BA Direct Entry Pilot.

[clearofconflict]

The bus stop is number 19 I think. The bus is either the BA1 or BA5, one goes straight to Waterside, one might do a slight detour. The crew car park bus goes from stand 21, hence why there will be lots of BA crew standing around.

[pilot3103]

Thanks a lot to all for the information, really helpful, will be giving it my best shot then! Regards 3103

[Fullback]

I got the 'no' on Monday and I'm staggered by the condescending tone of their email...

'.....this decision reflects our current recruitment priorities and the nature of the skills we are seeking.'

For us mere mortals that are 'never going to be good enough for BA' I'd like to know what those 'skills' are. As far as I can see those from my airline that have been successful, fly exactly the same aeroplane, to exactly the same places with exactly the same competence as me.....

Good luck to everyone trying.

[bex88]

I would not pretend to be a supporter of the recruitment system but I cannot deny my surprise at the result. With about 1000 pilots on the airbus fleet I can honestly say I have only twice really wanted to get off the aircraft and as far away from the guy next to me as possible.

The process offers a small window in which a candidate can be viewed and variables such as the group of applicants, nerves and assessors obviously mean there will be some questionable outcomes. I think everyone must accept that this system does reject some good pilots but it certainly rejects many more on merit. There is always an odd ball that gets all the way through. They however usually get weeded out at the late stages of training or when they enter MOP. How does a FPP candidate get chucked out after going through all the training? I guess its hard to assess stupidity

[HAWK767]

I Got a somewhat more polite wording in my Application rejection Letter;
(No Airbus or Widebody Boeing Experience, only 737 experience)

Thank you for your recent application for First Officer which we have now been able to review in greater detail.

Due to very strong competition for this vacancy we regret to advise you that, after careful consideration, our decision is not to take your application further on this occasion.

Should you wish to re-apply for a similar position again in the future we would be delighted to receive another application from you once 6 months have elapsed from the date of your application to this recruitment campaign.

Due to the high volume of applications we are unfortunately unable to offer feedback.

May we thank you for the time you have given us and wish you every success in the future.

Yours sincerely
British Airways Recruitment

[Uberhesch]

A friend of mine just attended and interview and said that after a q & a session, he was left in no doubt that recruitment would only be onto the Bus, unless ex mil and/or with wide body experience, even then it was no gaurenteed they would get longhaul.

Can anybody confirm this?

[Superpilot]

I notice they are still talking about 6 months for re-application. Someone on here mentioned that was a mistake

[777X]

Is it not the case of 12 months if you attended selection and 6 months if not invited. And the 12 months is from date of interview...

[wiggy]

Uberhesch

What your friend heard sounds about right, it's consistent with we've been hearing and seeing internally .

The latest state of affairs was covered by BugSpeed on the other BA recruitment thread here:

http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearme...rt-2-a-26.html

[Widebdy]

What fleet are people being offered? Do BA pay any attention to your current type rating once selection is passed?

Could it be true that a 320 rated pilot be recruited onto the 787, while a non rated (e.g 737) pilot goes SH. I would have imagined that 320 rated pilots would be kept on the 320 in order to keep training/cost to a minimum?

[ALLOW]

I was under the impression there was 90 going to the Jumbo and 27 to the 787, all DEP. Could they all be filled already???

[nick14]

737 rated friend has been offered the 787 starting in March. Ex hold pooler.

[wiggy]

Sound's like a good and interesting result for your friend to say the least.

I wonder if the fact he/she isn't currently rated on the 'bus worked to their advantage (assuming he/she, etc, actually wants to go long haul).

[Youngaviator254]

Can anybody who has recently done the assessment shed the light on the numerical reasoning? is it the long data interpretation type questions or all short basic questions similar to those given in the SHL booklet?

Thanks!

[Globemiester]

It's the short stuff. No graphs or tables. 25 questions in not a lot of time. I think it is 8 minutes.

[Lazygolfer]

Still heard nothing, so obviously not top of their list. Does anybody know anything about when it's likely to get an answer one way or the other. Not holding out too much hope now!

[Reversethrustset]

Lazygolfer don't give up hope, I heard at the end of last week for day 1 so they are still contacting people. Hang in there

[Lazygolfer]

Thanks. I will keep checking my e-mail 50 times a day with my fingers crossed!

[flydog]

just got called for day one

[Juan Tugoh]

BA is really big on NOTECH skills, so being able to fly the sim well is important but is only half the story.