I got an email last week saying I was short-listed for the video stage and I submitted my videos yesterday.
Fingers crossed for now; We will likely find out if we made the cut for an assessment day in late June.

I sent my video application 3 days ago. The suspense is going to kill m wasiting. Goodluck!

Does anybody know anything about the accommodation on site? I'm married so would be interested in finding out if my wife and I will need to be separated for the training.

theres no option for partners to live in at FTA

Has anyone kept receiving the email asking for them to send their videos through. I've now received it 3 times in as many days.

I only received it once. Perhaps you should make sure they actually received your videos? I got an email back from flipbase saying my videos were successfully sent to virgin just after I submitted them.

Yeah not a bad idea CM. I've sent them twice and received the flip base notification twice. If I get it a fourth time ill send them an email. Now hurry up and wait I guess.

I sent my Questions in last sunday, what do you guys reckon is the waiting time for a response

The website says we'll know if we made the cut for an assessment day 4 to 6 weeks after the closing date. So I would think sometime between the 2nd of July and the 14th of July.

Got a response back from VA today,
Unfortunately didn't get thru to the next stage, wasn't expecting it due to the BS quota, look forward to the next round

Well,

Got the rejection email today. 2nd year in a row I have been unsuccessful. Last year I didn't even get to video stage. This year I did. Maybe next year I'll get to group assessments. So disappointing but I keep trying & I keep flying. I just hope that one day a window will open if not a door.

It hurts so much when you put your heart and soul into something, and deep down you know you have what it takes to be a good pilot. I tried to communicate this through my application, resume and video but they seemed to be looking for something else too. I would be grateful if anyone here could provide some feedback or advice on how I can better myself to become the candidate that airline HR are looking for. Good luck to everyone else.

Sorry to hear that mate. Like many of the others in this thread have said, don't take it as a bad commentary on yourself; no-one knows what they are looking for. If I don't get through this year my plan is to get my ratings and head north for a couple of years to gain some command time. Work and hard and it will happen to you in the end.

I too got the rejection email, though I am a little more gutted as I made it through to the Assessment Day in last year's application process. I did declare this in the initial application and actually received more worthwhile support with my networks in regards to tweaking my resume, cover letter and how to answer the video application questions. My mind will be left wondering for a while - you might be onto something Kranz.

I have gotten the rejection email twice now in two days. Feels like its just being rubbed in with another kick in the guts, although I'm sure its not intentional. Rather disappointing result but I will keep applying until someone makes me stop.

Well this supposed quota that some people are talking about didn't work for me, so chin up. There were just better candidates that more accurately articulated why they were the best picks.

Last year they sent out an email inviting everyone to the assessment centres after they had already rejected 90% of them. This year they are telling everyone 'no' twice. We go to all the effort to make a professional, quality, accurate application and resume, and upload videos to the best of our ability and the clowns there cant even perform basic HR administration tasks. It adds to the frustration substantially but at the end of the day it wont change your attitude to wanting to be a pilot or securing a job with an airline if that's what you really want.

All I can do is fly to the best of my ability every time and incrementally get better. Eventually, I will have the practical skills, knowledge and capability to be a commercial pilot. whether that translates into a paid job is, in some respects, out of my control. I just need to focus on the bit that I can control and attempt to make it as attractive to employers as possible. Again, the frustration is that it is never entirely clear what those employers are looking for however the enjoyment of flying is enough for me to keep doing it. Good luck all.

Rumour is once Borghetti steps down the cadetship will be wound up.

What will they do with the 3 ATR pilots that are left when they ditch that aircraft!!!!

Pilotchute - how solid is that rumour? Is it as solid as the rumour that JB is already getting forced out the door?

I have it on good advice that Virgin will be consolidating it's operations to shore up its bottom line. It has fingers in too many pies.

It's going to be focusing on things that make money and not wasting any more time on new ventures or things that aren't core business.

A number or middle management will go too.

He will hang on to the very end.

Assessment day invitations were sent out today and the assessment days will be held in early August. I wonder how many people have been culled already.

Is there anyone here who attended an assessment day last year and is willing to share how it went?
- Any interview questions or group scenarios that you remember?
- What was the difficulty of the maths and physics written exams? I am guessing it will be mainly Year 12-level Physics and Maths.

Good luck to everyone.

I also got a confirmation for the assessment day in Sydney on the 8th of August. Although I haven't been to the Virgin Australia assessment last year I went to the Jetstar assessment and Im guessing the style of the tests will be fairly similar. The level of maths was fairly basic and consisted of mainly questions in regards to distance/time and a few multiplication and division questions but you were under time pressure. The physics questions were slightly more difficult and a sound knowledge of basic physics principles and calculations would help. The hardest part of the assessment was the psychometric test and I found it quite challenging.

Cloud, Stricko - what did you do in your video submissions to differentiate yourselves. I though mine was ok but I didn't get through so some indication of what you did might benefit me in the future. TIA.

Hmm, exactly the same as I did. Simple, professional, addressing the questions, keeping within the time limits, and multiple takes to correct and prevent errors. That is frustrating that I did the same thing as other people that got through to the next round but I missed out. Good luck guys. I'll keep on pushing by other means. If you're successful, you might be the last ones according to 'Chute above.

Did you do seperate exams for maths and physics last year? Guessing they're all full working too and probably no multi choice. Just trying to figure out which topics to study up on!

The entire exam was computer based split into separate sections. All the questions were multiple choice which I believe is intentional, as every aspect of the exam was under time constraints and I recon the examiners want to see how you perform under pressure and examine your accuracy/speed.

• Written Comprehension exams
• PILAPT Test

Yep, the english/grammar comprehension will definitely be a written exam but the PILAPT test I recon will be mainly multiple choice but we will just have to wait and see!

Hi there, my son also got to send the video where he has to answer the 3 questions in 2 minutes. He has now been invited to the assessment day in Adelaide

What's the date of the Adelaide assessment day? The Sydney assessment day is the 8th of August.

2nd of August

25.06.2018

Funny, if it had been 5 out of 8 cadets were male, this discussion wouldnt be happening!

At the moment we know about:

Adelaide
2nd August

Sydney
8th August
9th August

Is anyone attending an assessment day that is not on the list above? I figure if we know how many assessment days there are, then we can estimate how many people are left in the application pool.

How do you mean? Just from general probability, more of the applications would be from males given the industry.

CloudMusterer

Yes, I have my interview on the 24th of July in Brisbane

Hi girlsflytoo, congratulations on making it so far. Was it as scary or as hard as you thought it was going to be? What impressed you the most about Virgin Australia?
All communication that I have had with VA and the flight school has been outstanding. They were all super friendly, honest and encouraging. I have been living in Germany for nearly 27 years so trust me you learn to appreciate the difference in cultures and really really appreciate the Australian friendliness and amazingly good manners. If I would be young again like my son I would also enjoy the opportunity to work for such a company.

I have an assessment day on the 30th of July in Melbourne. Also congrats to everyone else who has an assessment day!