Due to the very large number of applications we receive, we regret that we will not be in a position to answer any questions by telephone, letter or personal visits. If we have not answered everything you want to know there will be ample opportunity to discuss your individual queries during the assessment day.

Having completed the CTC Wings iCP training, you then have the option to apply for the CTC Wings ATP route for licenced pilots. CTC Wings ATP places are highly sought after and our iCP pilots will be in a prime position to enjoy the same placement opportunities

Our policy on this is as follows:
Re-assessment will only be allowed to specifically identified applicants following a detailed appraisal by the selection team who conducted the assessment stage that resulted in a rejection.
Those individuals who are assessed as suitable for re-assessment will be advised by e-mail. If you do not receive an e-mail advising you of this status then you should assume that a re-assessment opportunity has not been judged appropriate in the circumstances.
Normally, such re-assessment opportunities will only be offered not less than 6 months after the applicant's initial date of completed application.
When it is considered appropriate, CTC will advise the candidate by e-mail of the date on which a re-assessment is scheduled.
Please note that an applicant's initial application will remain on our database and thus there is no benefit, nor need, to complete a further application form through our internet application system.

Yes. CTC Aviation Training (NZ) Limited are registered as a Private Training Establishment (PTE) which means that we are bound by the rules and regulations of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and as such you will require a student visa before entering New Zealand.

NZ and Australian nationals.

Once you have been successful through our selection process, we will send you an offer pack that will contain the student visa application form and all the information that you will require to make the application. You will also require a letter of support that will be provided by CTC.

CTC Aviation Training (NZ) Limited has agreed to observe and be bound by the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students published by the Minister of Education. Copies of the Code are available on request from this institution or from the New Zealand Ministry of Education website at http://www.minedu.govt.nz/goto/international

Full details of visa and permit requirements, advice on rights to employment in New Zealand while studying, and reporting requirements are available through the New Zealand Immigration Service, and can be viewed on their website at http://www.immigration.govt.nz

Most international students are not entitled to publicly funded health services while in New Zealand. If you receive medical treatment during your visit, you may be liable for the full costs of that treatment. Full details on entitlements to publicly-funded health services are available through the Ministry of Health, and can be viewed on their website at http://www.moh.govt.nz. MEDICAL AND TRAVEL INSURANCE: International students must have appropriate and current medical and travel insurance while studying in New Zealand. ACCIDENT INSURANCE: The Accident Compensation Corporation provides accident insurance for all New Zealand citizens, residents and temporary visitors to New Zealand, but you may still be liable for all other medical and related costs. Further information can be viewed on the ACC website at http://www.acc.co.nz.

To enter training you must possess a valid JAA Class 1 medical certificate. More details on the medical requirements can be obtained from the CAA. The CAA charge approximately £320 for the initial medical examination, which must be carried out at their medical centre in Gatwick. However, we do not expect applicants to go to that expense until they know that they have been provisionally accepted. If you are unsure of your medical status, we suggest you look in detail at the requirements of the JAA Class 1 which can be found on the CAA website and then discuss these requirements with your GP. Whilst this does not guarantee that you will pass the JAA Class 1 medical examination, it will provide you with some reassurance before you go to the expense of undertaking our selection process and the Class 1 examination.

There are no specific qualifications required prior to application. As English is the primary language used in aviation, you are required to be fluent and competent in both written and spoken English.

The wearing of glasses and/or contact lenses does not automatically bar an applicant from obtaining a JAA Class 1 medical certificate. Full details on the eyesight requirements can be obtained from the CAA.

We do not require you to have GCSE or A level (or equivalent) passes to apply for the CTC Wings iCP route. However, you should feel safe in the knowledge that you do have the ability to study hard and achieve high standards during training and this ability will be explored during assessment. If you have yet to take your exams it is probably more important that you keep your options open and study subjects that you are good at and motivate you. Maths and Physics provide a good foundation for the theoretical knowledge syllabus. As English is the primary language used in aviation, you are required to be fluent and competent in both written and spoken English.

Currently, we are accepting applicants from all countries. However, you must have no reason to believe that you will not be accepted for entry into New Zealand on a multiple visit visa. We reserve the right to appraise individual applications on their merit in the light of the currently complex laws concerning rights of entry and rights of abode.

If an applicant is offered a place on the iCP training programme before passing the JAA Class 1 medical, their place will be conditional on passing the examination. Regrettably, we are unable to accept trainees into training who have failed to reach the medical standards required by law.

This depends on the number of applications received, although each application will be reviewed on a 'first come, first served' basis. We hope that it will not take more than two months from the time of application to process through the selection system.

Because of the advantages of the CTC Wings programme, we receive a significant number of applications. To ensure that we do not have too many applicants awaiting selection (for relatively few places), we will suspend the application process on our website at various times while we deal with applications already received. If you find the website application system closed, do not be deterred from re-visiting the site at regular intervals to review the situation.

As we deal with large numbers of applicants for sponsorship, the administration cost of selection amounts to many thousands of pounds per selected candidate. We don't think it's fair to ask only the successful ones to have to pay for all those that apply, so we ask everyone to contribute. We therefore charge you £188 inclusive of VAT to cover the cost of some industry-standard assessment tests. It is vital that we do this selection properly - so that you can be given the best advice about your likely chances of success in your future career.

The assessment process is normally carried out in one day for CTC Wings iCP. During the assessment day you will be given a presentation on how the programme works and we will be testing your aptitude for flying as an airline pilot. These tests will also assess your numeracy and cognitive ability. You will then undertake a group exercise to evaluate your interaction skills, leadership potential, communication and team skills. The day will complete a more formal interview with one of our assessment team.

Applications are only accepted through the website.

Not all applicants will be successful - we're looking for those who can demonstrate that they have the motivation and commitment to complete the training to the required high standards set by CTC Wings.

Unfortunately we do not accept re-applications from CTC Wings iCP applicants.

CTC reserves the right to take up references from your referees, but we will only do so with your prior knowledge. Your future airline will require also 5 years of referencing in order to apply for an airside pass which is a mandatory requirement before you can start operating as aircrew.

A Criminal Record Check at BASIC Disclosure level is the lowest level of Disclosure. A BASIC Disclosure contains details of convictions considered to be unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA) or states that there are no such convictions. This type of Disclosure is only issued to the applicant, it is not job-specific, and may be used more than once.

Part V of the Police Act 1997 introduced a new system of disclosing criminal history information to individuals and organisations for employment and other limited purposes. A new Disclosure Bureau has been established within the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) for the purposes of issuing disclosures under Part V of the 1997 act. This new service is known as 'Disclosure Scotland' and is responsible for issuing three levels of disclosure to be known as 'BASIC Disclosure', ' Standard Disclosure' and 'Enhanced Disclosure'. Disclosure Scotland will issue disclosure certificates for all UK employees, not just those that live in Scotland. The service is designed to improve access to criminal records and other relevant information held by the police and government departments and is available for people who need to prove whether or not they have any criminal convictions.

Should you be successful in your application, you will be expected to obtain a Criminal Record Certificate prior to your offer being confirmed. For details on how to apply for a Criminal Record Certificate click here.

Spent convictions - Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, criminal convictions can become spent or ignored after a rehabilitation period. The rehabilitation period varies depending on the sentence or order imposed by the court - not the offence. Custodial sentences of more than two and a half years can never become spent.

The initial phase of your training - your ATPL theory - is carried out in the UK and takes 5 months. You will then fly to NZ and complete the Foundation Course that is separate from, but immediately precedes the CTC Wings programme. This first step of your flying training lasts approximately 17 weeks. After that course, the CPL training is completed in NZ. You will be in NZ for a total of approximately 7 months. The final stage of your basic licence training - the Instrument Rating - takes place at Bournemouth and lasts approximately 8-9 weeks.

The Foundation Course is an essential part of the whole training process, as it introduces you to CTC's flight training methods, NZ airspace and provides a solid basis to advance into the Wings course proper.

CTC has developed a special course for this programme that will be conducted in both New Zealand and the UK.

The content is significantly different from any other programme currently available. As well as more training (28% more total time than average, around 50% more multi-engine time than average), the training approach is very different. In conventional courses, the trainee is taught to be a light piston-engine aircraft pilot, then later trained to be an airline pilot. However, this course has been designed specifically to meet airline needs and the cadets are trained as airline pilots and team players right from the start.

The training leads to the JAA/EASA Commercial Pilot's Licence with Instrument Rating (CPL/IR). The JAA/EASA is the governing authority of the European aviation industry. Theoretical knowledge is examined to the Air Transport Pilots' Licence (ATPL) standard, so no further examination is needed for the upgrade of your licence to the ATPL. (The ATPL licence is the one you need to become a Captain). This licence is commonly known as a 'frozen ATPL' (fATPL).

The Foundation and initial Basic phases will be completed in New Zealand (about 11 months in total), with the remainder of training completed in the UK. There will be two visits back from New Zealand scheduled within the course, for the theoretical knowledge examinations and for leave.

This is a full time course. However, there will be several weeks of planned leave. Extra time off is allowed only in exceptional circumstances.

Training will take place on a range of aircraft including Cessna C172'S, Diamond DA20 Katanas or Diamond DA42 Twinstars.

In New Zealand you will be living in 'Clearways' - CTC's own furnished cadet accommodation facility close to our Crew Training Centre. On rare occasions, when you first arrive in New Zealand we may accommodate you in an alternative facility temporarily - currently either 'Peachgrove' or 'Knox Street', all of which are within easy access of Hamilton and the Crew Training Centre. However, you will move into 'Clearways' once rooms become free with other courses returning to the UK. In the UK you will be living in furnished accommodation close to our Crew Training Centres. All accommodation arrangements are made by CTC.

Whilst a basic level of medical treatment is available in New Zealand through state resources, we strongly recommend that you consider insuring yourself for medical cover and repatriation to the UK.

There may be some cadets who fail to complete the training as a result of an inability to attain the standards required. However, it is anticipated that the vast majority will complete their training.

Those accepted onto the CTC Wings programme have the best prospects for fast-track employment. Even those who do not reach the high standards required by the programme will be among the best selected industry trainees. Therefore, failure on this fast-track course does not necessarily bar a trainee from an airline career.

Depending on your personal goals, you now have several options available to you. You may choose to apply to an airline outside of the CTC Wings programme, or you may prefer to move into instructing or other areas of aviation. If your preference is to continue with the CTC Wings programme with an aim to gain employment with one of our partner airlines, subject to your performance during the CTC Wings iCP training course, you may be eligible to apply for the CTC Wings ATP (Licensed pilot) route.

Once you have successfully completed your Foundation, Basic (through the CTC Wings iCP route) and Intermediate Training (as part of the CTC Wings ATP selection process), the next stage is to complete Advanced Training sponsored by an airline as part of the CTC Wings ATP route. This comprises ground and simulator training, followed by base training (when you will fly an airliner for the first time). Your advanced training would normally only commence when we have secured a placement or employment offer with an airline for you. There may be additional costs incurred at this stage of your training depending on airline requirement. Next you will normally commence flying with the airline on the line, completing your line training and a period of line experience. During this 8 month line training and experience period you will normallybe paid a subsistence allowance from CTC of about £1000p.m. It will only be on completion of that period, when you have proved to the airline that you are 'the right stuff' and that you have reached all the proficiency levels required, that you may be offered full time employment or placement for an engagement period. Each airline has its own terms and conditions applicable to pilot employment. As a CTC Wings ATP pilot, you will normally be paid a direct entry pilot salary on joining your airline. Obviously pay rates are up to the individual airline and set by market expectations and conditions. Each airline may have slightly different terms and conditions and you should refer to their websites for full details. Additionally we will discuss the terms and conditions on offer openly with you so that you are in a position to make an informed decision on your options.

Yes – you will be required to have a laptop computer to enable you to self study for your theory subjects and to enable you to access CTC’s intranet system which provides you with your daily training schedule amongst a host of other relevant information necessary during your time in training. If you have an Apple Mac laptop, you will have to ensure that is has Windows XP as it’s operating system.

If you do not have your own means to pay for the course, you may consider applying for a professional studies loan with a bank or other financial institution to raise the funds for your training costs and living expenses during training in New Zealand and the UK. Accommodation is provided as part of the course cost, but you will need money for food, fuel etc during your training.
You may also wish to consider a Professional and Career Development Loan. Professional and Career Development Loans are bank loans that can be used to help pay for work related learning. You can borrow between £300 and £10,000 to help support the cost of up to two years of learning (or three years if it includes one year’s relevant unpaid practical work). The Learning and Skills Council will pay the interest on the loan while you are learning and for one month afterwards. The loan can be used to pay course fees or other costs such as travel and living expenses. You can also use the loan to supplement other forms of support such as grants or bursaries. Because the Professional and Career Development Loan is a commercial loan product, they should only be considered as an option once all other student funding options have been investigated. For further information on financial assistance to support your learning, please visit www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning or contact Careers Advice on 0800 100 900.