Cathay Pacific Second Officer

Headquartered at Hong Kong International Airport, Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong operating international scheduled passenger and cargo services. The airline recruits both qualified and unqualified (ab-initio) pilots. Cathay Pacific utilises a computerised pilot aptitude test to assess pilot candidates.

For more information, please visit www.cathaypacific.com.

All pilot aptitude tests aim to assess the same key core skills required to complete pilot training successfully and/or operate an aircraft competently. The assessment of skills such as multi-tasking, spatial awareness, memory capacity, hand-to-eye coordination and mental arithmetic cannot necessarily be assessed within one test and therefore a pilot aptitude test is commonly separated in to a collection of tests, organised in to a battery and completed by the candidate in one sitting. The candidate is commonly provided with two attempts in which to complete this battery, enabling assessors to analyse improvement shown by the candidate.

Cathay Pacific utilises a computerised pilot aptitude test to assess pilot candidates prior to recruitment. ATPL knowledge has also previously been assessed by this airline during the recruitment of pilots who have completed the ATPL syllabus and have obtained a CPL and/or CPL IR.

The online preparation software provided by PilotAptitudeTest.com will provide great benefit to candidates attending an assessment with Cathay Pacific. PilotAptitudeTest.com also provides a database of ATPL questions at additional cost to subscribers which Cathay Pacific candidates will find beneficial.

It should be noted that since our inception in 2012, a substantial number of Cathay Pacific candidates have used the online preparation software provided by PilotAptitudeTest.com.

We recommend using the content shown below in coordination with our Online Preparation Planners in preparation for assessment with Cathay Pacific.

A Super Plus Subscription can be purchased instantly online and will provide access to the content shown below:

Control

Control assesses and enhances candidate ability in hand-to-eye coordination and selective attention using multiple control axes and visual cues.

MultiTasker

Encompassing multiple tasks in to one activity, MultiTasker assesses and enhances candidate ability in multi-tasking, hand-to-eye coordination and selective attention

Guidance

Tasking the candidate with controlling multiple intermittently changing datums, Guidance assesses and enhances selective attention and hand-to-eye coordination skills.

Mental Mathematics

Our mathematics database, organised in to easy, medium and hard difficulties, accurately mimics the questions posed in a large majority of pilot aptitude tests.

Bearings

Bearings assesses user understanding of their position in physical space, known as spatial awareness, using common flight instruments.

Flight Director

This highly accurate test simultaneously assesses and enhances multi-tasking, hand-to-eye coordination and memory capacity skills.

Adjust

A challenging activity, Adjust assesses multi-tasking, spatial awareness, hand-to-eye coordination, selective attention and mental mathematic skills.

Memory

Memory assesses selective attention and memory capacity skills, tasking the candidate with efficiently memorising and inputting four sets of data repeatedly.

Visual Reasoning 2

One of many visual reasoning puzzles provided to candidates, Visual Reasoning 2 establishes the understanding of spatial awareness using 2D objects.

Visual Reasoning 3

One of many visual reasoning puzzles provided to candidates, Visual Reasoning 3 establishes the understanding of spatial awareness using 3D objects.