Rex W.O.M.B.A.T test
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"Users of the WOMBAT test worldwide have consistently reported more than 100% return on investment during the first few months from the reduction in tranee attrition alone,..."
P.R. bullsh!t! Some of us may have also believed in the tooth fairy once. The problem is, the reduction in trainee investment doesn't extend beyond the first 12 months. REX had a 60% attrition rate last year, and are on course to match that this year! You'll need more than a bloody WOMBAT test to hang on to your "superior" candidates once the reality of substandard T&C's sinks in.
Sorry Sailplane. Great link by the way. Very informative.
"Users of the WOMBAT test worldwide have consistently reported more than 100% return on investment during the first few months from the reduction in tranee attrition alone,..."
P.R. bullsh!t! Some of us may have also believed in the tooth fairy once. The problem is, the reduction in trainee investment doesn't extend beyond the first 12 months. REX had a 60% attrition rate last year, and are on course to match that this year! You'll need more than a bloody WOMBAT test to hang on to your "superior" candidates once the reality of substandard T&C's sinks in.
Sorry Sailplane. Great link by the way. Very informative.
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Karze,
I did the same test several months back.
You will walk out with a headache.
Do as many bonus games as possible while monitoring the controls - so to speak.
Accurate manual control also gets you a few extra point but it's the bonus games that gets you the money.
This wouldn't be for the cadetship would it? I'd find it a bit odd if they were using this on their DE FO/Cpts.
I did the same test several months back.
You will walk out with a headache.
Do as many bonus games as possible while monitoring the controls - so to speak.
Accurate manual control also gets you a few extra point but it's the bonus games that gets you the money.
This wouldn't be for the cadetship would it? I'd find it a bit odd if they were using this on their DE FO/Cpts.
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Do airlines still do these things? Bloody hell. I did one years ago, and it has no relivance to flying a plane at all. There's no correlation between doing anything in this test (good or bad) and doing anything in an aircraft (good or bad).
Some Bulls*it test invented by uni students and tested on glider pilots in NZ from what I remember.
Some one in Rex's HR dept trying to validate their position me thinks.
Some Bulls*it test invented by uni students and tested on glider pilots in NZ from what I remember.
Some one in Rex's HR dept trying to validate their position me thinks.
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A WOMBAT ,Sounds like most of Rex's management. Spends a majority of its life with its head underground, and nights foraging for excuses as to why it cant renumerate it's hard working staff properly.
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Wonderous
Original
Method of
Basic
Airmanship
Testing
No joke.. thats what the people who invented it said it stood for..
Can't say that it works.... out of the 12 people in my intake who sat this test and passed before basic flight training, only 3 of us are still flying...
Original
Method of
Basic
Airmanship
Testing
No joke.. thats what the people who invented it said it stood for..
Can't say that it works.... out of the 12 people in my intake who sat this test and passed before basic flight training, only 3 of us are still flying...
Been through these WOMBAT tests twice now and i'll tell you what, if it lasts for almost an hour like mine you'll definitely walk out feeling pretty drained. Its essentially there just to test how well you multi-task and deal under some stree and it does a pretty good job of this.
Lets face it, there are a lot of people who get up in the air and can do the basics but fall apart when it comes to flying and navigating or flying, navigating and receiving input at the same time for example as they can't do them all adequately at the same time!!
So i personally disagree with those stating that it does nothing at all and i wouldn't underestimate it either.
Lets face it, there are a lot of people who get up in the air and can do the basics but fall apart when it comes to flying and navigating or flying, navigating and receiving input at the same time for example as they can't do them all adequately at the same time!!
So i personally disagree with those stating that it does nothing at all and i wouldn't underestimate it either.
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By that argument, being able to rub your belly and pat you head at the same time means you'll be a good pilot.
The only thing you can tell from a WOMBAT test is that the person is good/bad/average at the WOMBAT test. Trying to suggest there is any correlation between being good at the test and able to fly a plane is pure advertising propaganda. It has never been proven. The test on the pilots in NZ produced usless data at best, yet it is still claimed by it's creators to work.
Yes, but with the average REX candidate now barely out of flight school it at least gives the H.R. department a warm feeling that they are doing something positive!
Who says there's no substitute for experience?
Who says there's no substitute for experience?
Are we allowed to mention New Zealand and sheep in the same thread?
Australian should take New Zealand seriously, says historian | World Breaking News | News.com.au
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Hey guys,
I just had my Wombat test today (waste of time really, but as long as you've got a play station or similar, or just a general gamers mind: that of a problem solver and fast learner, you should be fine).
I was just wondering what an attractive score would have been (i.e. position of the greeny yellow bar on the right at the end of the test)? Or, if this isn't the way that they mark you, how do they/is there any way to know how you did? I started off really slowly and was stressing, but by the end I was doing really well (just keep your head I guess), which from my research is what the general consensus is.
Cheers,
Blind
I just had my Wombat test today (waste of time really, but as long as you've got a play station or similar, or just a general gamers mind: that of a problem solver and fast learner, you should be fine).
I was just wondering what an attractive score would have been (i.e. position of the greeny yellow bar on the right at the end of the test)? Or, if this isn't the way that they mark you, how do they/is there any way to know how you did? I started off really slowly and was stressing, but by the end I was doing really well (just keep your head I guess), which from my research is what the general consensus is.
Cheers,
Blind
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Great so it sounds like they are still running the course. I passed this test. When I finished I thought I may not have as the bar wasn't that high on the right of the screen (not that much over half way if I recall correctly). I also wonder if the bar is truly representative of your score.. it would be interesting if its not. It would be a good method to apply pressure which is what a lot of the test is about.
By the sounds of things you found it easy (waste of time hey?) so you should get called up again for an interview hopefully. good luck to you.
By the sounds of things you found it easy (waste of time hey?) so you should get called up again for an interview hopefully. good luck to you.
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Blindflyer by the sounds of things you did well like raafhornet explained.
I think the green bar is only indicating the total points you have scored and not assessing the test in its entirety, the test is broken down into '9' 10 minute intervals. (the point of this I believe is to assess the performance of the testee over the entire 90 minute period in more detail and assess the consistency and how fast they learn whilst displaying 'situational awareness')
Though I think the question is after reading this -
http://www.linklearn.com.au/redflag/...0Selection.pdf
-would be if the company 'fully assess the entirety of the results in their 10 minute intervals over the 90 minutes' or 'only that of the final "score" there after'?
I scored just on or under 'I think' 3/4 the way up the scale, however I only had a brief glace at my final score before it shut off! finger's crossed I'm yet to hear back. (just a note to everyone, assume REX read this forum also)
raafhornet - its good to hear some feedback from a successful applicant, thanks for posting.
I think the green bar is only indicating the total points you have scored and not assessing the test in its entirety, the test is broken down into '9' 10 minute intervals. (the point of this I believe is to assess the performance of the testee over the entire 90 minute period in more detail and assess the consistency and how fast they learn whilst displaying 'situational awareness')
Though I think the question is after reading this -
http://www.linklearn.com.au/redflag/...0Selection.pdf
-would be if the company 'fully assess the entirety of the results in their 10 minute intervals over the 90 minutes' or 'only that of the final "score" there after'?
I scored just on or under 'I think' 3/4 the way up the scale, however I only had a brief glace at my final score before it shut off! finger's crossed I'm yet to hear back. (just a note to everyone, assume REX read this forum also)
raafhornet - its good to hear some feedback from a successful applicant, thanks for posting.