Speedbird Pilot Academy - Funded
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I had my FTE assessment day today. Very intense! We find out on the 18th whether we've got through. Not too long! There were 16 people. The official skybourne / FTE split is 60/40 for what they're taking on!
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Thanks for the info. Wish you the best of luck with it all, got mine coming up too so hopefully see you on the other side!
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Out of the approx 200 people left, 60 percent are skybourne and 40 percent are fte. That also correlates to the amount of people they're taking on (60/40). So, they were trying to tell us that FTE people weren't at any disadvantage because although theyre taking on less people, there's less applicants left than for skybourne.
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Now that there are definitely no more assessments to come, how did everyone who completed them find their assessment day? Bearing in mind that people applying in March may have a similar assessment day, let's of course not be too specific.
For me I struggled a little with some of the speedy interviews and found the hand-eye coordination harder than I was expecting. I thought the multitasking was quite fun though!
For me I struggled a little with some of the speedy interviews and found the hand-eye coordination harder than I was expecting. I thought the multitasking was quite fun though!
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Since announcing the increase in the size of the intake they're currently recruiting, have they confirmed it is still likely to re-open in March? I'd assumed that the aforementioned decision meant that they were going to recruit everyone for both intakes in one go but I may well be wrong.
If the recruitment is re-opened in March, people who were rejected after the initial sift would be prevented from re-applying due to the six-month rule.
If the recruitment is re-opened in March, people who were rejected after the initial sift would be prevented from re-applying due to the six-month rule.
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I think people who had rejection emails were told they couldn’t reapply for six months from the date of application. Not sure if that same thing would apply to those who attended the final assessment or not though.
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At my final assessment day, the recruitment team said for this one-off occasion, we'd be able to reapply in March when the scheme opened again, but from then on it would be once yearly (as the scheme would only open once a year from then). However, I'm not sure if I am getting that entirely right? I may have gotten the wrong impression. Even they seemed unsure about it.
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If I'm not lucky enough to get a place this time, then I'm hoping we can apply when the scheme re-opens, especially as we have gotten so close by getting to the final stage. It would be disheartening to have to wait 18months to try again, but we must never give up on our dreams.
This is going to be a long weekend awaiting the results on Monday, good luck to everyone waiting to find out and hopefully I'll be seeing you at the college soon :-)
This is going to be a long weekend awaiting the results on Monday, good luck to everyone waiting to find out and hopefully I'll be seeing you at the college soon :-)
