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Forum: Fragrant Harbour
27th Nov 2012, 14:55
Replies: 9
Views: 7,096
Posted By holdmetight

In my previous life I was a flight dispatcher...

In my previous life I was a flight dispatcher working out of HKIA (not for CX). If you don't have a HKID and don't speak Cantonese already, your application will go straight into the rubbish bin....
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
22nd Jan 2011, 22:54
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

midnightsky

Umm...

Flight Training Adelaide provides world-class aviation and pilot training for international airlines, corporate pilots and private learn-to-fly studen...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
22nd Dec 2010, 15:59
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

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Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
22nd Dec 2010, 04:00
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Trent 800

I'll stick my hand into the fire for this one, but as usual do your own research to find out if my post is accurate or not. If not, please feel free to correct!

So here we have some information:...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
21st Dec 2010, 10:12
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Stress in cadet interviews

Unfortunately I have to concur with 404 when he says that lack of preparation was the key. People often study their butts off because they anticipate questions that will be of high technical...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
10th Dec 2010, 13:58
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Stallone

You fly the Grob115, Tobago TB10, Diamond DA42 and Mudry CAP10 as an ab initio cadet. AE guys only fly the Diamond DA42.
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
8th Dec 2010, 07:27
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

blueflight76

Advanced Flight Grading is for people with between 30 and 220 hours TT, while those who have between 220-1500? do Advanced Entry Flight Grading. The former consists of 3 Grob flights and 3 IFR sims,...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
4th Dec 2010, 09:26
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

773

People with more than 220 hours and have a CPL are put into the Advanced Entry course that takes 32 weeks. I am not sure but there is a TT course catering for people with 1500? hours or more, I think...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
4th Dec 2010, 05:09
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Selection Timeline

In case it helps anyone, here is the schedule by which I did the selection process. I was a local applicant, applying for the second time.

Submission of on-line application
16th December 2009
...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
4th Dec 2010, 04:46
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Chase3139

The cut-off for basic grading (7 sorties in G115) is 15 hours, while you must have at least 30 hours to qualify for advanced grading (3 sorties in G115 and 3 IFR sorties). According to the...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
4th Dec 2010, 02:20
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Advanced Flight Grading

I think I wrote about this quite a while back, with my post based on the research I had done. This time I am writing as someone who has actually been there and done that. Hope this helps people get a...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
4th Dec 2010, 01:34
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

I came back from flight grading nearly two weeks...

I came back from flight grading nearly two weeks ago, got called and given the nod a few days back.
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
26th Nov 2010, 08:02
Replies: 21
Views: 7,518
Posted By holdmetight

HVY

I don't think that will happen - if the entire concept of icadets is cancelled, the pilot recruitment framework of the past would reappear, with an ab initio cadet scheme for locals and a DESO...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
21st Nov 2010, 22:47
Replies: 10
Views: 3,407
Posted By holdmetight

davissiu

Sounds like you need to sit down and think long and hard about what you want from your career. CX and KA both offer distinctly different lifestyles so it really isn't about what other people think,...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
10th Nov 2010, 10:16
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

mtcaust

What makes you think that?
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
3rd Nov 2010, 13:38
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

DDobinpilot

I'm going for the 61 week course.
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
3rd Nov 2010, 10:40
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Flight Grading

Anyone heading to Adelaide for flight grading starting on the 13th? I'm starting to get jittery, grading should just be around the corner and I still haven't received anything concrete to confirm...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
3rd Nov 2010, 10:37
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

ap_797

IMHO that is the last thing you should be worrying about. Focus on getting the job done to the best of your ability, and let Cathay figure out the rest. Trust me, you have more than enough to do...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
2nd Nov 2010, 12:38
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

nmcpilot

B777-200: Rolls Royce Trent 872
B777-300: Rolls Royce Trent 892
Airbus A330-300: Rolls Royce Trent 700
Airbus A340-300: CFM56
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
1st Nov 2010, 17:15
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

nmcpilot

The PAT and the Wombat Test are totally seperate things and are not similar. The PAT focuses on the physical side of things, such as hand-eye coordination and reaction time etc. The Wombat Test has...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
1st Nov 2010, 02:40
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

NightFlightsAreMagic

You wil get one "aptitude" test - either the Wombat Test or the traditional Cathay aptitude test. It depends on which of these you did in Stage 1; if you did the Wombat in Stage 1 you will get the...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
31st Oct 2010, 16:14
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

DDobinpilot What does your Stage 2...

DDobinpilot

What does your Stage 2 invitation e-mail say? I don't think they have stopped using the Wombat test, though apart from that your projected Stage 2 itinerary is pretty accurate. Stage...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
31st Oct 2010, 09:58
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

ap_797

The flight planning exercise is actually quite easy and candidates with no experience or knowledge in flight planning can do just as well as a jet pilot with an ATPL. Those with flying experience...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
26th Oct 2010, 11:49
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Malov

You normally get another shot at the cadetship if you failed one attempt, so I would think that a rejection naturally means that you did not make the grade this time, but you are welcome to try...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
25th Oct 2010, 12:27
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Flight Grading

Anyone heading down to Adelaide for Flight Grading beginning on 13th November?
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
22nd Oct 2010, 10:17
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

During the selection process you do one...

During the selection process you do one comprehensive company medical in which they will assess your physical condition, and until then they probably don't look at any medical-related items. You will...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
16th Oct 2010, 02:47
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

From observation courses are starting up every 2...

From observation courses are starting up every 2 months, so I'd say 6 batches a year?



I applied in mid-December, 2009.



As far as I know the cadetpilot one is the only official...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
16th Oct 2010, 02:43
Replies: 19
Views: 6,949
Posted By holdmetight

Roberts147

Hey there,

In reality you don't get to pick the fleet you join when you graduate, you go to whatever fleet needs new S/Os at the time. They will try to give you what you want though, but there...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
15th Oct 2010, 04:36
Replies: 163
Views: 84,387
Posted By holdmetight

For a potential/current/ex cadet pilot, I guess...

For a potential/current/ex cadet pilot, I guess the only way the cadet scheme is monetarily feasible is if you are a true local who has an established family home here in HKG.
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
15th Oct 2010, 04:29
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

CXGE90

Thanks for that! :ok:
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
14th Oct 2010, 16:40
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

AsL402 No worries, thanks for your reply....

AsL402

No worries, thanks for your reply. Hope all is well with you! ;)

CXGE90

Thanks for replying, do you recall the recruitment personnel saying anything about how many days to expect...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
13th Oct 2010, 18:02
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

AsL402

Thanks for the reply. Did they all do advanced grading?
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
13th Oct 2010, 15:34
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Em773ER

Haha well apart from the fact that the simulator sessions are now done on the DA42 sim (as the B200 sim is U/S), otherwise it should still be pretty much the same as before. The one week I quoted...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
13th Oct 2010, 14:34
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

Advanced Flight Grading

How many days is one expected to stay in Adelaide for Advanced Flight Grading (3 Grob flights + 3 sim flights + briefings/weather contingency)?

Thanks in advance. :ok:
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
10th Oct 2010, 16:01
Replies: 8,330
Views: 4,581,959
Posted By holdmetight

I had 85 hours TT when I did Stage 1. They...

I had 85 hours TT when I did Stage 1.

They will definitely get technical with you sooner or later, so try to read up a bit on jet systems etc. The purpose of asking you these things is to see...
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