So after visiting FTE I must confirm that the school itself from the look is just an amazing place to learn to fly. The campus is clean with very nice rooms (wouldn't say too many good things about internet but it is good enough to chat on skype:D)

Most of the students look happy and fully into work till very evening when everyone is going to the bar for a chill.

About ground school, I was informed that to allow you to go for CAA ATPL exams they exam you with an internal exam unless you pass, which is absolutely the same as OAA does (although FTE does not advertise it like OAA), also every few months you go for revision tests where they indicate your progress and your performance, which is fully internal and is only for your information.

The flight instructors I met were simply amazing. Absolutely friendly and excited about teaching.

The simulater and all the other harware looked inspiring if you may say so.

Employment wise, I was informed that every year Aer Lingus and City Flyer are asking for approximately 25-30 students for them and that is the reason why they are putting best students forward for these jobs.

Although if you will check OAA emplyment statistics they have half or even more of the students getting RYANAIR jobs, despite the fact that the school has absolutelly nothing to do with that since quite a number of FTE grads going Ryanair as well.

The staff of the school is one of the friendliest I have ever seen and I have seen quite some. Back there you just feel yourself like a home.

As for my personal plans I am waiting for sponsored schemes with them and if not I will join them as a sef-sponsored students since if some sponsored schemes arise during my time there I am still allowed to apply for them being in my studies already. Sounds like a plan;) And I would suggest anyone considering integrated route do the same thing.



P.S. Don't take assessment there too lightly;) I passed and believe it was quite easy, although I already know a number of people who failed (pilapt/verbal) mostly

I will start on 12 October!! But english is not my mother tongue and I will do 3 months of english lessons before, so I will start on July!Someone in the same situation? Or someone who starts on Ocober?

I chose FTE because live there with full accomodation and live with the students will help me to improve my english and will be good for my training I think!

FTE assessment
 

Thanks to everyone so far that has messaged me about the fte assessment day,really appreciate all the help.

If anyone else has been over recently, could you please drop me a message, have my assessment coming up and am getting fairly nervous.
Any help no matter how small you think it might be will be very much appreciated. Thanks all

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ftejerez??

It is in Spain but I think that emitted license UK

yes, it is UK license

hey all,
been very quiet on the fte news of recent. anyone who is out there got any news or anyone hoping to go out??

25-30 guys into Aer Lingus every year? I really don't think so! The cadets yes but this is the first class EI have run in quite some time. EI recruitment to my best information had been stagnant for a long time before the FO posts advertised in Dec 2010 i think it was and then the cadetship more recently. I would take that waffle with a large pinch of salt. Usual FTO bull :yuk:

Re read that post brocode. It said 25-30 for flyer and lingus, as a total one off. No mention of every year. Sounds plausible.
Flyer crews do tours, that's extra bodies to be placed on every airframe. Probably 6-7 per frame. Factor in the numbers who jumped to the ME just before, or after their command courses and it's no wonder they need bodies. Perhaps new airframes to arrive?

Lingus drag their heels through heaps of HR red-tape before conducting any recruitment/courses. I would not be surprised in the slightest if they needed some extra bodies.

Sounds like a mention of every year to me.

If it was me I'd be asking to see the exact numbers over the last 24/36 months.

Just went last week did my assessment and passed it, now looking to join fte in september/october.
Reading past posts people saying situation doesn't look to good but I think now they are getting back up to track, this is my opinion as an outsider but am still quite worried about whether to join FTE or not :s

I appreciate that as a second time poster this will look suspicious, but I read this thread with concern before coming out to FTE a few months ago. In my opinion, the criticisms are almost entirely unjustified.

What I've found here is a bunch of highly enthusiastic, highly knowledgeable instructors who make ground school as enjoyable as possible. There may have been some changes before I arrived, but as things currently stand, the quality of the training is excellent. My course have done consistently well throughout Phase I, and we feel well prepared for our JARs.

If anyone has any specific concerns, feel free to PM me. But don't let this thread put you off coming to an excellent school!

i graduated from fte just over a year ago, and some of the things here are true.
the training at fte in my eyes was pretty dam good and you do get a lot of flying done as the weather is great, and while you're a student there you will enjoy it there, but the day u've finished ur mcc and graduated you better hope that u made it into the top 5% of graduates of the year worthy of a recommendation as less than 5% of graduates find jobs with the schools help (ie through recommendations) and if you havent then you do realise what every1 else on here is on about, for you its a school, but for them it is a business. the day you leave is the day you're forgotten about,as for helping you out and keeping in contact with you wen ur gone, in the past year and a bit ive recieved 2 emails, as for the interview preparation its just a lady who gives u 2 hours of info, and thats the most important part, once she leaves the room you will never hear from her again, (even though shes given every1 her email address and said she will help you prepare your cv and what not)
AND SO with hindsight if i could go back and goto ctc or oaa or even gone modular i would.

like many of you aspiring aviators you all know that aircraft have callsigns, well ironically fte's call sign is "cygnet"- a young swan-a bird, and what happens when a young bird learns how to fly, its thrown out of its nest and forgotten about.

If the situation at FTE was that down, and if instructors where leaving.. I don't think that FTE Jerez would order 8 new Diamond DA42 aircraft and 2 Diamond simulators 2 FNPT2 DA42 ! which definitely is a sign of things going better :)

Do you mean that CTC Wings or OAA are better in placing their graduates with their partner airlines?
so it's been a year from your graduation .. are you employed at the moment?
Did FTE help you with the interview/CV preparation or at least recommend you to apply for an airline? or was it you who personally searched and applied for an airline? How long did it take you to get employed after graduation?

Hagop, what has the success of FTE as a business got to do with its record of graduates finding jobs?

I think all of Hagops questions are valid. As a successful business they should be helping all of their 'clients' as much as they can.

I think for Euro 100,000 plus euro there should be more of an effort made by Fte to help their students.
I hope to go to FTE however this is a constant concern of mine and putting doubts in my head about the place; an awful lot of graduates have said they have received little or no help by FTE as regards an interview etc with an airline.

As Paul said am also worried about fte helping you with interviews and finding a job, really want to join fte but this is the one thing putting me, if they improved and got better reviews on this one thing I would certainly join fte straight away

Someone needs to reassure me with this :(

United just ordered 150 737s, do you think they have enough pilots to fly them already?

Just because they've ordered new aircraft (much needed new aircraft), it doesn't mean they have the required instructors.

Smoke and mirrors
 

A few years back, I enjoyed a one day assessment with thomas co?k and FTE Jerez. I was absolutely promised that after the assessment I would be out in one of three piles. You're in on the TCX scheme, you're in, but not under the scheme, or you're not up to being a pilot. Well none happened. The smoking dragon that promised all of the above started her speech by saying that there were no smoke and mirrors. Which meant there was. So, for me fte have proven to be liars. But to be fair, I'd rather not be hanging my future on TCX as they won't be around in 18 months time. So go into FTE Jerez! Enjoy!

I went to FTE a while back to tour the school to see what's what. I believe before they had the usual CPL/MEIR +MCC for around £85,000. Now with this "new" course, the First Officer course, they are giving you all above with JOC and interview/CV prep for around £86,000. Am I missing something here?