Yeah, probably technical questions! :p

If you want I can lend you a book. ;)

Good luck with it. :ok:

I heard it's ridiculously tough! I believe Mike Briggs has gotten hold of some nuclear phsyics/mathematics type book from somewhere that he's been asking questions from! He doesnt even give you a pen and paper to work with, it all has to be done in your head. I know someone that did his tests, they said it was a joke. Come on.....its Eastern Airways, not BA!!!

p.s. have you got an interview?? I thought the tech questionaires were just for people on the Mike Briggs, Triple A scheme(CPL'IR with him and job with Eastern).

Eastern
 

The letter I got was;
1. Talk by eastern on the company
2. Technical questionaire
3. Intervierw
4. SIM ride

Apart from that I am totally in the dark.

Yeah I think that seems to be the latest recruitment process for them. I hear the tech questionaire is pretty tough too. The Sim ride is probably still with Triple A. The status quo I believe is still 12k for the J41 rating, which you have to pay for yourself.

Eastern Selection
 

Maybe worth pointing out that there are at least two selection processes for potential FO's with relation to Eastern Airways, as there seems to be some confusion in parts of this thread

One selection process being aimed at PPL pilots having completed their ATPL exams and in a position to commence the CPL/IR/MCC sections of their training (there are a couple of threads with more info on this selection on Bristol Ground Schools forum and AAA website) and yes as someone correctly stated, CPL/IR section of the training is undertaken at AAA Humberside Airport

The other process is for those already in possession of the CPL/IR/MCC

Perhaps the best advice, for those unsure of the situation, is to ask the relevant questions to the relevant people, depending upon which selection you would be interested in, im sure you will find people helpful and informative.

Hope this helps

ppl selection for Eastern etc
 

As said in previous post, have a look at Bristol Groundschool Forum, opportunities etc, its listed there.
Tells you what the score is for PPL to FO under Capt B's scheme.!!

The Link is below

http://www.jals.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4828

:sad:

captain boycott
 

Good point. I am the latter.

I suppose if its a new selection process then there will probably be little knowledge on the questionaire.

Does anyone know if the tech questions are maths based or a/c tehnical based.

Personal opinions on Triple cost
 

Tocken,

I have had experience with CPL Briggs and it wasnt a particularly pleasant one?, basically what I am saying is All of the people cannot be wrong all of the time and there are far more negative comments than good ones?

Doughy 24.;)

Fair comment, there were times when when MB made me very frustrated shall we say. However, people with negative comments will always air their veiws more than people with positive ones. I still feel feel it's more of a personality clash with folks such as yourself, but i do empathise.

There is a big article about eastern airways with company background etc in todays Sunday Times business section. Might be worth a read if you have an interview coming up.

link here

you could be right
 

Tocken,

Yep you could be right, but as i said, not prepared to publicly slate someone, I dont really think its fair, if they cannot have the chance to speak back, but all I would say is it wasnt so much a personality clash, but rather more of an integerity issue (did I spell that correctly)!!

But anyway I was trained by another very good flight school at much less cost and now have a good job, so cannot really complain?.

D:ok:

sim ride not at AAA
 

The sim ride is done in the J41 simulator. You don't have to pay for it

sim check
 

Nice one, how did it go ?

sim went well
 

They have offered (which i have accepted) a job flying the Saab 2000.

James,

sent you a pm

SAAB
 

Nice One

Glad it went well for you.

Hi guys,

I was wondering are eatsern pilots bonded with their type rating or is it all paid up front.

Also are they still asking for cabin crew commitment before offering pilot jobs, an idea I could accept.

cheers,

PSC

PSC,

The goal posts seem to continualy move on this one, but the last I heard was that new FO's had to self fund the J41 TR(12k). There was talk off a 6k refund after 3 years but im not sure if thats still the deal. As for the cabin crew post, that was something that was only ever offered to a couple of people, basically because there was no TR courses avilable at the time. It was never the 'norm'.

Ncl Iom
 

Any of you Eastern guys know what the company plans for its newcastle -isle of man. Manx rumour is its going to stop but thats been the same rumour for nearly 2 years! Loads last month dropped to around 35% again.

Does eastern still have a J31 they could put on instead of the 41?

Isle of man needs a NCL srvice but it seems the fares put pax off and they drive to MAN instead and come over with Euromanx or FlyBe instead. for £29 single:hmm:

If Eastern were to pull the NCL route then I am sure Manx2 or FlyBe would move in to the route. With a third a/c rumoured for BE it seems a possibility