Speedbird Pilot Academy - Funded

[avi_tech_93]

Originally Posted by incognitoaviator

Yeah seems like it should be enough! I've emailed them to ask about it so will post if I hear anything otherwise

Hello, you have the same question as me. Did you get any reply for it? If not, I'll just take the stuff which they mentioned in the short 'what to expect' guide.

[avi_tech_93]

Hello, you've got exactly the same question as me, did you get a reply for it? If not, I'll just take the documents which they said in the 'what to expect' guide.

[Flyer124]

Originally Posted by LCpl_Ghostrider

Set up a WA group for people to chat. Ping me your number on DM if you want to join.

Not sure if I can DM yet, if not, if you could DM me that would be appreciated!

[incognitoaviator]

Hey, no I haven't had a response from them unfortunately. I think it's probably a copy and paste error, so I reckon it's fine to just bring what's in the guide we have

[DawnChorus01]

People who have been to a skybourne interview, was it just an interview or did they make some people redo tests or maybe have a group interview ?

was there anything special in the presentation they gave ?

[avi_tech_93]

Ok, sounds good! Not too sure what I can bring for 'proof of right to live and work in the UK', hoping that my passport is good enough to show!

[krankenhaus145]

What did everyone think of the online FTE aptitude assessments? I thought all were reasonable apart from the memory one, rather difficult!

[flyguy21]

not bad. agreed in the memory one, didn't get any of the 'level 3' questions. struggled with the deductive reasoning somehow despite doing well on the practice ones. also thought monitoring was very hard as per the practice ones, got quite a a lot wrong. i'm not sure if you need a certain score on each individual test or if only combined score is considered.

[krankenhaus145]

Originally Posted by charlie747

Yeah, same here. I struggled with that memory one, and I misclicked once on the reaction speed test, so I hope that I made up for it with decent scores in the other tests. We’ll see! Any idea when we might hear back?

Glad many are on the same page about memory! I should think it shouldn't be too long. I believe that today was the last day of FTE assessments? If so, surely it shouldn't take them too long to gather all scores - and if it's purely data driven - knock off the lowest scorers? So I'm hoping it's some point next week?

[IfAnyoneCan]

Anyone still waiting to hear back from the FTE waterside assessments a couple of weeks back? Still yet to hear anything me

[PPRuNeUser0195]

It’s interesting that people are so willing to put their numbers on here for everyone to see, especially considering that recruiters are probably watching the forums. They now know who you are as they have your number on record, and can see every post you’ve made here and in other places. Nothing against a WhatsApp group if that’s what people want to do but people ought to be more careful with what they put out there for everyone to see.

[pilotHS24]

What’s the parking situation like at waterside? For those that have drove where did you park?

[3seatmaniac]

Originally Posted by pilotHS24

What’s the parking situation like at waterside? For those that have drove where did you park?

No parking available for us at Waterside but I booked parking at the Premier Inn by T5 through Your Parking Space. Very cheap for the day (when I booked at least) and only a 10-15 minute walk to Waterside.

[pilotHS24]

Thanks, I’ll look into it! How did it go for you?

[Jake98]

Anyone hear back from FTE's aptitude yet?

[krankenhaus145]

Originally Posted by Jake98

Anyone hear back from FTE's aptitude yet?

No, I haven't. If it's raw scores and they just chop off the bottom set of scores, then I don't see why it wouldn't be announced at some point today. Maybe there's other factors in consideration, such as age. It's so nerve-racking, though! I need to know......

[Jake98]

I think Waterside assessments are still happening for Skybourne so may be a case of waiting for those to finish so they can gauge final numbers. Agreed though, horrible waiting game!

[krankenhaus145]

Originally Posted by Jake98

I think Waterside assessments are still happening for Skybourne so may be a case of waiting for those to finish so they can gauge final numbers. Agreed though, horrible waiting game!

Could be, but I would have thought we were a seperate batch of applicants than them at this point? Not sure though. Some FTE applicants still haven't heard back (from their waterside testing). It may be a while but I sure hope not!

[3seatmaniac]

Originally Posted by pilotHS24

Thanks, I’ll look into it! How did it go for you?

I've not had my interview just yet so I can't say.

[3seatmaniac]

Originally Posted by krankenhaus145

Could be, but I would have thought we were a seperate batch of applicants than them at this point? Not sure though. Some FTE applicants still haven't heard back (from their waterside testing). It may be a while but I sure hope not!

Skyborne interviews are going on until 08/11 so it's likely going to be the case that both Skyborne and FTE candidates won't hear back until w/c 13/11. I imagine all candidates will be notified at the same time as it would otherwise give FTE candidates an unfair advantage in terms of preparation time over Skyborne candidates. That's just my understanding so I could, of course, be wrong.