Stn assessed
 

Would any of this weeks attendees care to share the experience at Stansted. Anything to add or out of the ordinary to note? Ta

No man, everything is the same as said in the feedback.
Read the feedback and everything is gonna be ok.
Personal interview: easy
Technical: easy, make sure you know your stuff cause they may try to fool you.

The only part i found hard was the simulator, but thats only because i did my mcc on fntp2.

All the same, different day :ok:

Is anyone in for assessment on the 30th?

One hour during the last six months
 

Hi guys!

I read earlier in the thread that if you are contacted by CAE and they request your Cv they also require you to have flown at least one hour during the last six months.

Anyone knows what is counted in here?
Must it be PIC? Is FNPTII ok?

I dont have that hour but I have done my PC lately in the FNPTII.
I guess I have to rent an aircraft for one hour to fulfill the requirement.

Ryanair- What's to come?!
 

Hi guys,

Given the expansion to draw to an end this year. What is in store for Ryanair and it's recruitment? It seems over the last few months it's been mainly Oxford or CAE trained pilots who have been getting the call for assessments. Makes sense considering CAE acquired OAA and CAE is recruiting for Ryanair!:suspect: For this reason guys like me who are waiting for nearly a year or more are starting to accept we may never get a call. (Unless you have some serious connections!)

But if Ryanair is going to stop recruitment, will it turn into a legacy carrier type structure? A few DE FO's every few years. E.g Aer Lingus? Just food for thought!

P.s I like the others are Irish, trained in Ireland, Early- Mid 20's first time passes in everything.

hey guys ... just been emailed by CAE to forward my CV ! Do you know the time window between sending your CV and getting the call for the interview ?

it's been a bit more than 3 months now since i've submitted my online application !

Does Ryanair give second chances? I know in the past they used to give it, but I am not sure if at present they continue doing so...

If anyone here on the forums has been to the Wednesday's 23rd May assessment please PM me. :ok:

Absolute altitude & how to increase it, explain coffin corner and why. dihedral, anhedral, jetstreams, tropopause over eq-uk-poles, why are we flying high, why fast.

Assesment
 

I had an assessment a few months ago now and I was unsuccessful. I felt like I had a strong day interview and Sim included, I just guess wasn't what they wanted. Admittedly I do have 1 ATPL exam fail. I got absolutley 'tanned' by the interviewer but I guess they're looking to see you under pressure.

The best advise I can give is not to get hung up over the tech questions which pop up here and there as I was asked none of them. One of my questions involved engine development since the 1990's throughout the Boeing series right up to 787... With regards to the sim it varies depending on the examiners mood. I could have performed better, but maybe a different day different instructor may have been successful, you just don't know and your cannot preempt anything.

My sim as PM had an engine fire and I had an engine failure on the go around as PF after flying a CDFA approach.

You just have to approach the interview as any job and just do what you can. I don't like people who b@tch in moan about the assessments as generally they are fair although I can to a point agree with the argument that if you have a strong partner this can only help your cause.

I wish those who are going for interview the best of luck and just relax. Hopefully I will get a second chance...

I had an assessment many moons ago (late 2008) as a basic low hours geezer who had flown nothing larger than a Seneca. I did my MCC in a TP sim and because I got the call for assessment very late I did not have time to book some 737 sim time before the assessment so I went in absolutely blind. The person running the sim failed the No1 engine during the assessment (no fire), maybe he thought that I looked at him queer as we walked into the sim or something!!!!!!! Suffice to say, like Precision I received a ‘custard pie’ email in due course.

I agree with you cowhorse but it’s their trainset to do what they will with, as with any selection process there will always be a degree of luck involved. In your assessment you were lucky and got a very straight forward profile.

Personally with the way that I performed throughout the sim assessment I feel that I would not have been accepted even without the engine failure, in fact if I was running the sim I would not have recruited myself based on my performance. As I had done my MCC in a TP sim and had never experienced a swept wing high performance jet sim I struggled. I knew all about the theory as to how swept wings handle and perform and the pitch/ thrust couple but I had never experienced it so I struggled with speed and altitude discipline. Also I was pretty nervous and put myself under a lot of pressure to perform, add those things up and you get the village idiot flying.

That’ll teach me to be tighter than a crabs arse at 40 fathoms and not spend a bit more money on a jet MCC and/ or JOC.

Good luck to those awaiting assessment or waiting for the results after going through assessment.

When I did my assessment there were 8 people including myself. I don’t know for sure but I have heard in the past that ‘normally’ around 40% get accepted which means that 3 or 4 out of 8 might get in.

Accomodation EMA
 

Hi everyone!! I passed my assesment so if anyone has any question please send me a private message, I'll be starting my TR course the 15th of june at EMA.
I am bit worried cus i do not have a accomodation yet. For those who already did it at EMA: How did u find a place to stay! or where should I ask this info? thanks!!!

Does anyone know the youngest age that Ryanair interview?I see there seem to be quite a few at 21,does anyone know of any 20yr olds getting the call?

I know some FO's below 20 yo , one was 19 when he was hired , i was 21 , and i even heard of a FO who was 18 when he started . :O

Have a look around Loughborough , Bus running 24/7 from there straight to the airport and it's a university city , so many cheap accomodations .
We were staying there during the entire TR and we were paying around 200 £ / month for a student room .

Kilworth House Hotel is only £180 per night, excellent facilities and location and just book a limousine to and from EMA should work out well.

There was a Russian one who was 18 when he was hired.

Hey guys, i need some advice please

When i asked people who fly for ryanair, all of them accepted the first date of type rating that was given to them.
I received "the phonecall" recently and i was offered a starting date (type rating) on the 25th of june but i changed it to the 23rd of july. Ive been told that they will come back to me as soon as theyre done sorting out the upcoming groups first. (the reason i requested a later date for type rating than the one i was given is because i have to sort out my finances first.)

Anyone been on my position before? Is this normal? or im risking my place?
I mean.. since i was successful theres no chance of something going wrong right? :confused: