This week is going incredibly fast, and everyday has been quite busy. I’m finding the ground school very easy so far, and my Physics degree is really helpful. I’m sure it’ll get complicated before I know it, though! There’s also a huge volume of information that needs to be learnt in a short space of time, so there the challenge lies. I’m trying to get my course mates to work together on exercise sheets, to make it easier on all of us – we all have strengths and weaknesses and I think some group work will really benefit. In any case it’s much more fun working in a group!
I’ve been spending plenty of time with friends so I’ve not really had much time to myself to just reflect and relax on my own. Still, I’m really enjoying the company around me, and we’re all really getting along. We’re planning a trip to Gibraltar this weekend, which will be fun! There’s also talk of going to Morocco some time in the future.
We had a presentation from the General Manager of Flybe on recruitment in their airline, for about an hour. The room was packed out, and I found the presentation to be quite entertaining and useful and it’s always nice to see any airline representative in person. He went through the interview & selection process, which starts off with the online application. I learnt that 50% are rejected due to them not being filled out properly – be it blank spaces, bad spelling, bad grammar or someone had just not put enough thought into them. It was advised that one should spend around 3 hours on filling out the application form. The next stage was the interview, where the best thing to do is to just be yourself.. even though I’ve found from experience that it’s hard to relax and be yourself when nervous! Still, one must try. Around 25% won’t get through the interview, and then there’s the simulator check ride left. Good attitude and learning ability is important here. If someone were to get through this, they’d be offered a place on a type-rating course, where one’s trained to fly a specific type of aircraft.