Expensive software?
 

£50 or less is not a lot to pay for something that could help you achieve £60,000+ worth of training.

By the time you've gone through selection you could have spent a lot more than £50 in fees, travel and accomodation, so it's a drop in the ocean.

And the other thing is that the people behind these pieces of software aren't big companies, they're small time pilots and programmers. Why rip them off when their product is helping you achieve a really positive outcome?

So CTC requires a £60,000 bond and as far as I can see there are no other costs involved. WEll what exactly does this price include? Do I have to pay extra for accomodation and meals? What about CAA licence issue fees? What about flights from UK to New Zealand? Can anyone shed any light on this?

Oh and they state on the website that the bond can be attained UNSECURED! Is this true? I am a 21 year old student graduating in June so I dont have a huge credit rating. All I have on my credit rating are mobile telephone contracts and normal bank account usage.

all answers to your questions can be found here http://www.ctcaviation.com/wings/040204.html#finance on the CTC website.

hi, filled out my application fr ctc online the other day, and the next morning recevied confirmation i was through to stage 2, so booked it for april 2nd, as am still yet to tell my parents :P any1 else got stage 2 on april 2nd?? am quite nervous, not sure how im gona do on the aptitude tests! and with me being quite young not sure if thats a bad thing

Dont worry Nick, ive just done stage 2 and its not that bad. It tests for inherant flying ability, so u cant really practise it.
You say you are young... then i would say get lots of experience in, say, team working/leadership for the stage 3 interviews. Good luck!

At phase 2, age doesn't really come into it. Well, age doesn't really come into it at any time for that matter. You've either got the skills and experience, or you don't. You'll find out on the day if you've really got what it takes.

I myself found the pilapt tests quite challenging and at the time I thought I had done badly but then got through. So just stay positive and keep that concentration up throughout the tests. You should be fine.

The only thing you can really prepare for is the maths questions. They're not too hard. As has been said. Just go over your long devision and long multiplication and it'll go alright.

thanks, my maths isnt too bad, did alevel and do alot at uni at the moment with my economics degree. as for teamwork/leadership experience i have q alot from school, such as prefect, house captain, sports captain etc, and have flying experience by way that i was in the ccf and have about 8-10 hours flying and gliding experience.hopefully this may be enough to convince them im keen enough for it. rly hope i get through the selection, been wanting to be an airline pilot since i can remember!!!

stage 2 completion times
 

You can expect to have completed stage 2's tasks by 1.30pm. You'll then need to hang about a bit for the feedback to be given and a stage 3 date to be discussed, so if you budget for being done by 2.30 you should be ok. Let CTC know you have a schedule to work to and they'll take that into account.

Best of luck.

the website says that the tests take an hour or so, so surely it wil be more like 2pm/3pm that you wil be finished.??

I just did my phase 2 on Friday. I was in the afternoon session (1300), and by the time you are done everything, it was around 1630-1700. The introduction talk lasts a while, but it's great and answers any questions you may have about the scheme. Then it's on to the testing, and finally the de-brief where you find out if you've passed or failed. Good luck to you all. It's a stressfull but enjoyable day. PM me if you have any other questions about it.

CTC Training with PPL already
 

Hi

I've got my phase 3 on 28th march and would like to speak to anyone who has got through to the training who already had their PPL and what their experience of it was?

Hope someone can help.

Cheers

slight change of subjet
 

Normal guy here, getting through the stages and hopefully will get to NZ. Just wondering could anyone tell me what it would be like there as a homo, am not a flamer just a normal guy. Worked in industry as a closet case and don't want to do it again or would that be wise. pvt me any thoughts from people already there. Thanks.

Are you being serious or is this a total wind up!? := :confused:

? Serious?

You could have gone down the route of 'I have a mate, who is a...'
It bears no relevance at all in my opinion as long as you will make a good pilot and can work professionally with others whilst being able to leave the blokes alone. do they serve Babysham in NZ?

I get the feeling Thrill and Fray have just answered your question...

Upside down but not totally backwards..
 

Hi,

You'll find kiwis are generally a pretty relaxed bunch, not sure I can see the relevance of someone's sexual orientation to their training & flying.... gay or straight hitting on people that you're working/training with goes down just as poorly over here as anywhere else (unless of course, its reciprocated).

Its unlikely that you'd find Hamilton to be much different to anywhere else, (its just a whole lot smaller...) You'll get people who find it an issue and a whole lot of people who couldn't care less, probably more of the latter.

I believe we legalised same sex unions & other similar laws before the UK, so you may even find things more progressive here... if not Sydney is 3 hours away.... :)

Just a hunch, but you might find more useful info by checking Google...

Vicky

The questions are on a sheet. There's plenty of space beside them to write your working on. Once you've got the answer it's a simple matter of circling the appropriate answer in the choices.

This is my 10p worth of my CTC experience:

That feedback seems pretty detailed to me!

(Personally I would take it, digest it and develop myself rather than splashing it on here though).

:}

Phase 4
 

Alright again mate,

Just one last question ... was there a lot to take in regarding pitch attitudes and engine power settings or did they run it through you with each maneuver?

Just wanted to make sure that i do have to be very much awake before the sim and take everything in!!