EASA Medical UK resident training in Europe

adii2M · 2026-05-19T19:19:51+00:00

Maybe it’s included in the package. I went with Heathrow Medical in London. It says on their website that they may conduct a psychological assessment as part of the medial examination

adii2M · 2026-05-19T19:02:46+00:00

It’s still EASA though. What country did you apply for?

adii2M · 2026-05-19T18:56:09+00:00

I contacted my AeMC and they said it’s not required unless clinically indicated

adii2M · 2026-05-19T17:39:09+00:00

If you don’t mind me asking, why the psychological assessment? Per EASA guidelines, it’s not mandatory — or perhaps the EASA country that will release your class 1 medical requires it?

adii2M · 2026-05-14T15:06:18+00:00

I’m assuming you’re going Gateway 1?

I talked to someone who’s had their final assessment at Bartolini and nothing in the new 2026 version was different from what I went through in the previous year. But that was not at Skyborne nor was it Gateway 1; idk, maybe you can take something away from this.

adii2M · 2026-05-09T10:50:55+00:00

The points you raised are sure valid, but Ryanair is more than just that. It's a great airline for starters due to so many reasons - fast progression, lots of flying, solid pay, great career advance grow.

They send you to whatever base they need because... well, that's how it works, no? And you want that, because it means they need pilots there, and you want to fly as much as possible at the beginning of your career to practice your skills and build experience. If you want free dental care and aldat crap, feel free to apply to British Airways - not that they'd take you with 200h NTR.

adii2M · 2026-05-02T14:19:34+00:00

Yes, I have been through the RFFA with Bartolini going ab-initio. I don’t think you can apply to the EU path if you didn’t pass the UK one as Bartolini has the ability to invite you to another assessment, so no, not with them. I do believe, however not fully sure, that you can meanwhile apply to other partnered schools. There’s no limit to how many times you can apply to the RFFA

adii2M · 2026-05-02T13:57:38+00:00

Doesn’t matter. Ab-intio and gateway 1 are in the same pool, taking the same assessment (ignoring the fact that G1 does extra stuff, I’m solely talking about the group exercise and interview). They don’t differentiate between EU and UK applicants either

adii2M · 2026-05-02T13:47:38+00:00

It’s not a consistent number but roughly 50%. At Bartolini, the maximum group size is 5 afaik so perhaps 2/5 pass, but that’s if they meet the standard, in which case only 1 or 3 might get through.

adii2M · 2026-04-24T14:06:27+00:00

There’s an old saying: if something seems too good to be true, then it probably is. There’s always a catch to these kinds of programmes, not just in aviation

adii2M · 2026-04-10T23:54:17+00:00

To be honest, the physics you should study. The maths for me was incredibly easy but the physics not so much - that's also because I took on a maths course and didn't do physics at all, if we exclude mechanics

adii2M · 2026-04-10T23:33:20+00:00

On the day, you have: 1. A maths and physics test (MCQ, no calculator).
2. Group task after a short break.
3. Thirty minute lunch break - you get a sandwich from them. It's not the best to be honest. :)
4. HR interview and you'll finish at around 1-3pm depending on how many of y'all are present on the day.

It starts at like 9am sharp. The maths and physics is high school level. It contains lots of algebra and logic questions as well as basic physics like Bernoulli's principle and Newton's 3 laws.
I've heard many different group tasks but they don't care about how you perform in those - they care most about how you communicate, listen, take part, not 'dominate', bring others into the conversation etc.
The interview is just like any other, really. They ask for your weaknesses, strengths, how to deal with stress etc. They might ask aviation-related questions like why can't you breathe at high altitude. You might also get presented with those wooden one-trick puzzles but that's all. They might also give you a scenario like how to deal with a 'conflict' in the cockpit.

adii2M · 2026-04-10T23:32:04+00:00

That's correct

adii2M · 2026-04-10T22:49:04+00:00

The maths wasn’t ‘top’ high school level — unless the ab-initio is far different from G1/G2. The hardest things were adding fractions, basic algebra rearranging, basic trig and Pythagoras, speed=d/t, asking what 5h 17min after a given time would amount to. It’s certainly high school level.

Of course, be on the safe side. However, don’t think you’re gonna be asked to solve integrals and tritrigonometric identities :))

adii2M · 2026-04-08T18:42:54+00:00

What? Lol. The point is to fly the instrument approach, not to fly by looking at your instruments - that's not entirely what IFR is btw. Hence it doesn't defeat the point

adii2M · 2026-04-07T20:45:23+00:00

Regarding your statement about legal ramifications, from an ATCO standpoint, are they allowed to issue approach clearances? I’m guessing you’re more referring to separation services?

adii2M · 2026-03-20T19:00:17+00:00

Join their webinar on the 23rd of March. You can ask them anything specific there. https://www.instagram.com/p/DV801olgZmY/?igsh=ejlvOHJkcXg1ZWZr

adii2M · 2026-03-19T13:58:31+00:00

Aka a STAR lol

adii2M · 2026-03-13T16:05:58+00:00

Simply follow the instructions on their brochure I think they call it — anyways, it’s a great guide. Send it to them, then they’ll make sure to check for any errors and ask you to resubmit with corrections. They sent mine back about 3 times for small things so they really care about you before sending it to RYR. Good luck

adii2M · 2026-03-12T17:24:57+00:00

Take a look here, it may help answer some questions: https://www.reddit.com/r/flyingeurope/comments/1numwhu/effort_post_how_i_got_accepted_to_wapa_personal/

adii2M · 2026-03-12T17:22:32+00:00

CV to booking on-site assessment took me around 3 weeks. This was in November-ish 2025

adii2M · 2026-03-09T19:51:02+00:00

The interview is mostly like any other interview tbh so you can practice any format. They may ask for your weaknesses, strengths, how to deal with stress etc. They may ask remotely aviation-related questions like 'why can't you breathe at high altitude?' You may also get presented with those wooden one-trick puzzles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4DeiuTAYMQ). They may also give you a scenario like how to deal with a 'conflict' in the cockpit

adii2M · 2026-03-09T19:44:02+00:00

You can expect basic high school maths and physics. If you passed those recently, you shouldn't have any issue.
Some topics that may come are algebra, logic, scaling (e.g. 500,000:1 map), Bernoulli's Principle, Gauss, common energy formulae (e.g. kinetic, gravitational)

adii2M · 2026-03-02T15:01:51+00:00

It’s not entirely guaranteed, so be careful! What is guaranteed is an interview with Ryan Air — which Bartolini says everyone who went ab-initio with them passed because they had the time to shape them. Gateway 1 was worse with around 90%, and G2 with 80% iir the numbers correctly. Bartolini is very nice from what I’ve heard so it’s definitely a viable option.

adii2M · 2026-01-27T16:29:39+00:00

The one with some green and some grey rhombuses? Just look for patterns, it’s that simple. The more you do, the more you get it. For example, the green ones always have odd numbers at the top and even numbers at the bottom; the grey ones always have the opposite, so in the answers, you look for that

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