Preparation for airline selection processes
From training to the initial selection rounds
Obtaining the licenses is an important milestone. The next step is to go through the airline selection process.
Each airline employs different assessment processes and tools, but the goal is to determine whether the candidate possesses the Pilot Competencies, approach, and potential required for working in the cockpit.
For this reason, Asteraviation incorporates preparation for airline selection processes into its program, allowing students to apply what they have learned through the Asteraviation Method and approach their initial job applications with greater awareness and confidence.
Learn, experiment, improve
You know the evidence
Aptitude tests, interviews, group exercises, and simulator tasks become familiar tools before the day of the selection process.
Put your skills to the test
Through simulations and exercises, you apply what you have developed during your training to situations that closely resemble those found in an assessment.
Receive feedback
Engaging with experienced professionals helps you understand your strengths and areas that still need work.
Learn, experiment, improve
In addition to the more than 100 hours dedicated to non-technical skills, Asteraviation organizes over 40 hours of “Selection Day” sessions to familiarize students with the environment and the types of assessments encountered during an airline selection process.
The activities include:
Aptitude tests
Interview and assessment simulations
Missions on B737 and A320 simulators
Individual discussion and feedback
The exercises replicate tasks and situations typical of assessment processes, involving psychologists with expertise in recruitment as well as airline CRM trainers.
The goal is to apply what has been learned during training and to become familiar with the context of a selection process before facing the actual assessments.
It’s not just what you know that counts
During a selection process, it is not only technical skills that are evaluated.
Companies also observe how you apply what you know: the way you analyze a problem, set priorities, communicate, collaborate, and react when the situation changes.
The selection process may also include a psychological assessment, aimed at observing a candidate’s characteristics and behaviors in relation to the professional role—not their mental health.
For this reason, preparation begins on the very first day of the training program. Skills and behaviors take time to become firmly established, ensuring that one reaches the selection stage with the necessary level of maturity.
The goal is not to memorize answers, but to develop awareness and sound behaviors for facing various challenges with greater clarity and confidence.
A method that goes beyond a single company
Each company develops its own selection process and may use different tests, criteria, and sequences.
For this reason, Asteraviation does not tailor its preparation toward the selection process of any one specific airline. The program helps students apply the skills acquired during their training to a variety of different selection contexts.
Getting to know the exercises, experiencing them firsthand, and receiving feedback allows you to approach the application process with a more informed way of working, rather than adopting artificial behaviors specifically for an individual assessment.
Questions regarding preparation for airline selection processes
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From skills to initial job applications
During preparation for the selection process, technical skills, pilot competencies, and the work completed during training are put to the test in a setting that closely mirrors an actual assessment.
The more than 40 hours of Selection Day allow you to get to know the assessments, try them out, and receive feedback before tackling your first job applications.