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Flightdeck Aptitude · Our tests
Original timed drills and browser simulations organised by the skills selection days actually test — spatial, numeracy, reasoning, memory, psychomotor control, and multitasking.
Every module is original Flightdeck practice — timed, scored, and built to feel like assessment day. Pick a skill and start.
Each module trains one skill under time pressure. Notes mention common selection formats so you know why the drill matters — then you practise with original Flightdeck content.
Orientation, headings, bearings, perspective matching, and instrument-style spatial tasks.
Heading, bearing, and map correlation under time pressure — used by Ryanair, Lufthansa.
How it works: Read heading and ADF bearing, then choose aircraft position and orientation relative to an NDB.
Skill focus: Spatial orientation NDB (scales ndb).
Direction-chain recall across rapid compass updates — used by British Airways, Lufthansa.
How it works: Track a running direction chain and select the manoeuvre that matches the displayed orientation.
Skill focus: Continuous arrow sequence (scales lst).
Twenty-question net-to-cube mental rotation with SVG diagrams — used by FTEJerez, Skyborne.
How it works: Decide which cube nets fold into the target cube using original SVG diagrams.
Skill focus: Cube folding (scales 3D spatial).
Count left and right turns on original generated polylines under timed conditions.
How it works: Count left or right turns on a generated green polyline path.
Skill focus: Path figure / turns (DLR-style spatial).
Identify which of four shapes is embedded in a dense original line field.
How it works: Find which of four shapes is hidden inside a dense line pattern.
Skill focus: Hidden forms visual search (DLR-style).
Track a marked cube face through text yaw and tip commands, then select the matching cube.
How it works: Apply text yaw and tip commands, then select which cube shows the marked face.
Skill focus: Rotating cubes / command rotation (DLR-style).
Match DI, attitude, and bearing cues to aircraft perspectives under time pressure.
How it works: Match attitude and plan-view perspectives under time pressure.
Skill focus: Orientation · instruments to aircraft.
Mental arithmetic, equation completion, applied fuel and schedule calculations, science, and mechanical diagrams.
Rapid equation balancing with operator traps — used by British Airways, easyJet.
How it works: Fill missing values in arithmetic equations as quickly and accurately as you can.
Skill focus: Equation completion (scales eql / e3+).
Timed word problems for fuel, schedule, and operational maths — original Flightdeck practice.
How it works: Solve timed word problems for fuel, schedule, and operational maths.
Skill focus: Applied numeracy (scales tmt).
Timed aviation maths covering percentages, conversions, and speed/distance/time — original COMPASS-style numeracy practice.
How it works: Solve aviation speed, fuel, and percentage word problems under a five-minute timer.
Skill focus: Mathematics.
Timed force, motion, energy, and electricity items — original technical comprehension practice.
How it works: Work through force, motion, energy, and electricity questions against a session timer.
Skill focus: Technical / science test.
Spoken equation windows with numeric entry — original auditory maths practice.
How it works: Hear an equation, calculate under a short window, and type the numeric answer.
Skill focus: PILAPT-style mental arithmetic.
Gear, pulley, and circuit diagrams in a timed session.
How it works: Interpret gears, pulleys, and circuit diagrams in a timed session.
Skill focus: PILAPT-style technical reasoning.
Inductive and verbal pattern work under timed conditions — matrices, passages, personality prep, and interview structure.
Pattern matrices with timed rule discovery — used by British Airways, easyJet, Lufthansa.
How it works: Discover the rule linking pattern matrices, then classify new items.
Skill focus: Inductive logical thinking (scales lst).
Constraint grids with aviation-style symbol sets — used by British Airways, Lufthansa.
How it works: Place symbols so each row and column follows a unique-set constraint.
Skill focus: Symbol logic (scales sx).
Decode four-digit permutation operators through stacked funnel diagrams — used by British Airways.
How it works: Decode stacked funnel operators to find the correct output sequence.
Skill focus: Funnel operator (scales deductive logic).
Direction-chain navigation under time pressure — trains sequential planning and orientation updates.
How it works: Track a direction chain and choose the next manoeuvre under time pressure.
Skill focus: Complex planning (motionChallenge).
Rule-switch signal practice — respond correctly when the mapping changes under time pressure.
How it works: Respond to colour and shape cues as the response mapping switches mid-session.
Skill focus: Deductive reasoning (switchChallenge).
Synonyms, grammar, spelling, and phraseology under a session timer — original aviation English practice.
How it works: Answer timed synonym, grammar, spelling, and phraseology items with original aviation English wording.
Skill focus: Aviation English (optional).
Passage statements answered True / False / Cannot say — original verbal analysis practice.
How it works: Read a short passage, then judge each statement True, False, or Cannot say.
Skill focus: Verbal reasoning (optional).
Thirty-statement algorithmic personality profile with trait debrief — Serious-tier selection prep.
How it works: Answer thirty statements honestly for an algorithmic trait debrief — Serious-tier selection prep.
Skill focus: ADAPT Personality Questionnaire.
STAR interview practice with timing structure and recorder — original aviation interview prep.
How it works: Practise STAR aviation interview answers with timing structure and optional recorder.
Skill focus: ADAPT Aviation Interview.
Coloured triangles with dots — discover the progression rule and select the next figure under time pressure.
How it works: Discover the progression across coloured triangles with dots, then pick the next figure.
Skill focus: Triangle rule progression (DLR-style logic).
Working memory, monitoring, concentration, and reaction-speed drills.
Memorise lit cells, then reproduce under distraction — used by Wizz Air, easyJet.
How it works: Memorise lit cells, then reproduce them after a short interference delay.
Skill focus: Grid memory challenge (scales mct).
Count moving objects as quantities change each round — used by Lufthansa Group.
How it works: Count moving objects as quantities change each round.
Skill focus: Ball monitoring (scales bm).
Brief exposure to mixed dial faces, then recall frame, tone, or reading attributes.
How it works: Study mixed dial faces briefly, then recall frame, tone, or reading attributes.
Skill focus: Dial attribute recall (DLR-style memory).
Shape discrimination with false-positive penalties — used by Ryanair, Wizz Air.
How it works: Decide whether two shapes match; false positives are penalised.
Skill focus: Reaction speed (scales rt).
Instrument snapshot recall after timed exposure — altitude, heading, speed, and frequency chunks.
How it works: Study an instrument snapshot, then recall key parameters after it disappears.
Skill focus: Memory · flight parameters.
Inflight telemetry with surprise recall checkpoints — complementary COMPASS-family memory load.
How it works: Monitor telemetry and answer surprise recall checkpoints.
Skill focus: Monitoring memory interrupt.
Rapid visual target confirmation under sustained load — attention practice used across COMPASS-family pathways.
How it works: Confirm or reject target appearances as quickly as accuracy allows.
Skill focus: E-dot concentration.
Audio clearance memory with reverse-order reconstruction.
How it works: Hear a clearance, then reconstruct it in reverse order.
Skill focus: Reverse ATC readback.
Study a short rule set, then respond to a rapid stimulus stream as rules change between series.
How it works: Study a short rule set, then respond to a rapid stimulus stream as rules change.
Skill focus: Signal / stimulus rule sets (DLR-style attention).
Watch a digit sequence, then enter it in reverse order across adaptive rounds.
How it works: Watch a digit sequence, then enter it in reverse order across adaptive rounds.
Skill focus: Tracked digit reverse memory (DLR-style).
Coloured shapes with 1-back or 2-back match decisions — Yes/No under a timed window.
How it works: Decide Yes/No whether the current coloured shape matches n steps ago.
Skill focus: Visual n-back shapes (DLR-style working memory).
Study coloured shape–number pairs, then recall the matching shape when cued by number.
How it works: Study coloured shape–number pairs, then recall the matching shape when a number is cued.
Skill focus: Paired visual memory (DLR-style MEK family).
Hand–eye tracking and pursuit control for Assessment Day psychomotor segments.
Centre drifting ball and needle indicators under rising turbulence — original compensatory tracking practice.
How it works: Keep a slip ball and glideslope needle inside a centre band while turbulence increases.
Skill focus: Control · compensatory tracking.
Steer through a vertically advancing gate sequence — original pursuit-tracking practice for hand–eye control.
How it works: Steer left and right through a vertically advancing gate sequence without clipping the walls.
Skill focus: Slalom · pursuit tracking.
Inverted joystick ball physics with edge-collision scoring — original hand–eye coordination practice.
How it works: Centre a ball with fully inverted controls. Edge contacts reduce score.
Skill focus: ADAPT Control & Co-ordination (ball game).
Concurrent tracking, arithmetic, and audio or visual interrupt tasks.
Run three simultaneous tasks: arithmetic, pattern duplication, and icon reaction — used by Ryanair, Aer Lingus, Norwegian.
How it works: Run arithmetic, pattern duplication, and icon reaction at the same time.
Skill focus: Multitasking cockpit (scales mt).
Hold airspeed, heading, and altitude on drifting green markers while confirming callsign prompts — original multi-dial control practice.
How it works: Keep ASI, heading, and altitude on drifting green markers while confirming callsign prompts.
Skill focus: Instruments multi-control (DLR-style MIC family).
Crosshair tracking with audio alerts and mental arithmetic under concurrent load.
How it works: Hold crosshair alignment while answering audio alerts and mental arithmetic.
Skill focus: Task manager.
Every module is original Flightdeck practice — timed, scored, and built to feel like assessment day. Pick a skill and start.
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