Malgus
 

Howdy all,

I was just interested to find out how those of you who went for this malgus lark got on. I was a bit sceptical of the deal, so was i right to be so or not,

any news would be greatful

TARPON

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73 at the second stage? These guys aren't fussy are they...

On the contrary, Troy, I think they are likely to be VERY fussy. The 2nd round was very similar to (for example) BA's first round and I would only expect around 10 people to be invited to the 3rd round.

i saw an ad. in the metro today, stating if you want to be a pilot, send an stamped addressed envelope to xxxxxxxx.

i cant remember the exact details but it was in Heathrow.

cant believe they are recriting if there at 2ns satge.

any comments.

perhaps short of funds?

If it takes about 450 paying applicants to fund one ATPL course then the 73 purported would represent a chop rate of 5 in 6.

The RAF OASC aptitude selection phase has a lower rate than this. Their criteria is to select RAF fast jet candidates.

It is IMPORTANT that you 73 who visit Wannabes keep us informed of progress.

Malgus have had deposits on account for a time now as they run their advertised selection scheme to their public timetable.

Meanwhile, and totally unconnected with this thread; I would wish the Astraeus cadets the very best of luck with their upcoming Type Rating Examinations.

I am sure you will be flying your very first jet airliner in the next couple of weeks - trust me - you will be grinning like your first solo. :)

Cheers

WWW

Malgus
 

Not a problem. I will let you all know. I was in the last 73 and am currently waiting to hear back from them. The tests were very similar to BA's tests for the first round. Especially the verbal reasoning.

Anyway, it is coming upto three weeks now since the testing date and still the postman has not delivered what I am looking for. Just keep waiting I guess.

I'll let you know

Regards,

Ross

malgus again
 

hi all

feel kind of cheated by malgus... a lot of money £147.00 for a student, but I would give anything a go to become a pilot...

the first stage took place in a crap hotel near glasgow- and everyone agreed the test was completely pants...

it was a 1975 edition of the 'US labour force' test... basically very hard arithmatic.... which in my opinion doesn't really tell you very much about the person

if they did a more rounded approach to selection, then surely they would get more of the right sort of people...

plus- i'm not too sure if they are in fact going to take 17 people on... purely down to how much money they make in the process of selection...

Go the bookies, far more enjoyable.

bigscott, the first stage maths questions were not 'very hard arithmetic', in fact they were just the sort of calculations that I would hope any professional pilot would be able to do (reasonably quickly - which is what they were testing for after all).

malgus
 

i knew someone would say that....

my point is that- the maths questions are not a true indicator alone of the suitability of the candidate...

the questions were also pretty old - 1975 - and were in imperial measurements....pretty awful....

so- perhaps there are good potential pilots slipping through their net....

Sorry to have to rant about those bloody tests again, but they are NO indication whatsoever of whether you will make a good pilot. They are, purely and simply, a way of reducing numbers for the next round. This applies to all the aptitude tests for airline training schemes.

At the end of the day, if you can do simple arithmetic (ie 3 times table and reciprocal headings) that is all you will ever use. I mean, are you really going to work out the area of an equilateral triangle whilst you are flying? If you are, then I suggest that you may be missing something more important - like situational awareness and that mountain straight ahead of you!

The days of having to take star sightings and then work out your position in the universe using complicated formulae are long gone. I freely admit that I am terrible at maths, and always have been, but it has had zero effect on my flying ability. I even managed to pass Perf A first time - nightmare though it was.

The end point of this ramble is that you should not despair if you fail the selection tests, it does not mean that you are destined never to fly :) Unfortunately, if you want to get sponsored then you have to suffer them.

Keep your chin up ;)

Anyone heard yet from results of Stage 2??

Nope. But I haven't had today's (15/5) mail yet...

Yeah i got the letter today too. Unfortauntely didn't make it to the 3rd and final stage, but still happy I got to the 2nd stage. Oh well looks like its my own funds paying for the PPL this summer. hehe. Good Luck Zerouali and everyone else who made it to the 3rd stage. I was looking forward to the technical interview as well.
Anyway back to the studying for Uni exams.

Regards,

Ross

see you there zerouali.
Wonder how many are through?

I'll see you there too...

I'm not going to the 3rd stage either.

Oh thank god, I thought I was the only one!!

Malgus didn't reply
 

I wrote to Malgus myself to find out why I didn't make it past the first stage. I never received a reply.