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Completed the passenger announcement exercise this evening (going on holiday tomorrow)!
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those completing over the coming days.
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those completing over the coming days.
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Completed the passenger announcement exercise this evening (going on holiday tomorrow)!
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those competing over the coming days.
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those competing over the coming days.
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Completed the passenger announcement exercise this evening (going on holiday tomorrow)!
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those completing over the coming days.
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those completing over the coming days.
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Completed the passenger announcement exercise this evening (going on holiday tomorrow)!
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those completing over the coming days.
Not really anymore you can prep for it than what BA have included in the docs they have already shared.
It was a challenging one with the time pressure and thinking on the spot so I’m not hugely confident but will remain optimistic.
Best of luck to those completing over the coming days.
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The instructions for this were quite ambiguous in my opinion, led to the loss of valuable time to anyone who made this consideration and I suspect it was not part of the objective to trip applicants through this lack of clarity. Though, I guess it won't bother them as long as they get a bell curve to cull a great many and have enough that passed the threshold.
To my detriment, I started second-guessing myself and changing my answer on at least one question. This was after reading this forum, otherwise I don't think I would have considered it in time and just went with the first value in the row as the check row identifier. Anything we impart about info that can only stem from doing the test is essentially a clue, despite our efforts, but this shows that it can both help and hinder.
After this stage is complete, it would be interesting to poll how the successful approached this e.g. Checked correctness by:
1. using surname to identify row and then compare all other values against same row
2. used first value in table to identify row and then compare all other values against same row
3. compared against row with most matching values and determined exceptions from this
4. checked column by column and if value appeared in any column, deemed correct i.e. entire table check
5. checked for correctness against some other criteria
To my detriment, I started second-guessing myself and changing my answer on at least one question. This was after reading this forum, otherwise I don't think I would have considered it in time and just went with the first value in the row as the check row identifier. Anything we impart about info that can only stem from doing the test is essentially a clue, despite our efforts, but this shows that it can both help and hinder.
After this stage is complete, it would be interesting to poll how the successful approached this e.g. Checked correctness by:
1. using surname to identify row and then compare all other values against same row
2. used first value in table to identify row and then compare all other values against same row
3. compared against row with most matching values and determined exceptions from this
4. checked column by column and if value appeared in any column, deemed correct i.e. entire table check
5. checked for correctness against some other criteria
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good luck to you though 🤞
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Hi all,
First time poster - applied the other day, completed the SJT yesterday and Maths today - not convinced I have done enough on it yet though, don't think I got any wrong but don't think I got through it quickly enough. I got to the first ratio question and it timed me out just before I hit submit. Please feel free to be honest and tell me if that probably means to expect a rejection tomorrow!
Does anyone know what the "subsitence allowance" actually is? This would be a career change for me, at a stage in life where I haven't got a lot of bills, but I do have child support to pay and being able to ensure my kids are provided for is a huge thing. I know a lot of people will say "you should just accept it, you should make it work etc" but that isn't always practical for some!
Good luck to everyone, hopefully will get to meet/train with/work with some of you in the near future!
First time poster - applied the other day, completed the SJT yesterday and Maths today - not convinced I have done enough on it yet though, don't think I got any wrong but don't think I got through it quickly enough. I got to the first ratio question and it timed me out just before I hit submit. Please feel free to be honest and tell me if that probably means to expect a rejection tomorrow!
Does anyone know what the "subsitence allowance" actually is? This would be a career change for me, at a stage in life where I haven't got a lot of bills, but I do have child support to pay and being able to ensure my kids are provided for is a huge thing. I know a lot of people will say "you should just accept it, you should make it work etc" but that isn't always practical for some!
Good luck to everyone, hopefully will get to meet/train with/work with some of you in the near future!
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So it can take up to 4-5 business days to hear your result. I did my checking on Sunday and still haven't heard. I know a couple of people who have had their invites for their passenger announcement, and they did their checking tests Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
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Hi all,
First time poster - applied the other day, completed the SJT yesterday and Maths today - not convinced I have done enough on it yet though, don't think I got any wrong but don't think I got through it quickly enough. I got to the first ratio question and it timed me out just before I hit submit. Please feel free to be honest and tell me if that probably means to expect a rejection tomorrow!
Does anyone know what the "subsitence allowance" actually is? This would be a career change for me, at a stage in life where I haven't got a lot of bills, but I do have child support to pay and being able to ensure my kids are provided for is a huge thing. I know a lot of people will say "you should just accept it, you should make it work etc" but that isn't always practical for some!
Good luck to everyone, hopefully will get to meet/train with/work with some of you in the near future!
First time poster - applied the other day, completed the SJT yesterday and Maths today - not convinced I have done enough on it yet though, don't think I got any wrong but don't think I got through it quickly enough. I got to the first ratio question and it timed me out just before I hit submit. Please feel free to be honest and tell me if that probably means to expect a rejection tomorrow!
Does anyone know what the "subsitence allowance" actually is? This would be a career change for me, at a stage in life where I haven't got a lot of bills, but I do have child support to pay and being able to ensure my kids are provided for is a huge thing. I know a lot of people will say "you should just accept it, you should make it work etc" but that isn't always practical for some!
Good luck to everyone, hopefully will get to meet/train with/work with some of you in the near future!
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Hi all,
First time poster - applied the other day, completed the SJT yesterday and Maths today - not convinced I have done enough on it yet though, don't think I got any wrong but don't think I got through it quickly enough. I got to the first ratio question and it timed me out just before I hit submit. Please feel free to be honest and tell me if that probably means to expect a rejection tomorrow!
Does anyone know what the "subsitence allowance" actually is? This would be a career change for me, at a stage in life where I haven't got a lot of bills, but I do have child support to pay and being able to ensure my kids are provided for is a huge thing. I know a lot of people will say "you should just accept it, you should make it work etc" but that isn't always practical for some!
Good luck to everyone, hopefully will get to meet/train with/work with some of you in the near future!
First time poster - applied the other day, completed the SJT yesterday and Maths today - not convinced I have done enough on it yet though, don't think I got any wrong but don't think I got through it quickly enough. I got to the first ratio question and it timed me out just before I hit submit. Please feel free to be honest and tell me if that probably means to expect a rejection tomorrow!
Does anyone know what the "subsitence allowance" actually is? This would be a career change for me, at a stage in life where I haven't got a lot of bills, but I do have child support to pay and being able to ensure my kids are provided for is a huge thing. I know a lot of people will say "you should just accept it, you should make it work etc" but that isn't always practical for some!
Good luck to everyone, hopefully will get to meet/train with/work with some of you in the near future!
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From what I understood only 13 weeks of the training was abroad at either of the bases and the rest in Gloucester? Is the weekly allowances applicable to the whole period of training? Does anyone have any idea how many hours are scheduled for training each week as I'm presuming I could find weekend or evening work to pay the bills?
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Wow. That's not much. From what I understand the parts of the training that are abroad are for 13 weeks either in Florida or Spain? Is this the rate of allowance throughout the whole 2 years?
Does anyone know what kind of hours are required each week as I'd have to do evening and weekend work to pay the bills. Fortunately I can work adhoc in my current profession so I'm hoping I could earn enough to see me through if I made it onto the course.
Does anyone know what kind of hours are required each week as I'd have to do evening and weekend work to pay the bills. Fortunately I can work adhoc in my current profession so I'm hoping I could earn enough to see me through if I made it onto the course.