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Captain C,
Well done on getting the interview.
Do you feel like sharing with the rest of us the details of your time at Cranebank? I'm quite interested in knowing what you were asked about BACX, and other questions during the interview itself.
Many thanks
'round midnight.
Well done on getting the interview.
Do you feel like sharing with the rest of us the details of your time at Cranebank? I'm quite interested in knowing what you were asked about BACX, and other questions during the interview itself.
Many thanks
'round midnight.
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i have been to the interview at cranebank.
i suggest you read the wannabes section,there is a post
which explains in detail what to expect, it's very accurate
and that includes the carparking.
there were 10 of us,split in two groups,for group excersise,
yes we still have to do that aswell.
after that, some went straight to interview, others did various other tasks. i finished by 1600.
the interview itself is nothing i have ever experience before.
there was one pilot and one hr person.
they seemed to be reading there questions of a laminate.
pilot started with questions after 25mins they swapped over.
they didn't ask any personal questions at all,like
tell us something about you?
no questions about ba,like what do you know about ba,or business plan or anything like it
nothing about bacx.
we are not worth mentioning!
all the questions i was asked ,were give me an example when you
influenced others
applied crm
define crm
and so on
they want you to give them real life scenarios.
wasn't asked any technical question at all.
the verbal and numeric tests are from shl, so i suggest you go on there website and do lots of practice,it's statements with true,false, can't say . numbers like on test battery example 6.
on micro pad test lots subtractions like 845-56=752, true or false.
the test everybody seemed to be struggling with ,was the one with the radar screen.they show you a radar screen, with,N,E,S,W
and range rings 10,20,30. the radar screen goes and you have to remember where everything is.
then they give you 4 moves one after another,can't write it down you have to remember,like, 10N,20E,25S,10W.
don't forget you start in the middle. once you have been through all four instructions you have to use the joystick ,and now comes the gotcha,because they didn't ask where you are but where the airfield is, if you place it where the directions took you, you are out by 180 degrees .
i suggest you go the other way,like the instruction is 10N,go 10S
and so on.
there was a q&a session at lunchtime, was more like how brilliant ba is. one thing stood out, 777 works hard,now that's hard in ba terms, his words not mine! but the poor things have 14 to 15 days a month off.
hope that helps and by the way ,a flight manager told me, ba had 60 applications by last week from bacx.
good luck
i have been to the interview at cranebank.
i suggest you read the wannabes section,there is a post
which explains in detail what to expect, it's very accurate
and that includes the carparking.
there were 10 of us,split in two groups,for group excersise,
yes we still have to do that aswell.
after that, some went straight to interview, others did various other tasks. i finished by 1600.
the interview itself is nothing i have ever experience before.
there was one pilot and one hr person.
they seemed to be reading there questions of a laminate.
pilot started with questions after 25mins they swapped over.
they didn't ask any personal questions at all,like
tell us something about you?
no questions about ba,like what do you know about ba,or business plan or anything like it
nothing about bacx.
we are not worth mentioning!
all the questions i was asked ,were give me an example when you
influenced others
applied crm
define crm
and so on
they want you to give them real life scenarios.
wasn't asked any technical question at all.
the verbal and numeric tests are from shl, so i suggest you go on there website and do lots of practice,it's statements with true,false, can't say . numbers like on test battery example 6.
on micro pad test lots subtractions like 845-56=752, true or false.
the test everybody seemed to be struggling with ,was the one with the radar screen.they show you a radar screen, with,N,E,S,W
and range rings 10,20,30. the radar screen goes and you have to remember where everything is.
then they give you 4 moves one after another,can't write it down you have to remember,like, 10N,20E,25S,10W.
don't forget you start in the middle. once you have been through all four instructions you have to use the joystick ,and now comes the gotcha,because they didn't ask where you are but where the airfield is, if you place it where the directions took you, you are out by 180 degrees .
i suggest you go the other way,like the instruction is 10N,go 10S
and so on.
there was a q&a session at lunchtime, was more like how brilliant ba is. one thing stood out, 777 works hard,now that's hard in ba terms, his words not mine! but the poor things have 14 to 15 days a month off.
hope that helps and by the way ,a flight manager told me, ba had 60 applications by last week from bacx.
good luck
skery1a
As one of the hard working BA 777 Capts I need my 13 -14 days off a month as that equates to 16 - 17 days work (ie away from my family) . The work consists of at least 5 seperate trips (6 in January) or put another way 10 Atlantic crossings per month. Three consecutive months of that and I'm starting to wilt.
Having flown 6 sector days for Manx (remember Farecracker Sunday LPL's?) on regular basis I am in a position to compare tiredness levels. High pressure shorthaul ops are demanding and physically tiring but you get to sleep in a bed most nights - longhaul is both boring and fatigueing at the same time. Continuosly crossing time zones whilst trying to stay awake in the flight deck has a cumulitive effect only ameliorated by time off...
As one of the hard working BA 777 Capts I need my 13 -14 days off a month as that equates to 16 - 17 days work (ie away from my family) . The work consists of at least 5 seperate trips (6 in January) or put another way 10 Atlantic crossings per month. Three consecutive months of that and I'm starting to wilt.
Having flown 6 sector days for Manx (remember Farecracker Sunday LPL's?) on regular basis I am in a position to compare tiredness levels. High pressure shorthaul ops are demanding and physically tiring but you get to sleep in a bed most nights - longhaul is both boring and fatigueing at the same time. Continuosly crossing time zones whilst trying to stay awake in the flight deck has a cumulitive effect only ameliorated by time off...
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Nothing to add really to what skery has put. I totally agree about the radar plot, that was really quite difficult. Even with experience in a former life of watching a PPI, I found it tricky, and wouldn't like to say what my score may have been.
As regards qus I DID get asked about BA, but fairly general, ie how many fleets, what kind of route/aircraft combo, which routes/aircraft had the best load factor/seat/km/gbp etc.
I got the interview usual "why BA" question, about which I perjured myself,
high standards, professionalism, etc etc, hope my nose didn't grow too much. A couple of minor technical qus, eg, "in the descent what happens to the actual mach number and the critical mach number" , very vague, so I woffled for quite a while. They wanted to know what I thought the effect of EASA would be on BA. They talked a bit about my own history, etc, oblique references to BACX, but more on why I wanted to leave rather than what I thought of its management.
Also got the qus that skery mentioned, particularly the standard HR things about "give me an example of when you were promoted/of when you weren't promoted and what did you feel about that". Also an example of trying to influence a situation or group, and again, feelings after succeeding and after not succeeding.
Overall, it was pretty friendly, but I have to say writing this down has made me remember bits in more detail - I hate interviews, I think I am going to expect the worst and hope the best. There was no-one else I knew from BACX there on the day.
As regards qus I DID get asked about BA, but fairly general, ie how many fleets, what kind of route/aircraft combo, which routes/aircraft had the best load factor/seat/km/gbp etc.I got the interview usual "why BA" question, about which I perjured myself,
high standards, professionalism, etc etc, hope my nose didn't grow too much. A couple of minor technical qus, eg, "in the descent what happens to the actual mach number and the critical mach number" , very vague, so I woffled for quite a while. They wanted to know what I thought the effect of EASA would be on BA. They talked a bit about my own history, etc, oblique references to BACX, but more on why I wanted to leave rather than what I thought of its management. Also got the qus that skery mentioned, particularly the standard HR things about "give me an example of when you were promoted/of when you weren't promoted and what did you feel about that". Also an example of trying to influence a situation or group, and again, feelings after succeeding and after not succeeding.Overall, it was pretty friendly, but I have to say writing this down has made me remember bits in more detail - I hate interviews, I think I am going to expect the worst and hope the best. There was no-one else I knew from BACX there on the day.
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of course not! hence the remark on the 14 days off i'm missing out on, i am not bitter,honest
but i wish everybody else good luck or well done if you got in .
maybe we should stop behaving like small children and get on with it, there is good things and bad things about every company
and the bickering is not going to help anybody.
i admit there are not many good things in bacx at the moment,the only i can think about is the crews i work with every day and if management doesn't get a grip, all this good people will be gone!!!
i think it's about time they show some sort of appreciation.
how about a voucher for WHSmith as christmas bonus and if we put all our vouchers together for an annual abo of flight international !!
not given up yet, have a few more irons in the fire
thank's for all the good info
sorry got to go now ,
have to preapre for my 10 sector day tomorrow.
of course not! hence the remark on the 14 days off i'm missing out on, i am not bitter,honest
but i wish everybody else good luck or well done if you got in .
maybe we should stop behaving like small children and get on with it, there is good things and bad things about every company
and the bickering is not going to help anybody.
i admit there are not many good things in bacx at the moment,the only i can think about is the crews i work with every day and if management doesn't get a grip, all this good people will be gone!!!
i think it's about time they show some sort of appreciation.
how about a voucher for WHSmith as christmas bonus and if we put all our vouchers together for an annual abo of flight international !!
not given up yet, have a few more irons in the fire
thank's for all the good info
sorry got to go now ,
have to preapre for my 10 sector day tomorrow.
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Afraid to have to say that I shan't be visiting the sim either. I clearly don't have enough of whatever the 'Right Stuff' is on this occasion.
Ah me, I probably would have made a pretty rubbish Co-Pilot anyway. Now, methinks a word with Thomsonfly is an idea!
Good luck to anyone who DID make the sim.
CC
Ah me, I probably would have made a pretty rubbish Co-Pilot anyway. Now, methinks a word with Thomsonfly is an idea!
Good luck to anyone who DID make the sim.
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Skery 1A and Capt.C,
Commiseration guys and thanks for the tips/info posted here.
As I mentioned at the beginning of the thread, it's interesting to monitor how BAcx guys and gals are getting on with the selection process: large numbers being interviewed but how many have got through?
(I'm not for one moment suggesting Bacx pilots should necessarily be accepted because they are BAcx - merely interested in the pass rate.)
Commiseration guys and thanks for the tips/info posted here.
As I mentioned at the beginning of the thread, it's interesting to monitor how BAcx guys and gals are getting on with the selection process: large numbers being interviewed but how many have got through?
(I'm not for one moment suggesting Bacx pilots should necessarily be accepted because they are BAcx - merely interested in the pass rate.)
