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Technical Assessment (Cut-e) - L3 Airline Academy Selection

15 Aug 2018

Selection

ARCHIVED: Technical Assessment (PILAPT) - L3 Airline Academy Selection

15 Aug 2018

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Job Hunt: Two Months In (easyJet)

05 Jul 2018

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Job Hunt: One Month In

05 Jun 2018

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AQC Week 3: Jet Orientation Course

10 May 2018

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AQC Week 2: Multi-crew Cooperation Course

29 Apr 2018

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AQC Week 1: Groundschool, CRM Course & Memory Flows

21 Apr 2018

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AQC Accommodation, Southampton

17 Apr 2018

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Hi George!! Just wanted to say thank you for helping me out. I contacted you a few weeks ago asking for tips on the PILAPT and flying through boxes exercise and you gave me a lot of advice. I got an email yesterday saying I'd been successful!! Your blogs have helped me out so much and I thank you a lot for that! Furthermore, congrats on your IR pass despite the recent weather. UPRT sounds interesting too! So, many thanks once again. Hopefully keep in touch!
I just got accepted on the Flybe MPL course with CTC and your blogs were a massive help in the process so first of all thank you! Good luck in NZ and hope the training goes well! Thanks for all the information once again.
Just a quick message to say a massive thanks. I have just received my place at L3 (I still can't believe it) and in the lead up to my selection day I found your blogs very, very helpful! I appreciate it must be a challenge writing about your experiences/giving tips whilst going through the training, so here's a guy giving thanks! You're doing a great thing by helping people out, and are sure preparing me for an intense few years! All the best!
Hi George, I'm starting at L3 in January and have been reading your blog in preparation for it. I just want to say that it's really helpful and a great read. Keep up the great work!
Hey George, All of your tips have been super useful for me and I've since succeeded in securing my place at L3! Thanks for your time!

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L3 Airline Academy Selection Process

Read about my time at selection for L3 Airline Academy (formerly CTC Aviation) and view tips to help you in preparing for own assessments.

Ground School (ATPL Theory)

Blogs about my the topics covered throughout my time at Ground School in Southampton.

Flight Training (New Zealand)

Blogs & Vlogs about all things to do with training out in New Zealand and Visas, Transport, Phone Networks etc.

Instrument Rating (Bournemouth)

Content from my time working towards my Instrument Rating at the Bournemouth training centre.

Upset Prevention & Recovery

Learn more about the Upset Prevention & Recovery flights we complete in the Slingsby Firefly and Diamond fleet.

Airline Qualification Course

Read blogs about the post CPL/ME/IR training a prospective airline pilot must complete.

Hold Pool & Job Search

Finding that first job is perhaps the hardest part of the entire process. In this category you can read updates as I look for my first employer.

Accommodation

Have a tour around my accommodation at the various stages of training.

Pilot Loans (BBVA & Optimum Finance)

Having part-funded my course with a mortgage, I explain the application process, requirements and more in this section.

Finances

Food, drink, bills, travelling etc, you can find posts related to the money side of flight training in this category.

Insurance

Learn about the various insurance policies and performance protection trainees are required to have or are provided with.

Cadet Life

Being a cadet isn't all about studying. We have fun too - honest!! Take a look at what we get up to when we don't have our heads in books.

Flight Training (Arizona)

Blogs & Vlogs about all things Arizona including FAA medicals and U.S. visas before I was switched to New Zealand.

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All of the posts that don't fit anywhere else :-)

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This website, its domain and all content within remain the exclusive copyright of George Botley unless stated in the content itself or otherwise herein. The pilot graphic within the Pilot George logo is kindly provided by Vector Open Stock. Many of the posts within the Ground School section of this blog reference the exclusive copyright of Slate-Ed Ltd, authors of PadPilot, whom were the courseware provider for CTC Aviation at the time of my attendance. No infringement was intended and books can be purchased on the iBooks Store.

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