to them, something like the verbal test or the group discussion may less important (not to say they don't matter, but slightly less so compared to the interview) and if someone scored low on those, then as the weighting is low, it's not so bad. Where as scoring low on a high weighted assessment is more impactful. So pick out the important elements and score them accordingly.
As no one knows the delay, and as said we start to fill the gaps so I'll chuck in my wild ideas - they could be as crazy as they could be discussing having only 2 cohorts and thus they need to finalise that position first, which would obviously impact the 50. Or, on a more positive guess, they could increase to 4 cohorts so while they finalise the budgets, business case and approvals, they have to hold on as that would mean only 2 candidates get the 'hard luck' email.
So we'll continue to speculate and for those waiting, another 4 weeks or so of nail biting and hopefully not, sleepless nights.
Best of luck to those waiting and those who were unsuccessful, practice and research more, and keep trying!
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Firstly, I think they should get a move on and be more transparent to why there is a delay - Speedbird has just emailed candidates advising them of a delay owing to the time taking to review. That stops the rumour mill and more so the internal over thinking and rumination to why I haven't heard back yet! Human beings need either closure, or some information as we assume and generalise otherwise.
Secondly, back to your post - If I was on the assessment/recruitment/training team, I would want to go through the sim check, assessment day and also all of the tests beforehand (so everything in its entirety). I'd weight them all, enter the scores and totals will pop out at the end of a spreadsheet. That's the more robust and thorough way to evaluate candidates (be it a pilot academy or any other position in an organisation).
As you said, some may have had a great interview and that could be weighted quite high as that's very important to them, something like the verbal test or the group discussion may less important (not to say they don't matter, but slightly less so compared to the interview) and if someone scored low on those, then as the weighting is low, it's not so bad. Where as scoring low on a high weighted assessment is more impactful. So pick out the important elements and score them accordingly.
As no one knows the delay, and as said we start to fill the gaps so I'll chuck in my wild ideas - they could be as crazy as they could be discussing having only 2 cohorts and thus they need to finalise that position first, which would obviously impact the 50. Or, on a more positive guess, they could increase to 4 cohorts so while they finalise the budgets, business case and approvals, they have to hold on as that would mean only 2 candidates get the 'hard luck' email.
So we'll continue to speculate and for those waiting, another 4 weeks or so of nail biting and hopefully not, sleepless nights.
Best of luck to those waiting and those who were unsuccessful, practice and research more, and keep trying!
Secondly, back to your post - If I was on the assessment/recruitment/training team, I would want to go through the sim check, assessment day and also all of the tests beforehand (so everything in its entirety). I'd weight them all, enter the scores and totals will pop out at the end of a spreadsheet. That's the more robust and thorough way to evaluate candidates (be it a pilot academy or any other position in an organisation).
As you said, some may have had a great interview and that could be weighted quite high as that's very important to them, something like the verbal test or the group discussion may less important (not to say they don't matter, but slightly less so compared to the interview) and if someone scored low on those, then as the weighting is low, it's not so bad. Where as scoring low on a high weighted assessment is more impactful. So pick out the important elements and score them accordingly.
As no one knows the delay, and as said we start to fill the gaps so I'll chuck in my wild ideas - they could be as crazy as they could be discussing having only 2 cohorts and thus they need to finalise that position first, which would obviously impact the 50. Or, on a more positive guess, they could increase to 4 cohorts so while they finalise the budgets, business case and approvals, they have to hold on as that would mean only 2 candidates get the 'hard luck' email.
So we'll continue to speculate and for those waiting, another 4 weeks or so of nail biting and hopefully not, sleepless nights.
Best of luck to those waiting and those who were unsuccessful, practice and research more, and keep trying!
I like your positive theory of potentially increasing the cohort size to 4 hahaha, that would be ideal!
It just seems interesting that last years candidates heard as little as 1 week after completing the sim assessment - this would indicate that something potentially important is holding up the process!
I guess we will find out sooner or later - all the best to everyone
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Hi All, I assume the delay is due to contractual stuff before they can start issuing offers. They were having a meeting this week to decide on the Final Cut.
I asked whether finding out earlier than June was a possibility at the sim assessment and they said maybe but it depended on how fast the contractual stuff could be finalised and signed off by the big bosses.
Slightly annoying knowing that our fates may have already been decided… guess we will have to endure the wait
I asked whether finding out earlier than June was a possibility at the sim assessment and they said maybe but it depended on how fast the contractual stuff could be finalised and signed off by the big bosses.
Slightly annoying knowing that our fates may have already been decided… guess we will have to endure the wait
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Hi All, I assume the delay is due to contractual stuff before they can start issuing offers. They were having a meeting this week to decide on the Final Cut.
I asked whether finding out earlier than June was a possibility at the sim assessment and they said maybe but it depended on how fast the contractual stuff could be finalised and signed off by the big bosses.
Slightly annoying knowing that our fates may have already been decided… guess we will have to endure the wait
I asked whether finding out earlier than June was a possibility at the sim assessment and they said maybe but it depended on how fast the contractual stuff could be finalised and signed off by the big bosses.
Slightly annoying knowing that our fates may have already been decided… guess we will have to endure the wait
