Assessment on the 20th.
I have 1 hour of flight experience.

From my experience, this is all they look for. As long as you've had a go at flying, then they know you have the motivation!

Hi All. First post on these boards.

I wasn't successful getting through to round 3 and was wondering if anyone knew of any good resources and/or had any hints for giving better responses to the questionnaire. I did not receive any personalized feedback from BACF or FTE. It was my first time applying for a MPL flight training program and so didn't really know what they were looking for.

My background:
- British Citizen and US Permanent Resident
- PhD and MEng in Aeronautics
- I currently work at NASA designing spacecraft
- FAA Private Pilot Certificate
- FAA Class I medical
- 250 hrs PIC / 60 hrs cross-country / 20 hrs night

Thanks in advance!

Damn. Not sure what to say. My suspicion is that is it's not the questionnaire, but the amount of hours you have. I bet they're looking for a maximum of 100 hours. Which is a shame in my opinion :/

Thanks Integrated and LiamW for your replies.

In my responses I did not include my total hours; only that I've held a FAA PPC since 2009 and have a FAA Class I medical valid through May 2017. So maybe not putting any hours at all was the problem? Could it be age? (I'm 35).

In that case I have no idea. It could be anything, the questionnaire, age, etc. Like Integrated said, it may be worth phoning up and finding out. By the looks of things I think you'd have it easier going modular, since you already have more than 150 hours PIC, you can start your CPL straight away. Especially with that background!


On a different note, does anyone have their assessment on the 22nd? (Wednesday) It would be nice to talk before :)

Cheers

Just to follow up, this is what FTE said: Unfortunately we are unable to provide you with feedback for this part of the scheme, as we only receive overall scores for the questionnaires and we have not even received these yet. For this reason, I am not aware of your score for your answers nor do I know the minimum score in order to be invited for the assessment event. As we only receive an overall score, it is impossible for us to advice in regards to improving this part of the selection process.

Good luck to everyone going to the assessments next week!

Call up with a very sad voice and ask very nicely, you will likely get some feedback that way, worked for me !

Good luck to everyone ! I missed the boat on this one .

Was this a sponsored scheme by the airline?

Hey all,

I will be attending on the 21st. Am wondering it says to be there for 11:30, did everyone get the same slot?

Of sorts, yeah.

Still 85,000 gbp but guaranteed job at end, and type rating included

Good luck everyone this week! I'm going tomorrow (20th)

I start at 08:30 on the 21st. Best of luck to all this week, it's not been the easiest one to prepare for!

Well good luck to everyone today and tomorrow! I'm on wednesday at 8:30am. Looking forward to meeting a few people.

While I agree this scheme is a good one, it certainly does not guarantee you a job, nor does any cadet program with any airline. Read the t&c's carefully, I'm not trying to scaremonger, but just do not be under the false impression that you are guaranteed a job.

How did it go Scotwings? Any advice?

How was it today, Scot? Did they give any feedback straightaway?

Was an enjoyable day all in all. Apparently around 34 candidates are in this round. Day led by FTE - no involvement from Cityflyer yet. Friendly feel to the day!

Feedback to be given after everyone has been this week.

FTE will suggest to BA the candidates they feel will perform well in training. These people will have a final interview in July.

Sounds great! Thanks for the info too! I thought there would be more than 34 candidates. Looking forward to it tomorrow.

Interesting... only 34 of us... Nice job guys! Looking forward to tomorrow!