Speedbird Pilot Academy - Funded
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35 knot crosswind landing at night in the rain, or receiving an unrelated job vacancies email from British Airways - which has the higher heart rate and adrenaline spike?
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I remember telling myself if I wasn't a pilot by 26, I would give up... And it was only once I turned 26 that I really made a go for it. I'm 31 now and just secured my first flying job. Along my modular pathway, I met people younger than me in their early 20s, and some in the 30s, 40s and 50s. A chap I knew on my APS MCC was in late 40s and he's just started with Jet2 - he was also offered a fully-funded flight instructor course with guarantee of job at end. There is a lot respect out there for the self-improver route, shows strong character!
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Don't you set your notifications to 'push' so as soon as an email lands, it pings you? That way you don't need to check or refresh?
Doing what you're doing would drive me insane; albeit I have to admit I am a bit on edge and hoping I don't get an email for the rest of the week at least
Doing what you're doing would drive me insane; albeit I have to admit I am a bit on edge and hoping I don't get an email for the rest of the week at least
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Don't you set your notifications to 'push' so as soon as an email lands, it pings you? That way you don't need to check or refresh?
Doing what you're doing would drive me insane; albeit I have to admit I am a bit on edge and hoping I don't get an email for the rest of the week at least
Doing what you're doing would drive me insane; albeit I have to admit I am a bit on edge and hoping I don't get an email for the rest of the week at least
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Last year, the flight school assessment was just a 30 minute interview about yourself and knowledge of the company and the BA one would be something like a grad scheme assessment day, so a group activity (my guess is a planning exercise similar to the RAF OASC) and another interview.
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I remember telling myself if I wasn't a pilot by 26, I would give up... And it was only once I turned 26 that I really made a go for it. I'm 31 now and just secured my first flying job. Along my modular pathway, I met people younger than me in their early 20s, and some in the 30s, 40s and 50s. A chap I knew on my APS MCC was in late 40s and he's just started with Jet2 - he was also offered a fully-funded flight instructor course with guarantee of job at end. There is a lot respect out there for the self-improver route, shows strong character!
All I know I'll be flying one way or another, be it fully funded through BA or down the modular pathway as I had planned all along.
Good luck to you all!!! Really hoping we get good news soon!
P.S. I didn't submit my PA until 7th May so mine is still fresh...hoping to not hear anything for a while.
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(Geordie accent) "Dayyy 11 in the Big BA House. The contestants are getting sore index fingers from refreshing their email apps"
I am on a serious emotional roller coaster, setting myself up to handle potential dissapointment better, whilst flittering to an occasional spike of hope.
I am on a serious emotional roller coaster, setting myself up to handle potential dissapointment better, whilst flittering to an occasional spike of hope.
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Done my PA on 24th April, so two weeks yesterday. I am yet to hear anything- hoping this is a good thing!
I chose Skyborne as my preferred school, and remember seeing that the Skyborne applicants heard back a fair bit later than the FTE Jerez folk last year.
Hope that this isn’t the case this year, and that everybody receives good news soon
I chose Skyborne as my preferred school, and remember seeing that the Skyborne applicants heard back a fair bit later than the FTE Jerez folk last year.
Hope that this isn’t the case this year, and that everybody receives good news soon
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So what are they looking for? I had assumed it was more how you say something rather than what you say, at this stage. Is that wrong?
Rejected after the PA, completed it last Tuesday/Wednesday I think.
I recorded on my phone whilst completing it and shared it with a Captain at a different airline and he said it was reasonable. But I guess the competition is fierce and they undoubtedly are looking for something specific in it to make it easy to assess and compare. And he did counsel that it’s like a driving test where what you’d actually say and what they want you to say for this are not necessarily the same.
Alas wasn’t to be. Good luck to the people that deservedly get it. Might have been my only shot, we’ll see where I’m at in 12 months but I think I’ve got to commit to something now that probably won’t allow me to give it another go soon.
It’s good to see some older folk applying. At 28 I was thinking I was getting too old but it shows you can pivot at any point.
I recorded on my phone whilst completing it and shared it with a Captain at a different airline and he said it was reasonable. But I guess the competition is fierce and they undoubtedly are looking for something specific in it to make it easy to assess and compare. And he did counsel that it’s like a driving test where what you’d actually say and what they want you to say for this are not necessarily the same.
Alas wasn’t to be. Good luck to the people that deservedly get it. Might have been my only shot, we’ll see where I’m at in 12 months but I think I’ve got to commit to something now that probably won’t allow me to give it another go soon.
It’s good to see some older folk applying. At 28 I was thinking I was getting too old but it shows you can pivot at any point.
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PA test submission oddity
Did everyone else get the ability to still play back their 2 recordings within the website AFTER submitting them...?
From the main menu once logged in, when you click on "My Interviews" there is a screen with various statuses and time stamps, then another link to watch your recordings. Once clicked two video thumbnails appear and can both be played (somewhat excruciating to be reminded of them again...!) but there is a "submit" button at the bottom which is weird because I'm sure I already submitted.
Also the text on the screen says "You have finished this video interview. Your answers are available to watch below. When you are ready, click continue to leave the video interview process." But the button below the thumbnails rather confusingly says "Submit" and not "Continue".... When you click it it just takes you back to the main menu again.
Now I'm probably overthinking it but worried something went wrong with the submission....
From the main menu once logged in, when you click on "My Interviews" there is a screen with various statuses and time stamps, then another link to watch your recordings. Once clicked two video thumbnails appear and can both be played (somewhat excruciating to be reminded of them again...!) but there is a "submit" button at the bottom which is weird because I'm sure I already submitted.
Also the text on the screen says "You have finished this video interview. Your answers are available to watch below. When you are ready, click continue to leave the video interview process." But the button below the thumbnails rather confusingly says "Submit" and not "Continue".... When you click it it just takes you back to the main menu again.
Now I'm probably overthinking it but worried something went wrong with the submission....
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That's good to hear!! I always said I wanted to be flying commercially by 30, that's the age we started having kids so you can imagine that never quite worked out...it's only now at 37 I'm really ready, looking back, at 30 I really don't think I had the resilience and drive that I have now. Did that come with age or did my kids beat that into me...suppose we'll never know lol
All I know I'll be flying one way or another, be it fully funded through BA or down the modular pathway as I had planned all along.
Good luck to you all!!! Really hoping we get good news soon!
P.S. I didn't submit my PA until 7th May so mine is still fresh...hoping to not hear anything for a while.
All I know I'll be flying one way or another, be it fully funded through BA or down the modular pathway as I had planned all along.
Good luck to you all!!! Really hoping we get good news soon!
P.S. I didn't submit my PA until 7th May so mine is still fresh...hoping to not hear anything for a while.
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Anyone got any idea when the emails are coming? Mine is due today and usually it was 11:30 but this has (evidently) been missed so I'm just unsure! Going mad refreshing my inbox.
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sounds like you’re on the right path. Give you an idea about my situation, I saved and spent enough on hour building over 3 years or so to reach the minimum criteria, then withdrew an unsecured personal loan to get me over the line with the CPL ME IR. Monthly repayments are £500 but could be worse! Definitely worth the investment though! I found out at the end of my first week of flight training that we were expecting a baby, so tried to get through all commercial training, UPRT and MCC before baby arrived - managed it with 10 days to spare!
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sounds like you’re on the right path. Give you an idea about my situation, I saved and spent enough on hour building over 3 years or so to reach the minimum criteria, then withdrew an unsecured personal loan to get me over the line with the CPL ME IR. Monthly repayments are £500 but could be worse! Definitely worth the investment though! I found out at the end of my first week of flight training that we were expecting a baby, so tried to get through all commercial training, UPRT and MCC before baby arrived - managed it with 10 days to spare!
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I was one of the first to do my PA - the 25th April, so I should have heard back today. Given that it's 6pm and I have received 0 correspondence, I will assume that I will receive my outcome tomorrow. Apparently no news is good news, but that remains to be seen. Will keep you all updated.