@ cobracommander

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i just read about it, surely this should help, it's very much in detail

hey guys,

heres what i could find out from jet since i have a few friends who wrote the paper.

approx. 2200 total. 800 mumbai, 800 delhi, 600 chennai and other centres.
papers are omr, they are understaffed so results will take a few more days.
approx 250 from the august recruitment are directly called for the gd.

firstly, guys relax.
if and when it happens, it will happen.
i went crazy the last time too but i realized i was wasting a tonne of energy when i could have been doing something more fruitful, and it worked!

start reading up on current affairs and past crashes.
and stick to your basics. thats very important. they don't want a mr/ms. know-it-all.

the entire process is purely by merit and completely fair. if you've not made it, work on it, don't fret and fume on pprune. they've purposely come out with an ad 6 months later to give everyone who didn't make it in august another chance. so you're lucky! a lot of airlines won't.

watch what you post on forums like this and face book etc.
i've read some pretty negative things in the thread for the august recruitment and its not difficult to find out who you are.

finally, when you've reached a point in the recruitment that you know you've 99% made it but are just waiting for medicals, please please enjoy the time you have because you'll never get it back!

so good luck with everything, it's totally worth the wait and effort!
hope it helps. pm me if you need more info.

cheers!

goodjob flygirl:D

@flygirl2010
 

even I appeared for the writtens at delhi...I think ua figures aren't correct because in delhi itslf there were close to 1200 people,and heard there were close to 1700 in mumbai. Under no circumstances there can be less than 1000 people in mumbai because it was completely full and many of my friends who had applied for mumbai were given chennai as they said mumbai centre was full. I think in total there are close to some 3500 people.

candidates in mumbai
 

i gave my exam in mumbai and as far as i know, the roll number was ~ 950..

your roll no doesn't denote how many people have sat for the paper. in that case in august, going by my roll no there should have been more than 1900 people in mumbai!

secondly, i may be wrong, though i would trust the person i spoke to.

thirdly, its the number of people who make it in the end that matters.

like i said, don't waste your energy on trivial things like this. its not worth it.

to put your mind at ease, about 5.5% people made it though the august system. aim to be part of that in the february system.

A general ques-

When approaching IDL from the east-
a) be prepared to increase your date by 1
b) be prepared to decrease your date by 1

@ flyinghigh89

a) be prepared to increase your date by 1
i am 200% sure :ok:

@ flyinghigh89

think of it this way, "east is least and west is best", so when you're flying towards the west (from the east as your question mentioned), then add a day, but if you're flying towards the east, then subtract a day :ok:

@ fly.low

sorry my friend, you're wrong about that :=
my source: International Date Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2nd paragraph, 1st line, wikipedia is always a good reference :ok:

Oops xactly, how silly i am...ofcorse crossing east to west u gain a day

@flygirl2010
thats wrong..i gave the exam from delhi and my roll number was 31xx. delhi clearly crossed 1100 applicants. so please stop guessing ad spreading rumours.:=

@FlyGirl2010: Madame are you part of JetAirways staff. You seem to have inside knowledge.
By the way have all those who qualified in August 2010 been inducted into the Airline? There is some controversy on the subject. Please help resolve it.:ugh:

I appeared in delhi and my exam was conducted in center no. 2 the second portion of army public school.
The Delhi center was divided in 2 parts center 1 and center 2.
I saw the serial number @ center 2 the last one was 1750.
That means 1750 were called to appear @ delhi.
some people applied for the exam 3-4 times with different details so they were given 2-3 roll numbers ( this includes few of my frnds)
So I think around 1500 appeared in delhi

There seems to be some confusion regarding the IDL. I have gone through Wikipedia, but that too does not make any sense at all. We know that the countries west of us are behind our time. India is about 11 hours ahead of the US(depending on their time zones), so if its Friday morning here 7 am here in India, its Thursday evening 8 pm over there.

Now if we consider New Zealand and US(Hawaii), there's nearly 23 hours of time difference between them, but still US is behind the New Zealand time, isn't that correct. For ex- Friday morning 7 am in NZ would be Thursday morning 8 am in Hawaii. Now take two people standing on opposite sides of the IDL. One will be in the western hemisphere and the other east. The guy on the east will be a whole day(24hours) ahead of the guy on the west.

Now take a big step and cross the line, and there you are in the western hemisphere with a date subtracted, not added. This is just my logic, please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

There shouldn't be so much confusion on a simple thing such as IDL

REMEMBER:

Travelling west - You're going back in time - So you're Gaining a DAY

Travelling East- You're going ahead in time- So you're loosing a DAY

( EXAGGERATE it by imagining you're Superman zooming to the opposite Meridian with respect to you're current position ;) )

I hope all the other explanations including this one helps!

Good day! :ok:

@aroumika, on the contrary...i would never trust Wiki...BECAUSE its free source info and can be edited by anyone...even you...if you sign up !!! but your answer is correct...you add a date !!!

i completely agree with flygirl2010, the recruitment is fair and square.

@cobracommander, 2-3 paras were given to describe the situation...like so many people die, 270 i guess...the terrorist was terminally ill....and his 3months were remaining to serve his time...but should he have been released before he finished his time or not was the point of debate....another given point was that he received a hero's welcome when he returned to his country following his pre-mature release....!!!

@UpFirst, whats the controversy on the subject of the aug recruitment?

AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE DISCUSSING HOW MANY CANDIDATES APPEARED :8 :8 :ugh: :ugh:.....ITS LIKE DISCUSSING HOW MANY FISHES SWIM IN THE OCEAN !! :eek: :eek: HOW DOES IT MATTER TO ANYONE OF YOU ABOUT THE STRENGTH?? WOULD YOU NOT STILL APPEAR FOR THE EXAM IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW MANY APPEARING???? EVEN IF YOU SAY, FOR EG THERE WERE 1000 ROLL NOS IN MUMBAI, DOES IT REALLY MATTER IF 50 OF THEM WERE ABSENT ? OR THERE WAS A VACANT BENCH BEHIND YOU?? ALL THOSE 50 COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIAL CANDIDATES !!!!! BUT HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW THAT, WHO IS CAPABLE AND WHO IS NOT !!!! WELL, YOU WILL SURELY COME TO KNOW THAT ONCE THE FINAL EMAILS ARE ROLLED OUT FOR INDUCTION.

MARK MY WORDS.....ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MANY APPEARED....BUT HOW YOU PERFORM AS AN INDIVIDUAL !!!

east to west you gain a day or substract a date... 100% confirmed...

IDL
 

think of it this way
when you are coming from east , you are crossing it towards west
and when you cross it towards west you have to add the date
as you go towards west time LMT decreases but when it comes to crossing IDL date increases

bro this is wht i suggest..

utc = 1200 hrs.

LMT 179W = 1200-1156 = 0004 hrs

LMT 179E = 1200 + 1156 = 2356 hrs.

so when u go from 179E to 179 W by crossing IDL you go to 0004 hrs which is almost 24 hrs behind time at 179E. thus you gain a day or substract a date..