Distances brings us closer

Written on 20th Nov 2011

Half year ago, went to Adelaide for the cadet pilot training !
Back to HK yesterday!

Gained a lot throughout the half year !! Not only my technical knowledge but lots of personal growth ! Nothing can actually compared with it ! I have no regret spending the time there !Although the training didn't come the way I expected and the intensive training wasn't easy at all, I treasured every minutes striving for the best with everyone in DA13 !

Leaving may sound a tough decision , It was what I used to think as well . Yes, its a tough decision to make, but its also a good move for myself, I reckon. The pilot training sharpen my personality a lot and make me more ready to face any challenges ahead ....

Will probably still fly the way I enjoy it .... but may not fly commercially .....anyway..its yet to make any solid plan ..

Everyone in DA13 , I know it may come as a shock to you all as well , esp. my housemate and neighbour,but, distance will just brings us closer, isn't it ? Have fun and all the best from me !

And dreams will never end ..

Flying

Having been flying for a while, many ups and downs
and I start to love it bit by bit and i start to appreciate the beauty of flying more and more
Today! I tell myself ! I have to be a good pilot ! I will treat my flying more seriously and professionally !

Dragonair cadet pilot programme selection 3- second stage interview

Finally have Internet connection for this entry.

The second stage interview of dragonair cadet pilot programme consisted of a number of sections.
1) ICAO English Test, which test your general English level, not aviation-related at all , as far as I remembered. You can practise by watching more BBC programme from wherever sources, try to find out more information about the areas they are assessing, e.g. structure, grammar and etc.

2) Medical Check, nothing to worry about. Once again, no matter how many degree of short-sighted you are, it is NOT a problem. Just use a clear and correct lens for the eye test ! ( good to be a new one to make sure it does correct your eye-sight to 20/20 or 22/22 I forgot ...)  you will be fine. But of course, lazy eye, color blindness is not acceptable and no lasik surgery ..

3) Technical Interview. Study as much as you can, Both single engine aircraft and jet , particular airbus fleet that KA is having.

4) Personality Test, no worries.

5) Social Lunch, just social and talk and enjoy a nice lunch.

6) Group Exercise, not-aviation related in my case, just simple group tasks to test you teamwork and whether you are comfortably working with others in a group, not really that stressful and in my case, 5 out of 6 in my group pass through this stage to the flight grading.

Good Luck and add oil guys and girls! Its a test of your preparation and your passion! Do as many research as you can and tell them you are the one !

Dragonair Cadet Pilot Selection 2 ( first interview)

Well , I finally get the largest sponsorship/ scholarship I have ever had in my life !! Thanks dragonair ! You are just too great to make our dream come true .. I am going to work very hard in the sky for the coming year to realize my dream ...and will come back as a professional pilot !

Just tidy up my room and discovered a lot of papers, notes and stuffs related to aviation / cadet pilot/ ICAO english and etc .. They mark  all the efforts i made this half year !  Sucess belongs to those who fight till the end ! Good Luck dreamers !

由於很多人都對 selection process 有很大的 Conern , 我會盡力的解答 ...and I will start with the first interview here ...

First Interview

Well ...It is solely a HR interview ...no technical stuffs.. just HR personnel , no pilot sitting the interview.Just prepare your best !

Study all typically HR questions and study your CV very well ...
they probably will pick some Qs related to ur background ..etc..
Most importantly , be very sure why you want to be a pilot !!

I think they want confident, passonated individual to operate their planes.
To me,this interview is for them to confirm u have the right personality  on board. They can tell if u are making up stories .. so be honest ... be confident and leave them a good impression .. thats bascially wt it is about.


Be relaxed ! Good luck and Leave no regret !

備戰

Leave no regret !!!!

[and you will do just fine in Adelaide, you have everything that KA are looking for in a pilot, so just relax ok

i want you to go in there and already know this is your job and nobody is going to take it from you.

you will be a star I can tell.]

.....u know how motivating this is !! thanks !! I am really blessed ..

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Cap-10

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Our fear is real. Our emotion is real. Our perception is real. Is the threat real?

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Battle

Leave no regret !
First time ever!

10月31日 Jump Seat Ride to Chongqing @ A320

很幸運有這麼的一個 mentor

四小時內把整架A320說了一遍..

很幸運的遇到 女機師, 我已經見過總共三個了 .. (out of 6) :)

下一次見到她希望她已經是 captain 

Cruising 時要做的事比我多…

很幸運可以深入了解民航機的運作更多..
很幸運可以更確定 I want to make it a life long career

日落…

滿天繁星…

Capture a sunset, ride with the wind.

Taste freedom only the eagles have known.

For yours is the freedom of knowing you have flown.

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Postscript

Now,I can see some of the beautiful landscape laid out before me.

Then, after catching my breath I realize that there is a hill, which borders on being a mountain, in the distance and this is the next challenge for me.

In the far distance I manage to discern even bigger and more spectacular mountains, all of them even taller than the one in front of me, and all very far away such that they are given a blue hue by the atmosphere.

This constant personal challenge together with the rich landscape it provides are the beauties and rewards of this profession

and

 make all the effort worthwhile a thousand times over....



給KAACP親愛的各位

不是見到 Queena 那篇"前路, 茫茫"不會激發我未寫cover letter 都要打這篇日誌..

參加KA programme開始…
就經歷了一個我人生最大Crisis ..
所堅信的不再是真實的…
所有的一切在瞬間被否定 ..
波譎的情緒把我吞噬….
使我窒息 …
所有一切我也沒有能力去在乎..
只覺得很累很累…
這同時也是我考cadet pilot 的開始

但…

你們默默地伴我走過了這很重要的五個月..
也許你們並不為意..
縱使我們不曾很了解大家...
但跟你們一起很簡單, 很開心...
有人不開心, 大家會知道的.. 也許不需要說出口..
有人開心的時候...在facebook總見到大家第一時間 的
迷茫的時候, 也總有大家的支持 ... 一個SMS 也可以很窩心 ~

Visit 到很累的時候也總有大家一起kai, 一起異相...

需要幫助的時候, 大家都義無反顧…

多謝kitty 的窩心短訊, 其實我每一次都好感動..

多謝 at the start of the slection, David 常常關心我的進度和心情..
多謝 Jacky , Andy 陪我睇英格蘭對德國..
多謝 keith 教我影相
多謝 呀珍組織打牌:P
多謝 Quinton ,Ken provide material 俾我..
多謝 Alice , Maggie, Jacklyn 令我上英文堂不至睡着, 每一個星期六見到你們都會好開心…

多謝 John , Bryan 這一對..好好笑

多謝 Connie, 沒有你..不會順利完成所有事 , 多謝你前幾日 send 封email俾我既 .. 其實我極開心..

多謝 Queena 曾經說” let us be the 5th,6th,7th and 8th female KA pilots “其實對我來說是很大的motivation …多謝你也喜歡行山,去旅行..使我可以狂 share ..

很喜歡你們每一個…
是你們默默的給了我很多很多很多的支持...
不然不可能可以自信的走得那麼遠..
所以迷茫的不要迷茫了..
沒有信心的就重拾信心吧..
常常未ready 的就立即去做吧…
其實我又有那一刻ready 去過一關又一關??
We think too much and feel so little ..

”當你為自己的夢想奮鬥的時候, 全宇宙的力量就會來幫你”

…這是我深信的, 也一直體驗到的

…當你身在其中, 你自然會盡全力..

… 一關又一關….會一一的克服..

…跌倒的時候..
…你要很感恩…告訴自己…這個歷練使你更了解自己的不足.. 使你更好的裝備自己...
…使你下一次可以自信告訴自己” I am ready”
“我現在ready 去坐上 right hand seat 這個位置”…. “我現在是可以去肩起所有的使命和責任”…

有人的facebook曾經寫過”夢想不能向現實低頭”…怎麼不見了??

希望可以常常見到充滿正能量的大家:)

飛行體驗 2 - Robinson R44 Clipper (6月20日) @ Operation Pegasus

飛去迪士尼 ...豪華之旅

香港..一切都由維多利亞港開始..

她是整個香港的主要命脈..

往來香港的船, 直昇機貫穿這舉世知名的港上...

人多, 車多, 大廈又高樓...

人, 像你 ,如我...都認為

她雜亂無章 , 車塵瀰漫 , 形形役役

 但

那是..

大錯特錯

因為當你致身百尺低空 , 一瞬間 , 風景便截然不同

此刻遇上的, 是值得細味的香港..

這種味道...

城市原來

........

找得到。

飛行體驗 1 - Jetstream J-41 ( 6月19 ) @ GFS

 

世界很大..從新的角度體會 「陌生」的感覺....

千多尺的高空, 有山,有樹, 有氣流...

天空很贊, 香港很美。

KAACP - 4月22 日- Welcoming Dinner cum Opening Ceremony

KAACP2010 =Dragonair Aviation Certificate programme 2010

第五屆港龍航空飛行證書計劃啟航 十六位年輕學員翱翔展翅

23 April 2010

http://www.dragonair.com/da/zh_HK/aboutus/pressroomdetails?CX_LANGUAGE=zh&CX_COUNTRY=HK&refID=b3f6561b65a28210VgnVCM62000007d21c39____

(香港) 港龍航空飛行證書計劃今年已踏入第五屆。本年度共有十六位年齡介乎十八至二十三歲的學員參加為期八個月的計劃。

計劃由港龍航空與香港航空青年團合辦，旨為本地青年在航空業界攝取第一手的經驗，增進對業界各方面運作的了解，並為香港航空業培養人才。

參與的學員在未來的八個月，將接受課堂學習，實習訓練，以及到航空業相關的機構參觀，而港龍航空機師將擔任他們的學長。

港龍航空飛行證書計劃在二○○五年九月創辦，計劃推出後的四年間，已有五十位年輕學員從計劃中學習而獲益獲多。部分畢業學員更已從事本地航空業界，包括成為港龍航空的機師。

KAACP - 3月6 日- Selection Day

3月6 日- Selection Day

經過了Corp 的面試, 和一星期的地獄訓練, 來到了三月六日的 Selection Day

1- Flight Simulator A330

2- CBT ( Anti-Icing and Hydralic system)

3- Smoke Exercise ( Enter the Dark Smoke Room to resurce 2 bears in team of 2)

Dragonair Cadet Pilot Programme Selection 1

國泰早前出了燴炙人口的飛行手記, 由於我的飛行生涯尚沒有展開, 所以我建立我的”夢想飛行手記”吧...
第一篇就說我的”Dragonair Cadet Pilot Programme Selection” 吧!

2010 年
26/1
Online application Sent

4/2
Initial Test Invitation, 超開心, 沒有想過那麼怏有回覆呢~

23/2
Initial Test, 英文部分不錯, 數學比較差! 擔心但覺得還有希望…..一星期後, 收到Moni 的電話....Aptitude Test ...嘩嘩嘩....開心了很久..

16/3
Aptitude Test , 因準備而久, 所以不錯喔….一星期後, 收到Moni 的電話.... 1 Interview... 開心但expected…

16/4
1st Interview, 沒有比我的問題更 random 了吧 !我可以表現得更好…..一星期後(21/4), 收到Moni 的電話…. 嘩嘩嘩…….我收過最好的生日禮物!!! Surprise !!!… just one step before Flight Grading in Adelaide…而且過到的人不多呢!! I got into the 4th stage ( Medical check , ICAO English Test, Personality Test, Final Interview, Social Lunch, Group Exercise)

5/5
Medical Check + ICAO English Test ….心電圖有不正常..好驚 !! Final Exam not finish yet !!! 很煩很煩......

15/5
Medical Check 又好似無事啦~~ 第一次約我的港龍機師學長見面....誰知接到Elena 的電話..ICAO eng fail !!!!!!! 晴天霹靂... 17/5, 18/5 cancel 了..application withhold until passing the ICAO english test !!! My God …傷心了好一陣子...我準備不足呢, 因為自問英文也不差...sigh ...不過自問 interview technically prepare 得未足 ..所以是很好的機會給我多點時間裝備自己吧 !!

要努力 !! 夢想不能向現實低頭 !!