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TG Student Pilot Schedule 2009

The requirements are as follows:

  • Thai national, male, age below 30 years old (applicable date of birth not before October 01, 1979)

  • Exempted from military service

  • University graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree

  • Good command of both spoken and written English

  • Excellent health and good eye sight 

    • Applicants who wear glasses or contact lenses are allowed up to -300

    • Applicants who had LASIK or PRK operations must wait one year before applying

  • Minimum height of 165 cms.

  Applicants who failed the Aptitude Test are not allowed to reapply until after a three-year period.

  Applicants can apply online only.

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RECEIVING ONLINE APPLICATIONS: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Applicants must log on to:

www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Please fill in the application form between 08:30 -12:30 or 13:30 - 16:30 (except public holidays), and follow the instructions.

  • To complete the application, please make sure you have the original & 1 copy of your identity cards or government employee cards, the original & 1 copy of your educational documents (Bachelor’s Degree and / or Bachelor’s Degree Transcript) ), and a print-out of your online application form.

ANNOUNCING APPLICATION SUBMISSION APPOINTMENTS: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • The recruitment staff will inform applicants by Internet of their appointment date / place to submit their identity cards (or government employee cards), educational documents, and online application forms.

RECEIVING APPLICATIONS: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Applicants must come to apply in person between 08:30 -12:30 or 13:30 - 16:30 (except public holidays) at the Recruitment Room, 1st Floor, Building No. 1, Thai Airways International Head Office, 89, Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road. When entering the building, please give some form of identification to the security guard (not your Identity card). He will give you a visitor's card. Go to the Recruitment Room and give your documents to the recruitment staff. They will give you an application ID card, showing your 8-digit application number, signature, and digital photograph. This application ID card must be presented to the staff at every step of the testing and interview procedure.

Applicants must bring along the following:

  • Original & 1 copy of identity card (or government employee card), original & 1 copy of educational documents (Bachelor’s Degree and / or Bachelor’s Degree Transcript), and online application form.

ANNOUNCING NAMES OF APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE GROUP WRITTEN TEST: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

GROUP WRITTEN TEST (08:00 - 12:30): Please check date & place at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • 70 % of applicants fail the Group Written Test because they think they don't need to prepare. Applicants will have an English knowledge test (TOEIC - TOEFL level). This tests applicants’ ability in listening, reading comprehension, grammar, and structure.

  • The technical part of the test is about everything you forget from high school. For example, high school mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, general science, aviation, and general knowledge.

  • Applicants may also have logic, technical, spatial, and perceptual tests (APTITUDE TESTS).

  • Applicants must be at the test room on time. They must also wear shirt and tie, and bring their application ID card, Thai Identification card, and some pens, pencils, and erasers. Applicants are not allowed to take computers, calculators, mobile phones, or other personal belongings into the test room.

ANNOUNCING GROUP WRITTEN TEST RESULTS, APPOINTMENT DATES TO SUBMIT QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS, & NAME LIST FOR THE MEDICAL TEST: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

SUBMISSION OF QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS TO THAI HEAD OFFICE, 89, VIBHAVADI-RANGSIT ROAD: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Successful applicants are required to submit qualification documents (by appointment only) to the recruitment staff on the previously informed appointment date at the Recruitment Room, 1st Floor, Building No. 3, Thai Airways International Head Office, 89, Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road.

Applicants must bring along the following:

  • Two 1-inch recent photographs (taken in colour within 3 months of the application date)

  • Identity card or government employee card

  • House registration certificate / book (certified copy)

  • Authentic certificate of exemption from military service

  • Educational documents:

    • Bachelor’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree Transcript

    • TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS certificate

      • Test results must be valid until January, 2009

  Applicants must provide originals of all documents and one photocopy of each document.

  Applicants with fake or fraudulently obtained military service exemption certificates will not be allowed to test.

MEDICAL TEST AT THE INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MEDICINE, BHUMIPHOL ADULYADEJ HOSPITAL, 171, PAHOLYOTHIN ROAD: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • All Student Pilot applicants are required to have a Medical Examination.

  • The fee for the Medical Examination is 1,600 Baht per person. Applicants must pay this on the day of the examination. It is non-refundable.

  • Applicants must:  

    • Not eat any food after 8 pm on the day before the Medical Examination. Applicants can drink a little water if it is really necessary.

    • Applicants must wear shirt and tie, and bring their application ID, Thai ID card, and some pens, pencils, and erasers.

  • It is not difficult to pass if applicants exercise a lot before the tests. The doctors are very strict about eyes, ears, and blood. If you are not sure or if you think you a problem, it is a very good idea to check your health 2 or 3 months before you have the examination. If you drink or smoke, it is also a very good idea to stop or limit it. If you cannot pass the easiest step to be a pilot, you will not be happy, so it is up to you to follow the advice above.

  Applicants who have a pre-Lasik eye certificate of more than 500 will have very little chance of passing the Medical Examination!

ANNOUNCING MEDICAL TEST RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE INTERVIEW BY THE THAI PILOT SELECTION COMMITTEE: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

INTERVIEW BY THE THAI PILOT SELECTION COMMITTEE ON THE 16th FLOOR, CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • All applicants will have a 20-30 minute interview with 3 Thai Airways captains.

  • Usually only 2 of the captains talk to you. The other captain will watch you, and check your reactions when they stress or pressure you. The captains want to check you are serious to be a Thai Airways pilot, that you have the ability to work well under pressure, and that you can do 2 or 3 things at the same time. (This usually includes solving mathematics problems.)

  • Applicants must be at the meeting room on time. They must also wear shirt and tie, and bring their application ID card and Thai Identification card.

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ANNOUNCING THAI PILOT INTERVIEW RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE APTITUDE TEST: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

APTITUDE TEST (GROUP/WRITTEN), 09:00 - 17:00,

 

TG Qualified Pilot Schedule 2009

The requirements are as follows:

  • Thai national, male, age below 42 years old (applicable date of birth not before October 01, 1967)

  • University graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree

  • Good command of both spoken and written English

  • Graduated from a flying school recognised by Thai Airways International

  • Holding a Thai CAA Commercial Pilot’s Licence

  • Currently flying a fixed-wing aircraft (only)

  Applicants who failed the Aptitude Test are not allowed to reapply until after a three-year period.

  Applicants can apply online only.

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RECEIVING ONLINE APPLICATIONS: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Applicants must log on to:

www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Please fill in the application form between 08:30 -12:30 or 13:30 - 16:30 (except public holidays), and follow the instructions. Please make sure you print out the online application form.

ANNOUNCING APPLICATION SUBMISSION APPOINTMENTS: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • The recruitment staff will inform applicants by Internet of their appointment date / place to submit their online application forms and qualification documents.

RECEIVING APPLICATIONS: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Applicants must come to apply in person between 08:30 -12:30 or 13:30 - 16:30 (except public holidays) at the Recruitment Room, 1st Floor, Building No. 1, Thai Airways International Head Office, 89, Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road. When entering the building, please give some form of identification to the security guard (not your Identity card). He will give you a visitor's card. Go to the Recruitment Room and give your documents to the recruitment staff. They will give you an application ID card, showing your 8-digit application number, signature, and digital photograph. This application ID card must be presented to the staff at every step of the testing and interview procedure.

Applicants must bring along the following:

  • Two 1-inch recent photographs (taken in colour within 3 months of the application date)

  • Identity card or government employee card

  • House registration certificate (certified copy)

  • Authentic certificate of exemption from military service

  • Educational documents:

    • Bachelor’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree Transcript

    • Flying School Certificate and Transcript which state the following:

      • Duration of course

      • Flying training hours for each type of aircraft

  • Pilot's Licence

  • Pilot's Logbook

  Applicants must provide originals of all documents and one photocopy of each document.

  Applicants with fake or fraudulently obtained military service exemption certificates will not be allowed to test.

ANNOUNCING NAMES OF APPLICANTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE GROUP WRITTEN TEST: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

GROUP WRITTEN TEST (08:00 - 12:30) AT ROOM 3111 OR 3112, 11th FLOOR, BUILDING No. 3, THAI HEAD OFFICE, 89, VIBHAVADI-RANGSIT ROAD: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • The Group Written Test tests applicants' knowledge of basic and general aviation. The test is based on the PPL and ATP manuals. The test may also include some mathematics, physics, general science, and general knowledge. Applicants also have an English knowledge test (TOEIC - TOEFL level). This tests applicants’ ability in listening, reading comprehension, grammar, and structure.

  • Applicants must be at the test room on time. They must also wear shirt and tie, and bring their application ID card, Thai Identification card, and some pens, pencils, and erasers. Applicants are not allowed to take computers, calculators, mobile phones, or other personal belongings into the test room.

ANNOUNCING GROUP WRITTEN TEST RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE INTERVIEW BY THE THAI PILOT SELECTION COMMITTEE: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

INTERVIEW BY THE THAI PILOT SELECTION COMMITTEE AT 16th FLOOR, CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • All applicants will have a 20-30 minute interview with 3 Thai Airways captains.

  • Usually only 2 of the captains talk to you. The other captain will watch you, and check your reactions when they stress or pressure you. The captains want to check you are serious to be a Thai Airways pilot, that you have the ability to work well under pressure, and that you can do 2 or 3 things at the same time. (This usually includes solving mathematics problems.)

  • Applicants must be at the meeting room on time. They must also wear shirt and tie, and bring their application ID card and Thai Identification card.

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ANNOUNCING THAI PILOT INTERVIEW RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE APTITUDE TEST: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

APTITUDE TEST (GROUP/WRITTEN), 09:00 - 17:30, AT THE CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

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GROUP DISCUSSION / GROUP ACTIVITY, 09:00 - 17:30, AT THE RACHAVIPHA ROOM OR RACHADA 1 ROOM, CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Group One: 09:00

  • Group Two: 10:30

  • Group Three: 13:00

  • Group Four: 14:30

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ANNOUNCING APTITUDE TEST & GROUP DISCUSSION / GROUP ACTIVITY RESULTS, & NAME LIST FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW (S): Please check date(s) at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW (S) ON THE 16th FLOOR, CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  •  Wait in the lobby. The psychologist(s) will come and find you when it is time for your Individual Psychological Interview(s) & Examinations.

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ANNOUNCING FINAL RESULT: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

ORIENTATION & CONTRACT SIGNING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • After the Final Results are announced, successful applicants are required to sign a contract with the company.

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AT SOFITEL CENTRAL PLAZA HOTEL, VIBHAVADI-RANGSIT ROAD: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

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ANNOUNCING APTITUDE TEST RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE GROUP DISCUSSION / GROUP ACTIVITY: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

GROUP DISCUSSION / GROUP ACTIVITY, 09:00 - 17:00, AT THE RACHAVIPHA ROOM OR RACHADA 1 ROOM, CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Group One: 09:00

  • Group Two: 10:30

  • Group Three: 13:00

  • Group Four: 14:30

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ANNOUNCING GROUP DISCUSSION / GROUP ACTIVITY RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW(S): Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW(S) ON THE 16th FLOOR, CHAOPHYA PARK HOTEL, 247, RACHADAPISEK ROAD: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Wait in the lobby. The psychologist(s) will come and find you when it is time for your Individual Psychological Interview(s) & Examinations.

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ANNOUNCING PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW(S) RESULTS & NAME LIST FOR THE AVIATION PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

AVIATION PSYCHOLOGICAL GROUP TEST, 08:00 - 12:00, AT BRIEFING ROOM No. 1, 3rd FLOOR, THE INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MEDICINE, BHUMIPHOL ADULYADEJ HOSPITAL, 171, PAHOLYOTHIN ROAD: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Applicants must arrive at the test room no later than 07:30 am.

  • Applicants must wear a shirt and tie, and bring along a one-inch recent photograph, their application ID card, Thai Identification card, glasses (if necessary), and some pens, pencils, and erasers.

  •  The fee for the test is 900 Baht per person. Applicants must pay this on the day of the examination. It is non-refundable.

AVIATION PSYCHOLOGICAL INDIVIDUAL TEST, 08:15 - 13:00, AT ROOM No, 171, PAHOLYOTHIN ROAD. 223, 2nd FLOOR, THE INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MEDICINE, BHUMIPHOL ADULYADEJ HOSPITAL: Please check dates at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • Applicants must be at the test room on time.

  • Applicants must wear a shirt and tie, and bring along their application ID card, Thai ID card, glasses (if necessary), and some pens, pencils, and erasers.

  • Applicants will be tested by aviation psychologists.

ANNOUNCING FINAL RESULT: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

ORIENTATION & CONTRACT SIGNING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES: Please check date at www.tgpilotrecruitment.com

  • After the Final Results are announced, successful applicants are required to sign a contract with the company. Thai Airways International will help successful candidates to obtain financial loans to pay for their flight training at the Civil Aviation Training Centre in Hua Hin. Loan repayments will begin when those candidates start working as co-pilots.

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Aptitude Test

  • The Aptitude Test (skill test) is one of the most important steps. Thai Airways must be sure that an applicant is suitable for the job of pilot, he has the potential to learn to fly under normal and critical stressful conditions, and that he can take responsibility for flight safety, security, equipment, and most importantly, people's lives.

  • The Aptitude Test is controlled by psychologists from the Scandinavian Institute of Aviation Psychology (SIAP).

  • The Aptitude Test is a 5-hour English language written test. Wide-ranging skills are tested. These include aviation knowledge, natural science, instrument comprehension, maths, quality & speed of perception (the ability to quickly & accurately perceive & realise complex information - facts, events, situations, ...), spatial orientation (the ability to quickly & safely understand how to move, or navigate, in the three dimensions of space), logic & mechanical comprehension (testing of applicants' general understanding of forces & dynamics in natural science), numerical analysis, sense of locality, analytical & logical reasoning (the ability to quickly & accurately follow & analyse information processes, & use logic to find new information and next steps), tests to follow & process complex information, rational reasoning, short-term memory (the ability to understand information, memorise it in a short time, & later write down the most important parts of it), and speed, accuracy, & problem solving tests.

  • For Student Pilot applicants, the result of the Aptitude Test in the morning is usually announced after the lunch break. If your performance was satisfactory during the more basic tests in the morning, you will be allowed to continue, and do the more advanced and complex tests in the afternoon.

  • Please remember! A pilot is a normal person, he is not Mr. Perfect. For this reason, Thai Airways will not choose people with perfect skills. The important thing is that you have normal skills and that your skill level balances over a wide range.

Pros & Cons, Fill in the Blanks, Question & Answer, and Biography

  • Before applicants can go home in the afternoon, they must complete the following written tests:

  • Pros & Cons:

    • This is a possible test for Student Pilot applicants only. Applicants must write an essay about a given subject. The essay must include their positive ideas and their negative ideas.

    • Positivism is an important pilot quality. If a good pilot has a problem, but he has an optimistic way of thinking, it will help him to find an answer. The Pros & Cons essay will give the psychologists a good idea about an applicant's positive or negative way of thinking.

  • Fill in the Blanks:

    • This is a possible test. Applicants must fill in basic information (for example, my name is ...) and give their opinions about many subjects (for example, their performance in the Aptitude Test and their motivation to join Thai Airways international).

  • Question & Answer:

    • This is a possible test. Applicants have many questions to answer. They must write short to medium answers about their basic life history, their educational training, their previous & present family patterns, their social life outside of education, work, ...

  • Biography:

    • This is a possible test. Applicants must write a short essay (1 - 2 pages) about their basic life history. Applicants can include anything they think is useful to their pilot application.

  • At about 5 PM on the scheduled date, the final results of the Aptitude and Written Tests are announced on the TG notice board by the Flight Crew Recruitment Department Manager, Aviation Personnel Development Section, TG Flight Operations Department.

  • All successful applicants will be required to attend Teamwork Exercises on the scheduled date.            BACK

Teamwork Exercises (Group Discussion / Group Activity)

  • The Teamwork Exercises are in two parts:

  • Group Discussion:

    • Groups of 5 - 7 applicants sit around tables together. Each group is given information and instructions about a complex situation. Applicants must analyse the situation, suggest ideas, solve problems, and make decisions.

    • The psychologists will watch everyone's performance. They will observe cooperation patterns among applicants, who is not confident, who has strong leadership, who is creative and full of ideas, who takes initiatives, who is not enthusiastic, who is emotionally out of control, who is lacking behind, ...

    • Creative Thinking (Mental Flexibility) is a very important pilot quality. If a good pilot has a problem, but he can think widely (this includes indirect ideas), it is very possible he can find an answer. The situations and problems in the Group Discussion have no right or wrong answers. Try not to think about the normal rigid direct ideas. Try to relax your thinking, and think about opposite or indirect ideas, but have reason! Your ideas will score points with the psychologists!

  • Group Activity:

    • The same groups of applicants sit around tables together. The psychologists will give each group new information and instructions about an activity that the group must complete together.

    • With some activities, applicants cannot speak. They must stay quiet and use only body language to communicate.

    • With other activities, the psychologists will give each person only some of the information needed to complete the whole activity. It is then up to each applicant to analyse the situation, share his information, suggest ideas, solve problems, and make decisions based on knowledge, experience, and logical reasoning.

    • Applicants must focus on working together and helping each other. Do not worry if your group cannot complete the activity in time. It is not the objective of the Group Activity.

    • Again, the psychologists will watch everyone's performance. They will observe cooperation patterns among applicants, who is not confident, who has strong leadership, who is creative and full of ideas, who takes initiatives, who is not enthusiastic, who is emotionally out of control, who is lacking behind, ...

  • The Teamwork Exercises are some of the most important tests. You cannot get them wrong! The Teamwork Exercises are the first time the psychologists will watch you directly. If you do badly in the Teamwork Exercises, it is possible you can still pass the Teamwork Exercises, but the result might later affect your Psychological Interviews.

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  • The results of the Teamwork Exercises will be announced on the scheduled date by the Flight Crew Recruitment Department Manager, Aviation Personnel Development Section, TG Flight Operations Department.

  • The Flight Crew Recruitment Department Manager will also inform all successful applicants of the date and times of their Individual Psychological Interview(s) & Examinations, as well as the name(s) of the psychologist(s) they will interview with.

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Individual Psychological Interview(s) & Examinations

  • All successful applicants will have one, or possibly two, Individual Psychological Interview(s) & Examinations. This is the most important step of the TG pilot selection process.

  • The first interview is about 30 minutes. The interview is short and general to help applicants to relax, and to allow the psychologist (professor) to get a general impression of the applicant's life. The second interview is between 70 and 90 minutes. It is more serious. The psychologist (professor) will go deep into the applicant's life and investigate important events in his life, his way of thinking and working, his flying experience, his attitudes, his social interaction patterns, and a lot more.

  • Most Thai applicants have never experienced psychological interviews and very few people have interviewed in English. This creates a lot of fear and apprehension among many Thai applicants, but it is a very important step. This is why every applicant often has 2 separate Individual Psychological Interviews & Examinations. The psychologists have many years of experience. They understand how people feel. They make sure that everyone has fair and equal opportunity to succeed.

  • Another reason to have 2 separate Individual Psychological Interviews & Examinations is that it allows the psychologists to make correct and accurate assessment of every applicant's potential to be a good and safe pilot.

  • A lot of people think that a psychological interview is the same as a normal job interview. NO! A lot of people also think that if they give good answers, they can pass. NO! Psychology is not about this. The main reason psychologists ask you about your life is not because they want to know about your life! The main reason is that when you answer their questions, they can watch, and focus on the way you present and show yourself. This is the important thing. So do not focus too much on your answers, focus on what you show the psychologist(s) and how you present yourself (confident, not confident, enthusiastic, not enthusiastic, positive, negative, in control, weak, relaxed, serious, ...). Also do not lie to the psychologists! Don't try to be the 'perfect pilot'. Just be yourself, stay open-minded, and try to relax and enjoy the interview(s). The psychologists will not eat you!

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