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aronkari 12th Mar 2012 10:24

7th and 8th of march assessments
 
Has anyone gotten theyīr results from the 7th and the 8th of march assessment? :}

FairPilot 12th Mar 2012 15:21

How long is actually the waiting period after applying through CAE?

Ischicopter 13th Mar 2012 00:40

@Fairpilot

Have been waiting for 5 weeks now. Still no answer from CAE. I am living in Germany aswell.

Has anyone here been invited recently while not being a UK citizen?

Cheers.

Gyro Drift 13th Mar 2012 08:39

Guys, the wait can be indefinite. You could hear a call tomorrow, next month, or never, with regards being called for an interview that is. With regards to finding out if you have passed the assessment or not, you could be waiting a few hours, a few days or a few weeks. Took them four weeks to get back to me!

Loads of good information throughout this thread anyway about waiting times etc,

wingreencard 13th Mar 2012 08:46

in fact, this ryanair thing is the only hope you got.??
it pass or it cracks.

if refused, what guys do you do?

only a fool will spend in 95k training just to get one shot in a LCC like rynair.

really this profession is a dead pond filled with dead stinky fishes.:}

aronkari 13th Mar 2012 09:41

Ischicopter
 
@Ischicopter, no one in my assessment was from the UK ;)

BounceBounceLand 13th Mar 2012 11:11

Hi All,

Got a lot of private mails asking about my assessment and don't have the time to reply to all......

As I already said, the team were brilliant, very relaxed and friendly. That made a huge difference for me and helped ease the nerves.

First I had the HR / Technical interview and it was as decribed numerous times on this thread. Just study like mad and make some notes on the questions already on here. The HR side was about me, why I want to work for Ryanair etc. The technical side was a combination of "rapid fire" questions with brief answers and a few questions which needed a bit of explaining and thinking. No tricks, again lots of the questions have already been put on here.

Then onto the sim, again as described here. I flew an FNPT II sim for my MCC, and flying the 737-800 sim for the first time, whilst being assessed, I found my self very maxed out. I'd like to think I handled the aircraft well, but was running at 120% capacity. The notes in the briefing pack beforehand say the aircraft pitches up when thrust is added and vice versa. Does it ever! Lots of re-trimming needed with any power change. Also being used to SEP aircraft, getting used to a nose up attitude when straight and level as well as on the approach was an interesting difference.

You get a good brief on the sim beforehand, I'd advise you listen intently, especially with regard to pitch attitudes and thrust settings. As we were told, if the attitude is correct and the thrust is in the ball park area, you wont have to much to do to correct it.

All in all, a nice interview with decent people, and an enjoyable sim trip which I found a challenge but still enjoyed.

In terms of waiting, from application to assessment invite it as 4.5 months for me, with 6 days to prepare for the assessment. This is day 6 waiting for the results and from what I've seen, the longer the better, but bad news can come 7/8 days later, so my fingers are crossed for now :)

PS nice mix of people on the day, 8 of us; 4 Brits, 1 Spanish, 1 Dutch, 1 Swedish, 1 Belgian if I'm not mistaken

FairPilot 14th Mar 2012 08:42

@wingreencard

Sure our only shot is with RYR thats why we have spent 95k for our ATPL and if that doesnīt work out our parents will buy us a new fancy job ...

Man, some of us are perhaps a bit naive but we arenīt dumb idiots so please donīt assume nonsense.

wingreencard 14th Mar 2012 13:45

yes but what do you do? not every body is accpeted at rynair , I bet they select only 3-5% of pilots, what about the rest of you?
there is no general avaition in europe like usa, and most low cost airlines want experience before to give a look at your cv.
so what guys do when turned down and you start to have to pay back your loan?

Jerry Lee 14th Mar 2012 13:55

Africa or flight instruction may be ways to go. Another way that might be worth a try is Cathay Pacific despite T&C's.

wingreencard 15th Mar 2012 03:14

africa don't want pilots from europe with 200h, african people have problem to get jobs.I think guys you still belive in cinderella too much !time to grow up!nobody is going to give you a job like that.
Ryanair is not even a job as you pay for everything. it 's just another airline-school!

aronkari 16th Mar 2012 12:08

Waiting time for results
 
I have a question for those who have attended the assessment, how long was the wait for results for you ? i have been waiting for 8 days now and i was wondering how much i time i could expect to wait :)

BounceBounceLand 16th Mar 2012 14:30

@winggreencar "Ryanair is not even a job as you pay for everything"
Really? So after a 27500 Euro investment, based on 750 hours per year, a Ryanair FO will earn in Euros:
  • Year 1 - 44,590
  • Year 2 - 56,400
  • Year 3 - 61,230
  • Year 4 - 61,230
Over 4 years thats 223,450. Take out the 27500 and its 195,950. An average over the 4 years of 48,987 Euros per year. Yes you pay for a lot of things other airlines provide, but, because you are self employed this can be offset against tax if it is a legitimate business expense, so in effect costs nothing.

@aronkari - Still no news for me, very nervous but still got the fingers crossed!

BounceBounceLand 16th Mar 2012 16:25

Just got an email. No good news for me :ugh: I was on the assessment on 7th March and bad news today, 9 days later.

Was really starting to think I had a chance.

Ah well, good luck to the others.

HPbleed 16th Mar 2012 17:00

How does it cost nothing if you offset it against tax? You just get the tax back don't you, or am I missing something completely.

Coventrian 17th Mar 2012 07:46

Anyone heard back from the assessment on the 14th yet? I found it very relaxed, don't know if that means good or bad! Best of luck all who were there :}

wingreencard 17th Mar 2012 07:50


Just got an email. No good news for me :ugh: I was on the assessment on 7th March and bad news today, 9 days later.

Was really starting to think I had a chance.

Ah well, good luck to the others.

sorry for you, so now, what next? tesco or macdo?

Jerry Lee 17th Mar 2012 13:24

So what are your plans for this week-end, wingreencard?:hmm:

jhr187 17th Mar 2012 13:45

I think some more anti-cadet/anti-p2f/anti-everyone trolling might be on the cards for Mr wingreencard, allowing his bitterness spread out for all to see...

tinmouse 17th Mar 2012 17:06

Who Passed assessment this year
 
Have any Irish guys passed the assessment this year?


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