hy guys...see you In Frankfurt in a week!!

Good luck to all!

:ok:

Anyone have the dates in May of the second round?

@ Riqsid
 

I think its better to get a FAA or JAA License if you are on the track for a conventional CPL program...

where FAA is the cheapest, but needs alots of security & back-up checks THEN another stories in the Embassy & the Point of entry (airport) where you will reach the point of hating yourself (I mean you can't even look at the mirror after that for a couple of days), but you'll enjoy it with the Americans (Later), because they are really helpful (almost) &...Americans:).

JAA is quiet Expensive, but apreciated by most airlines in the Middle East & doesn't need that security checks & clearances from you + high quality schools are found...

To Sum Up, get a FAA or JAA, leave about $ 50 K - $ 70 K for your training + living expenses...etc., any suggestions?? thats what I would do if I were in your place...good luck man :ok:

I'd tend to agree with Malirm the EY scheme gives you a GCAA licence (which is only JAA Compliant) but it also gives you a JOB here.

A GCAA licence without that job offer is not necessarily going to do you much good as airline hour requirements here in the GCC (the only place you can fly with your licence) are quite high and as a self sponsored low houred cadet you are unlikely to find work with that licence.

Also converting your GCAA licence to work outside the GCC whilst it is still frozen will likely be expensive. And getting the hours to unfreeze your ATPL nigh on impossible without a job.

The EY scheme itself is great - but I am not sure that TRAINING here alone is a great idea unless one of the schools is teaching an approved FAA/JAA course which you can use elsewhere.

JAA courses in the EU are expensive but looking at the UAE academies some are actually cheaper!

anyway this is a lot of thread drift really!

@ EYXW
 

Offcourse EYs scheme is the best...I was just suggesting something for our friend Riqsid, who wants to get a CPL (not with Etihad), so I gave that piece of advice that someone from Etihad gave it to me...the fact is that I will be getting a GCAA license because I am in an ab-intio flight training program with DAE Flight Academy, that is going to start next week!!!

olah
 

Its been some time since I read an entire thread with such interest. Got my Frankfurt assesment just around the corner, from what I hear the tests sound like fun with a hidden challenge. It almost sounds enjoyable or maybe those are the butterflies in my stomach and my brain trying to hide my nerves. Anyway thanks to the ppruners who posted on here and ill be sure to do the same from time to time.

MM

Query
 

Hi there, I would appreciate some advice. I have a son due to go to the Jhb interview in May but in the meantime I feel he should continue studying and hopefully writing some of the CPL exams just in case he is unsuccesful..As he will not have a CPL (only some of the exams) will this be a drawback.
Good luck to all those who are going for the assesment.

f2000,

Yes absolutely. There is a large element of "lottery" in these assesments. They are most certainly worth a shot at, because the potential reward is a very good one. However I wouldn't advise your son to put life on hold over them. The first stage only involves a set of "tests." There is no interview element or qualification assessment at this stage.

Presumably he will not be in posession of a CPL prior to the notification from these assessments, so it is unlikely to have any adverse effect.

i am going to New york's assessment,,and i have no clue what i should study or how to get myself prepared,if anybody can help i'll really appretiate that,,,another thing,,i heard that Arabic speaking is a plus,,is that true?

Arabic speaking
 

I doubt Arabic speaking would be of any advantage. There will be no Arab supervising the assessments atleast there were none at the london assessment.

Thanx alot malirm

YYZ Assessment
 

Hello, can anyone confirm the dates of the YYZ assessment in August?, i need to request my vacations of 2009 in the next two weeks.

Do you think i can write to cadet pilot email and ask them?

Thanks !

RE: YYZ assessment
 

It will be on the 27th and 28th of August. Thats what I was told in the confirmation email I got.

YYZ Assessment
 

Thank you very much okees, maybe we could meet after the assessment and have a drink :ok: good luck and thanks again.

I onlsy received the email confirming my application but not details about the assessment days, did you write them asking for the assessment days?

EYZ replied to my question a few weeks ago and the days were the same, so we could confirm 27th and 28th as the assessment days.

hey mates...for the ones who is going to come in FRA the 23th...what do you think about a meet on sunday 22nd??

antes56.im going to frankfurt but i will be there on monday.but just to let you know that i live in rome too..mean always in italy.ru italian..???

yes,i am italian too..
so good luck for the tests!

RE: RE: YYZ assessment
 

I didn't receive anything other than the confirmation email, but I asked for the dates before I applied just to make sure I would be able to attend. So they sent me an email giving me the exact dates before I applied.

A drink sounds good after the assessment. Ill pm you soon.

okees

just wondering any prior flying experience would be help, does it mean that you necessary to have your PPL perhaps CPL ? I know there are some peoples with some hours but without PPL, what is the chances for these people to get in the Cadetship then?

I think it has nothing to do with flying experience, for some this is an oppertunity and the backup is doing it modular with the flying they already have. But I have been wondering if someone holds a ICAO PPL does that mean during the training with Etihad they would have to do their PPL again or would they simply move on to the ground school for the ATPL's thus considerably shortening their training time.