YWG October 30 Testing

[marvin34]

I know there were about 50 Candidates that went through the testing in Winnipeg on Oct. 30. NavCanada will never tell you where you rank, but if we collaborate our dates of green lights/interview offers as a group we can get an idea of where we stand in the pool. If you don't want to post, just PM me. My choice is IFR stream.

Online Testing results: Oct 2014
In-person assessment invite: Oct 2014
In-person assessment testing: Oct 2014
In-person assessment Green light: Nov 2014

Phone Interview Invite: Nov 2014
Phone Interview: Nov 2014
Phone Interview Green Light: Nov 2014
In-Person Interview scheduled: March 2015
In-Person Interview: March 2015
In-person Interview results: IFR Stream

[johnny_paints]

online test jan 2014
ywg assessment oct 30 2014
assessment green light nov 12 2014
phone invite nov 13 2014
phone interview nov 17 2014
phone interview green light nov 18 2014
in person interview - jan 12 2015

[crobertson]

I was not at the October 30 assessment, but I am in the pool, so I thought I would share my timeline so far:

FIR : YWG
Online Application Date: 16 Nov 2013
In person assessment invitation date: 27 Nov 2013
In person assessment: 28 Jan 2014
In person assessment result: 11 Feb 2014
Phone Interview invite: 11 Feb 2014
Phone Interview: 14 Feb 2014
Phone Interview result: 17 Feb 2014
In person interview invite: 9 Mar 2015
In person Interview: 11 Mar 2015
In person result: 19 Mar 2015 - VFR stream
Training offer made: 1 Jun 2015 - VFR
Training starts: 24 Aug 2015


(Updated)

[Top_Gun]

Any idea on any upcoming courses for YWG? IFR or VFR?

[johnny_paints]

During assessment they said training would be in spring. Didn't say IFR or VFR. Sounds like VFR/FSS final interviews are being done December and IFR in January.

[Top_Gun]

Just got an invite for assessment at the end of Jan!
If you are offered a VFR course, at which point do they let you know which tower you'll be assigned to?

[Mayor_McCheese]

You generally won't find out which tower you're assigned to until close to the end of your basic VFR training.

[Top_Gun]

For Winnipeg ACC, has anybody been through an IFR course lately and could tell us how long the unpaid part of training took before getting on the floor? Website says 7-14 months, just wondering what's realistic in Winnipeg.

Thanks

[Fstjhnny]

You can definitely plan on at least 10 months unpaid training, and then about 35K/yr on the floor for another 6-8 months or so before getting a half license, which then puts you into a much better pay bracket, then work on the job for several months before going back to the school for the other half of your license. Probably about a 2.5 - 3 year process to get a full license, realistically.

There are both IFR and VFR courses scheduled for the spring at YWG. They are running both high level and low level en route courses as well as a terminal course (which I think is all being filled internally). For VFR, they are very short staffed at YWG tower and I believe they have a need for others at one or two other facilities (Thunder Bay and Regina I believe - but don't quote me on that one).

[Top_Gun]

What would be the chances that if you were scheduled for the January 29h in person assessment and passed that as well as the phone and in person interviews that you could be offered a spot in one of the spring courses? Or is it cutting everything too close and you would be in a pool for following courses?

[subkool]

What would be the chances that if you were scheduled for the January 29h in person assessment and passed that as well as the phone and in person interviews that you could be offered a spot in one of the spring courses? Or is it cutting everything too close and you would be in a pool for following courses?

I was offered a March 23rd 2015 VFR training seat in early January. So I guess that's a yes to the previously asked question.

I understand that there is an exam from the ITA self study coarse soon after training begins. I was told that the March 23rd coarse is starting a week earlier then usual to give students some extra time to study in class due to our abbreviated study time.

Question is this. How early into the training is that exam usually written.

I have no previous airplane anything experience, so this is all new to me. I'm excited and studying my ass off but it's alot to get my head around in 2 1/2 months.

PM me if I'm screwed...JK

[Mayor_McCheese]

Question is this. How early into the training is that exam usually written.

I have no previous airplane anything experience, so this is all new to me. I'm excited and studying my ass off but it's alot to get my head around in 2 1/2 months.

PM me if I'm screwed...JK

My course wrote the ITA on the 4th day of the course.

2.5 months should be enough time to be prepared for the ITA. I had no previous aviation experience either, and about as much time as you to prepare, and didn't have any trouble with the exam. Just go over everything a few times. We had one day of that first week to cover some of the info, and ask any questions we had.