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Old 2nd Jan 2014, 22:39
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Using the compass tests for experienced aircrew is totally inappropriate the tests are intended to find out if the candidate is a training risk for a basic flying course, the candidate is expected to be a young person just out of school and of the play station generation.

So why put very experienced pilots who represent a close to zero training risk and are thirty years away from academic study and have never seen a play station to this type of testing ?

I can only think of one reason.

In my opinion it is because they need a pass/fail test that gives results that are totaly free of any subjective reasoning thus avoiding any chance of the company being accused ( possibly in court ) of any racist or sexist bias, the only problem is that the test is by it's very nature mature middle age people with years of experience in the industry are the poorest placed to get a good result.

Were I come from we call it politicly correct bull****.............. The left wingers lawyers call it age discrimination and it will only be a matter of time before this sort of testing comes back to bite in the form of a court case, that will just be the cherry on the self imposed pilot shortage cake that the so called HR professionals have baked.

No doubt Artie will put this down as me being sore at the EXS HR people but I find that I have the same opinion of the goings on as some within the EXS training system and I thank them for the encouragement and support. It takes a very gifted HR person to understand pilot recruitment, there are a few in the industry and I can count them on the fingers of one hand........ Apparently none of them have ventured north of Luton or south of Oslo.
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Old 2nd Jan 2014, 23:22
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With regards to the Compass testing, it was the same one as emirates used when I did it and all the answers are online. A little bit of research and effort and even an idiot like me passed it.
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Old 3rd Jan 2014, 04:04
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How many times do you have to be told A C that compass testing was dropped a year ago in favour of simulator assessments. Intresting that the sim is producing a high failure rate as well though! Glad you have found a company that suits you.
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Old 3rd Jan 2014, 08:17
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A&C, the first time you made the point I read it and whole heartedly agreed with you. But you regurgitate the same point at every possible opportunity. It does come across (no doubt incorrectly) as bitterness.
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Old 7th Jan 2014, 11:09
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Interestingly enough, I've heard the same about the verbal and numerical reasoning tests. I've heard that most people fail the tests, but they don't count for very much in the actual selection. It's just if you cry discrimination, they will fish out your verbal/numerical reasoning test score with a resounding call of "computer says no".
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Old 7th Jan 2014, 12:03
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Has the recruitment and interviews come to an end? I have had an app in since July and still sat at application received! I applied last time and still await a response either way from that one as well.

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