Transaero Apprenticeship 2013

irishkopite 2011 wrote: »

I'm in the same position, was hoping for some information on transaero as a company from somebody on boards.

Ur applying for something u don't know about ? God that's great

You might wanna try here for a start

http://www.transaero.ru/en/company/history

oreilly94 wrote: »

No I mean like shouldn't he know if he's interested or something before applying for something he doesn't know about , but ye If u want info about the apprenticeship or the history of the Russian airline or the engineering part of the hanger then check online on their site or other site where you'll also get info on this hangers past history with air Atlanta ect

I think he knows what he's applying for, just wants info on the actual company.

irishkopite 2011 wrote: »

Firstly O'Reilly94 no need to be so smart. Secondly I am well aware of what I'm applying for tanx. I was not looking for the history on the company, the information I was looking for was do they give a good standard of training to apprentices, what their facilities are like, is it a good working environment. That was what I was looking for O'Reilly94 the type of information they don't give you on their company website.

Well as per your first post there could be a misunderstanding

" was hoping for some information on transaero as a company "


Dont mean to be rude but maybe you could be a little bit more specific in your questions.
Im sure there are plenty of people here that given the correct parameters could help you out

Best of luck in your application

When does the aptitude tests start? i.e. has anyone been through it this year yeat? Does anyone know if there are many people in this stage, how long doed this stage go on for?

Im doing the apptitude today at 3pm.

paddythedan wrote: »

Im doing the apptitude today at 3pm.

Ino it runs for 3 days anyway so it something like wat I said as in the dates

Yea sounds fairly like wat was said today. If it goes the right way at least its only 2 trips down and not 3 like I thought

How did the test go for you man? What types of questions were mostly asked? And how long did it take you?

SamB13 wrote: »

How did the test go for you man? What types of questions were mostly asked? And how long did it take you?

ah the 'exam' was very basic altogether. your given a set time to do it. didnt get to finish all of one and had time to look through the other. I found one question that I made a stones of for some reason, but was pens down time when I seen it.....ah wel

oreilly94 wrote: »

oh really ? thats not so bad then , im coming from meath , she didnt sy=ay how many get to the interview stage did she ?

No fraid not

1600 applied and 10-12 positions .. Haha talk about having a chance

Did anyone else here get to the interview stage there last week? I think I was the very first one to do it that week on monday.... Not confident that the interview itself went my way...

Seem to be a very safe airline anyway according to this report published today

Thursday 15th August 2013
Russia’s air safety record --worst in the world”


MOSCOW – the International Herald Tribune carries an interesting report on the air traffic safety record of Russia and the other former Soviet republics.

It claims the record was the worst in world last year, with an accident rate 13 times the world average, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Last year, planes flown by Russian carriers were responsible for the deaths of 318 people in two major crashes and eight lesser ones - close to half the world's total of 755 fatalities reported by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

In Russia and the former Soviet republics together, the combined death toll was 466.

After consultations with the Russian authorities, the European Union in late June barred four Russian carriers - Kuban Airlines, Yakutia Airlines, Airlines 400 and Kavminvodyavia - from flying into airports in the region.

Restrictions were also placed on certain aircraft flown by six others: Gazpromavia, UTAir, KrasAir, Atlant Soyuz, Ural Airlines and Rossiya, the airline that operates the Russian presidential jet.

Experts, including pilots who fly the former Soviet skies, say government bodies tolerate practices that are wrecking a once honorable safety record.

In interviews with The Associated Press, they said that regulation was lax, while airlines overworked their crews and fined pilots for using too much fuel.

Many carriers, critics say, also skimp on crew training and cut corners on maintenance of their aging Soviet-built aircraft and secondhand Western planes.

The state-controlled carrier Aeroflot, the privately owned Transaero and some other big airlines have modern planes, skilled crews and world-class safety records, experts agree.

But many smaller carriers, they say, cut corners on safety.
Some airlines allegedly penalize the crews for failing to land on the first attempt - a practice that may have led to the most recent deadly crash in Russia, in March, of a Tupolev-134 whose pilot hit the ground trying to land in fog even though he could not see the tarmac lights. Six were killed and 20 injured.

After the 1991 Soviet collapse, 500 "babyflots" - offshoots of the Aeroflot monopoly - sprang up. Today there are 182, and the smaller ones are more likely to sacrifice safety to cut costs, critics say.