Anyone still waiting to hear the result of their sim from last week? It's been just over a week for me now and my wife is going to leave me if I carry on being such an unbearable git for much longer!! Unfortunately my sim partner got bad news yesterday, so I'm a little on edge.

I got the no yesterday EMB, as did a couple of others I've been in touch with. Perhaps no news is good news for you? Fingers crossed for you pal.

It's been asked before but anyone a little more "in the loop" ;) with BA recruitment than the rest of us have any idea when they might open up for fresh DEP applications? Ta muchly.

twice around the hold, sorry to hear your news. I can never get past the verbal reasoning, so keep your chin up. I'm interested to hear if your sim partner passed?!

Ditto after a similar day out!

Twice Round, sorry to hear you didn"t get in.

Still waiting to hear at this end. It's been nearly two weeks now. I'm sure they have their reasons and it's just a case of being patient.

Has anyone from this round of recruitment waited this long after the sim? Was the answer negative or positive? This is my dream job, so I'm sure it will be worth the wait if I get it. Everyone I know of from my week has heard back either way now, I even know of a couple of guys who have heard from last week.

Might be worth an email to waterside mate, does seem longer than average for an answer.

Anybody managed to get sim feedback after the sim after a "No"? I emailed the address included in the Unfortunately email, requesting a feedback chat over the phone. Never got a reply.

So here we are. Five years later, all the way to the sim check again, thought it went quite well, and none the wiser. Hey-ho, I still sit in the LHS of 320 flying around Europe. I suppose it must me less challenging than sitting in the RHS of a 320 flying around Europe :E

Sorry, just to clarify Permafrost_ATPL, are you still waiting to hear the result of your recent sim, or are you waiting for feedback? When were you in for the final stage?

Still no joy EMB, give them a shout.

I'm not going to bug them. On the day they said it could take up to two weeks. I'm sure they have their reasons. The wait is painful though.

I bet, everyone I know so far hasn't waited more than 5 days either way so wonder why there's a big wait for you and as far is I've heard each sim pair has heard their result at the same time.

It's definitely taking a lot longer for me than anyone else I know that's been through the process recently, but like I said, I'm sure they have their reasons. Perhaps my application is a little more complex with me living and working outside of the EU?

I did get the "No thank you" from the sim. But in that email it said please get in touch to receive feedback. So I did get in touch. And got not feedback.

Permafrost_ATPL pick up the phone mate.

Same advice for EMB too, I don't think calling will alter their decision mate. They are human (I think, have yet to get to day two and actually interact with anything other then a joystick and some verbal tests :) ), could easily have thought they've emailed you and haven't. Sounds silly but a lad I know who passed recently, with relatively low hours got an email saying he's going on the B747, only to be called 5 mins later and told sorry that email was for someone else keep reading the 320 manuals..

Guys,

It probably won't help your anticipation but just to throw some light onto the process and alleviate the conceived pressure on the recruitment team!

BA still has, at it's core, the mentality and structure of a nationalised industry. There are some progressive departments, primarily being those directly facing the customer, but many operate in their own 'bubble' and communicate completed tasks only to those department dependent upon them.

A classic example is that of 'commercial' deciding what aircraft, routes, loads etc. hence the required flying programme with it's associated hull numbers and thus crewing numbers and then dropping it onto the laps of Flight Ops and Training.

Once that has been done budgets and targets are set and the whole training programme grinds into action and recruitment levels and aircraft courses are decided. Unfortunately, constantly, the requirements generated by commercial are affected by various 'external and internal' influences which have a trickle down affect on training and recruitment leading to a change in annual targets and the ability to adequately crew specific hull types.

So, whilst I am sure you are all waiting with baited breath for your answers the simple fact is that recruiting may well be adjusting their position based on a new edict from above and having to rework their plans to take differently qualified pilots (ZFT to LH?) instead of their initial remit of crewing to SH. I'm sure that doesn't help those who might otherwise have got a place on SH when the push to DEP LH came in but just take it as not being a reflection of your ability 'per se' but more a reflection of the fluid, ever changing requirements of the company.

Hope that helps.

wirbelsturm, definitely agree with your account.

Are people still getting invited to day one? Is the 2015 recruitment comming to a close now with more recruitment for 2016 up and coming from a fresh campaign which I very much hope is the case.

Thanks for the insight wirbelstrum. Of those I know that have received the good news in the last two weeks, all of them have gone into the hold pool as opposed to being given course dates. None of those I know that have got the call have had heavy time, in fact most are Flybe chaps coming from the EJet or Q400.

It's certainly never boring at BA! I'll continue trying to be patient! :)