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Originally Posted by JamiButt
Hi,
I am about to do an interview with BAA on the 13th of May, for the Wizzair cadetship. Has the situation improved since then in the academy?
I am about to do an interview with BAA on the 13th of May, for the Wizzair cadetship. Has the situation improved since then in the academy?
It gives you an idea of the current toxic ambiance there...
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Wizzair may be phasing out BAA and switching to L3 instead:
https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/pil...grams/wizz-air
https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/pil...grams/wizz-air
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Originally Posted by Warlock1
Wizzair may be phasing out BAA and switching to L3 instead:
https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/pil...grams/wizz-air
https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/pil...grams/wizz-air
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Originally Posted by Warlock1
Wizzair may be phasing out BAA and switching to L3 instead:
https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/pil...grams/wizz-air
https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/pil...grams/wizz-air
Some colleagues told that Wizz approaches other schools in Eastern Europe to generate cadet programs.
They are not satisfied with BAA. And it's proven by the new procedure that wizz steped up with BAA.
Wizz cadets apparently have a low level, wizz decided to check them after the MCC to check their level.
You see clearly, all those clues that BAA is an unprofessional school.
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It‘s mixed - things are definitely improving, there is no more significant waiting time between ground school and flying. They got rid of most bad ground instructors, but also lost some experienced flight instructors.
Nonetheless be aware that BAA is still BAA. It is and always will be run by the mother company (Avia Solutions), which does not give a single thought about giving students a great time. It’s about the money and you feel that BAA has no real option but to press it through towards the students. Incompetency has greatly reduced, though. They had (maybe thanks to the outrage here... who knows) lots of staff changes and it seems to pay off slowly. Information flow towards the students has also improved. But keeping in mind what has happened to the former students people are still expecting fishy things at every corner, which makes the overall relationship between students and BAA somewhat salty.
The reports from others in this forum are definitely true - they reschedule flying so that you might be forced to rent and cancel apartments in Spain, Kaunas and Vilnius on a short notice and commute between those cities without compensation. But in the contracts they informed you this could happen. Its just that nobody expected them to actually use this to the extent they do. It’s run by a mother company which has an interest in earning as much as possible. ˋnough said. But on the other hand... do other big flight schools behave differently? I honestly don’t know.
They equip you with wrong LogBooks? Good luck trying to get them to equip you with the right one. Sue them for those 40€ or swallow the pill and complain in a forum like PPRuNe (which people do, as you see). Those are the small things which make the relationship somewhat spoiled and leave you with some sort of disbelief, seeing that they actually trying to squeeze the last 10€ out of the students.
Overall - be aware of two major things I’d say: Things like „Wizz is pulling out“ is not true and things like „this place is falling apart“ is also not true. It’s the frustration of students which have been ignored by BAA too long and it needs to unload somewhere. What’s true, however, is the general behaviour of BAA (described by many posters above, so no need for me to elaborate) towards the students in case something goes not as planned. This is what the one poster above means - some sue for compensation, some others swallow the pill and keep on going.
They‘ll train you to get the license you paid for. If you’re satisfied after all is another story.
Nonetheless be aware that BAA is still BAA. It is and always will be run by the mother company (Avia Solutions), which does not give a single thought about giving students a great time. It’s about the money and you feel that BAA has no real option but to press it through towards the students. Incompetency has greatly reduced, though. They had (maybe thanks to the outrage here... who knows) lots of staff changes and it seems to pay off slowly. Information flow towards the students has also improved. But keeping in mind what has happened to the former students people are still expecting fishy things at every corner, which makes the overall relationship between students and BAA somewhat salty.
The reports from others in this forum are definitely true - they reschedule flying so that you might be forced to rent and cancel apartments in Spain, Kaunas and Vilnius on a short notice and commute between those cities without compensation. But in the contracts they informed you this could happen. Its just that nobody expected them to actually use this to the extent they do. It’s run by a mother company which has an interest in earning as much as possible. ˋnough said. But on the other hand... do other big flight schools behave differently? I honestly don’t know.
They equip you with wrong LogBooks? Good luck trying to get them to equip you with the right one. Sue them for those 40€ or swallow the pill and complain in a forum like PPRuNe (which people do, as you see). Those are the small things which make the relationship somewhat spoiled and leave you with some sort of disbelief, seeing that they actually trying to squeeze the last 10€ out of the students.
Overall - be aware of two major things I’d say: Things like „Wizz is pulling out“ is not true and things like „this place is falling apart“ is also not true. It’s the frustration of students which have been ignored by BAA too long and it needs to unload somewhere. What’s true, however, is the general behaviour of BAA (described by many posters above, so no need for me to elaborate) towards the students in case something goes not as planned. This is what the one poster above means - some sue for compensation, some others swallow the pill and keep on going.
They‘ll train you to get the license you paid for. If you’re satisfied after all is another story.
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BAA is BAA and will never change
Absolutely one of the worst flight schools I have ever heard of.
I still don't get it: why are you still selecting cheap of quality? You wouldn't like to put your kids on a plane flown by bad pilots, would you?
Save your money, work hard for a higher budget and select a good school with reputation.
I still don't get it: why are you still selecting cheap of quality? You wouldn't like to put your kids on a plane flown by bad pilots, would you?
Save your money, work hard for a higher budget and select a good school with reputation.
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BAA has launched a separate site to promote their marketing even more: tapkpilotu.lt
Among all the information I found that the acceptance criteria is age between 18 and 30, high school maths and physics grades of 7 and above.
I'd say these criteria can be considered as key ones for selection to WizzAir cadet programme (just my personal opinion).
Also, there has been quite A LOT of publications in local yellow press ordered by BAA on how being a pilot is cool, how pilots earn the most, how there's a lack of pilots, how it's a dream job, etc etc etc.
You can find (and translate) all the publications here:
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=77229097
https://www.15min.lt/mokslasit/strai...lu-646-1029982
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=77477351
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=77087923
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=78384313
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=78126637
https://www.delfi.lt/darbas/profesij....d?id=80299625
https://www.delfi.lt/darbas/profesij....d?id=81100571
I think there will be more to come, as these publications appear about every 3-4 weeks
Among all the information I found that the acceptance criteria is age between 18 and 30, high school maths and physics grades of 7 and above.
I'd say these criteria can be considered as key ones for selection to WizzAir cadet programme (just my personal opinion).
Also, there has been quite A LOT of publications in local yellow press ordered by BAA on how being a pilot is cool, how pilots earn the most, how there's a lack of pilots, how it's a dream job, etc etc etc.
You can find (and translate) all the publications here:
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=77229097
https://www.15min.lt/mokslasit/strai...lu-646-1029982
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=77477351
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=77087923
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=78384313
https://www.delfi.lt/multimedija/tap....d?id=78126637
https://www.delfi.lt/darbas/profesij....d?id=80299625
https://www.delfi.lt/darbas/profesij....d?id=81100571
I think there will be more to come, as these publications appear about every 3-4 weeks
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@wheniwasin: You sent me a PM based upon this thread about the Polish school but I can not answer it because your inbox is full according to the forum info. Feel free to contact me on facebook (Krzysztof Thor) if you need more info.
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Originally Posted by EraNova00
Hello everybody
I am going to take my aptitude test in September. I am new here, could somebody kindly describe me briefly what is the situation in the academy now?
I am going to take my aptitude test in September. I am new here, could somebody kindly describe me briefly what is the situation in the academy now?
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Current waiting times during the progress of training;
Theory to VFR 1-1,5 months
VFR to Night VFR 3-4 weeks
Night VFR to FNPT 2 months
FNPT to IFR 3 months
IFR to Multi Engine 1 month and increasing
Basically minimum 8 months of sitting at home. Please correct me if numbers are not reflecting real waiting times.
Theory to VFR 1-1,5 months
VFR to Night VFR 3-4 weeks
Night VFR to FNPT 2 months
FNPT to IFR 3 months
IFR to Multi Engine 1 month and increasing
Basically minimum 8 months of sitting at home. Please correct me if numbers are not reflecting real waiting times.
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do you really think it is funny? I am about to pay 62000$, worrying, trying to figure out the truth., and what do I receive ? A “perfect” joker, that instead of writing down a real facts and things, writes me some stupid bullshit and thinks that it’s fun! If you still didn’t get, I should tell you - your jokes are not appropriate and relevant to the case. Go to circus, it is a place where jokes are very welcomed!
do you really think it is funny? I am about to pay 62000$, worrying, trying to figure out the truth., and what do I receive ? A “perfect” joker, that instead of writing down a real facts and things, writes me some stupid bullshit and thinks that it’s fun! If you still didn’t get, I should tell you - your jokes are not appropriate and relevant to the case. Go to circus, it is a place where jokes are very welcomed!
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Mate, chill down. Instead please have some read on older posts in this thread to find out the responses.
Since you mentioned 62k, were you accepted to Wizz cadet programme or has the price dropped?
Finally, nobody forces you to pay that amount to BAA - there are many other great schools around.
Since you mentioned 62k, were you accepted to Wizz cadet programme or has the price dropped?
Finally, nobody forces you to pay that amount to BAA - there are many other great schools around.
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Forgive me, buddy... I had a really
day... usually I don’t do like that... now reading once again a that I’ve written and feel like an ... you know who...i don’t know what price was exactly before, but I was told that the price for WizzAir cadet program is 62k
